Homesteading in Hawaii

 The homestead farm has seen 45 inches of rain so far this year. Almost all of it has been in light amounts of night time rains. The result ...

Today I finally got to a project that I've been promising myself I'd get to......planting taro keikis. It's way overdue. I'v...

Something I enjoy doing is encouraging other folks to try growing food. So with the local Volcanoes Park unit having a holiday event, I saw ...

(Bed 3 = 192 sq ft) After finishing beds 1 & 2, I thought about what to plant next. Up at the house garden beds, I have taro that is ove...

Cleaning out one of the bean growing beds, look what I uncovered.......some lost taro corms.  As soon as I spied them I recalled that I had ...

Curious "K" wants to know which new varieties have been added to my farm. The new additions are all Hawaiian types.  Apuwai Manapi...

"W" asked what taro varieties am I growing. I'm constantly adding new varieties when I have the opportunity, but this is what ...

I've been growing an interesting looking taro as an ornamental, something to use in flower beds. It's a black variegated one. A coup...

I've been asked if taro produces flowers. Yes, it does. But I've never been able to predict exactly what triggers the blooming. It d...

I've toyed around with using various crops to help shade out "weeds" and improve the soil for future garden plots. Tropical gr...

Each week day I work on a number of different projects rather than just focusing one one until the job is done. I know that most people don...

My kitchen taro garden is atop a concrete pad. For real!!!! And I was told by many that it couldn't be done. Ha!  The concrete pad is ac...

I've read many accounts on the Internet about living mulches. I admit I have been skeptical. I wonder how many of those accounts were ba...

I'm planting a lot more taro. Why? Hubby is now pre-diabetic, so we are adjusting our diet. He is eliminating potatoes, sweet potatoes, ...