harvest: Thanksgiving thoughts while in Canada this year
- 10/12/19 09:21 PM
I'm on an extended trip to Canada which brings me to Thanksgiving which is just around the corner. It feels like winter is also around the corner up here with the maple leaves falling to the ground and a chill at night. There's already snow in some parts!
I'm missing my warm Maui island and thinking back to harvest from my garden in other times. They say it's still hot there and I should be thankful to be somewhere cool. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence! Either way, I'm thankful for food on the … (14 comments)
harvest: Earth Day 2018 celebrated - big spring garden ready to plant
- 04/23/18 02:43 PM
We celebrated Earth Day weekend by getting a new spring garden tilled up and ready to plant. My dear husband goes all out once a year and gives it a deep digging with his backhoe bucket to get rid of roots. I jump in and remove most of the grass roots, tree roots and other debris. After adding supplements like compost and lime, he'll roto-till it all up thoroughly to make it light and lovely and rich. Ready to plant a spring garden! This year while digging we also harvested the sweet potatoes which sort of took over naturally from some … (0 comments)
harvest: My veggie and flower garden in Haiku Maui is always growing
- 08/27/17 09:29 PM
My gardens in Haiku Maui are always growing and we usually have a series of ongoing garden patches, so there will always be something to harvest. Ideally we'll start a new section every couple of months, but in the depth of winter we just let it all go to give ourselves a break. New plants are started from seeds on a regular basis, or whenever I remember to do it. I'm lucky to have a farmer husband who will prepare the soil and add all the organic amendments, and leaves it to me to get creative with the growing.
The potting bench … (11 comments)
harvest: This is the end - the end of sugar on Maui
- 03/01/16 06:03 AM
This is the end - the end of sugar on Maui It has been officially announced that there will be no more sugar cane growing on Maui after this 2016 season. HC&S (Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company) will not be planting any more sugar cane, but will continue to harvest the crops in the ground this year. This is a huge event for Maui and the end of an era in Hawaii. Sugar has been grown here in the islands since 1835, and at one time there were over 30 plantations on Maui alone. In the 1960's sugar operations were eclipsed by the … (7 comments)
I'm on an extended trip to Canada which brings me to Thanksgiving which is just around the corner. It feels like winter is also around the corner up here with the maple leaves falling to the ground and a chill at night. There's already snow in some parts!
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