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Nancy Redfeather
Feb 26, 20226 min read
It’s Time to Grow Corn in Hawaiʻi: Tips on Growing Popcorn, Sweet Corn, & Flour Corn in Your Garden
If you haven’t tried growing corn varieties in your garden yet, make this the year to get the seed into the ground and enjoy it’s...
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Nancy Redfeather
Dec 10, 20216 min read
Cool Season Planting Tips & Challenges of Year Around Gardening Plus...Take Back Your Salad Bowl!
December 2021 The change of seasons is upon us as cooler weather and more rainfall in most of the state signal the beginning of our most...
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Nancy Redfeather
Oct 22, 20216 min read
Saving Seed in Hawai’i: Processing, Drying, and Storing Seed in the Subtropics
October 2021 Keeping seeds dry and able to reproduce into the future in our subtropical climate is quite challenging. Seeds grown and...
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Glenn Teves
Aug 27, 20217 min read
Growing Tomatoes
by Glenn I. Teves, County Extension Agent UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Cooperative Extension Service August...
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Nancy Redfeather
Jul 2, 20214 min read
Gardening in Small Spaces: Inspiration for growing in containers on lanais and windowsills
By Nancy Redfeather, July 2021 A time long ago, when I first began teaching, I realized I wanted to start growing some of my own food,...
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Glenn Teves
May 14, 20214 min read
Hawaiian Bred Pole Beans
by Glenn I. Teves, County Extension Agent UH CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service In the 1940’s, the main pole bean variety in Hawaii was...
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Nancy Redfeather
Apr 13, 20216 min read
Three Sisters in the Hawaiian Garden: Warm Season Abundance
By Nancy Redfeather April 2021 Spring is here again, and it’s a perfect time to plant the Three Sisters in your home garden. This year, ...
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Nancy Redfeather, Jay Bost and Glenn Teves
Mar 14, 20216 min read
Seed Diversity is Vital to the Future of Food
Every seed tells a story, and the story of how seed, people and place are connected begins a long time ago, around 10,000 BCE, when our...
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Glenn Teves
Feb 17, 20213 min read
Kaulua: the month of two minds.
February 2021 In the Hawaiian Lunar Calendar, February is the month of Kaulua. Kaulua means two minds, and is a rightful name for this...
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Nancy Redfeather
Jan 20, 20215 min read
Tropical Corn Varieties for the Home Garden in Hawai’i: Growing Information, Recipes, and Lore
January 2021 If you haven’t tried growing corn varieties in your garden yet, make this the year to get the seed into the ground and enjoy...
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Nancy Redfeather
Dec 20, 20207 min read
Gifts from the Garden: Nurturing & Connecting Us to a Greater Rhythm, Wellness, and Contentment
December 2020 Tis the season once again, when our thoughts naturally turn to family and friends, as this challenging old year wanes,...
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Nancy Redfeather
Nov 19, 20207 min read
Feeling Grateful, Giving Thanks, Looking Ahead, Sharing Resources
The Fall Garden is in Full Swing! Long ago, I used to think about what would it take, how would the world have to change in order to...
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Nancy Redfeather
Oct 20, 202011 min read
Using your Garden’s Fall Herbal Bounty: Drying Herbs & Flavoring Salts, Vinegars, & Oils
Aloha Gardeners of Hawai’i, By the beginning of Fall, I usually have some pretty large herb plants of various varieties in my home garden...
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Nancy Redfeather
Sep 21, 20206 min read
It All Begins...and Ends With Seed
Close your eyes for a second and think back...what is your earliest memory of placing a seed in the soil? Maybe it was in your families...
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Nancy Redfeather
Aug 16, 20206 min read
Making the Big Transition: Getting Ready for Fall & Winter in Hawai'i Home Gardens
August 2020 Blog – Hawai'i Seed Growers Network Hawai’i has seasons. Gardeners in Hawai’i, through their observation over many years,...
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Nancy Redfeather
Jul 14, 20209 min read
Growing and Thriving in the Summer Gardens of Hawai’i: A time of unprecedented change.
We know that we are living in a time of unprecedented change. We can feel the chaos swirling around us daily, unsettling what we know...
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Nancy Redfeather
Jun 17, 20204 min read
Flowers: Food for the Soul
Beauty and the Importance of Ecosystem Services for Changing Times Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are...
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Nancy Redfeather
May 21, 20207 min read
Seed Magic: Starting Seeds – Storing Seeds
Blog #5 – May 2020 By Nancy Redfeather Remember the story of Jack and the Beanstalk? Jack went to town to sell a cow for his mother and...
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Nancy Redfeather
Apr 22, 202010 min read
Back to the Land in the 21st Century: 10 Important Crops for your Homestead Garden in Hawai’i
Blog #4 April 2020 Hawai’i Seed Grower’s Network – by Nancy Redfeather Aloha Everyone, Mahalo for joining us today for this discussion...
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Nancy Redfeather
Mar 29, 20208 min read
Getting Started: Creating a Home Garden in Hawai’i
by Glenn I. Teves, County Extension Agent, Molokai’i CTAHR and Nancy Redfeather Hawai’i Seed Growers Network Hawai’i Seed Growers Network...
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