Homesteading in Hawaii

I'm learning more and more to save my own seeds. Large dry seed, like corn and beans, are easy. Pumpkins and gourds aren't all that ...

For the past couple of years I've been trying to produce seed for myself. So far I've been focusing upon the bulky seed that usually...

"S" just sent me a link to a Kickstarter post promoting the "SeedPod", a cutesy, plastic, individual seed  drying/saving...

One of my aims is to produce as much of my own seed as feasible. If you haven't noticed, buying seed is getting more and more expensive ...

"J" emailed to ask, "What do the seeds look like?" So here's the seeds that I saved from the gourd..... Yes, they al...

Now that I'm growing seed, I'll be growing some of it from time to time on the homestead farm. When that's the case, I'll so...

I'm slowly moving to saving as much of my own seed as I can. So far I'm doing well with several different veggies. So I'll descr...

For years I would purchase seed potatoes from the mainland, assuming that since they were certified to be disease free that they actually we...

I wanted to show you some more pre-sprouting. Here's an interesting example.  These are beet seeds. Normally I wouldn't pre-sprout b...

Now that it's springtime and I'm planting more things into the gardens, I'm going through seed leftover from last year. I'll...

Some people play fantasy games on the Internet, others create fantasy sports teams. Neither interest me. But give me a pile of brand new se...

When I order or buy seeds, I often buy in bulk. This is not only cheaper for me, but since I garden year around, I always have seed on hand....

People come look at my farm then invariably ask what seed company I use. Like it's the seeds that make the difference?   Well anyway, I ...

Purple Teepee Beans I'm growing these for the seeds.  I've just started getting serious about producing my own seeds and start...