Homesteading in Hawaii

The slug buffet traps are working. Whoopie!! There was evidence of slug activity and a number of dead slugs. And the bait has stayed dry thr...

A large rat-chewed hole in one of the prized gourds.  The rat that ate the small gourd last week, leaving it looking like an apple cor...

These past few weeks I've been doing some foraging on my way home from town. Primary target....lilokoi, aka- passion fruit. I haven'...

I did an experiment down at the community garden: planting tomatoes via no-till method. I chat with a number of people on other forums, and ...

Abandoning pets out in the countryside.....old story. Been going on for ages. When I lived on the Eastcoast, I thought, "How sad. How w...

Slugs are a major problem for gardeners here. We don't have cold winters, so we seldom get a break. We garden year around, even during t...

I can just imagine it.... furry little rat sitting atop this gourd, nibbling away. I've found rats sleeping with my Paloma, staying ...