A Wanna Be Master Gardener

I went out to the garden last evening to get some Komohana grape tomatoes for dinner and found that the vine ripe ones were gone and one had indentations on it (bite marks???)!  I have a friend...

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After reading a post from Seed to Table  I am ready to create a "Planting Plan" for my home garden.  I am already behind schedule and I think that it is for lack of a plan!  Go girl!

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It has been quite a dry spell for me!  Our two month mainland trip (September & October 2010) put a damper on my gardening enthusiasm.  When we got back everything was still alive, but wild,...

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On October 30, 2010 our Hilo, Hawaii Master Garden Association had a plant sale in conjunction with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human resources Open House. �...

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I finished my MG certification hours and was acknowledged as certified in the December general meeting! But, still waiting for my certificate and new MG name tag minus the "trainee" tag!

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I am off island for a while and my postings will be limted. However, I did recently go to the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Florida. At he information desk I told them I was from Hawaii...

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Found this video on YouTube. We have some areas for which we need a privacy screen, but have little of no soil space. So, I think a system like this will work! Or at least I hope to give it a try...

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Aleurites moluccana

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My experiment in ground covers failed to suppress our prolific Hawaiian weeds. I planted a cutting of ornamental sweet potato. It grew extremely well almost too well.  Much pruning would be r...

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I have been waiting for local citrus trees to bud (timing that activity is not easy without help from the tree owners!) so that I can acquire some scions to graft a citrus tree that I thought was...

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Yesterday, I removed a medium sized stand of beach naupaka about 60 feet from the ocean sea cliffs.  What a chore!  Some might ask why remove it?  Three reasons: The local mongoose like to u...

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Perhaps some of you read the recent post at http://freshdirt.sunset.com/ about lilies in pots. Well it got me inspired to try it! I do know that daylily rust is a problem in Hawaii, so I expec...

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Photos from the Hawaiian Lava Daily blog

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STILL LOOKS A LITTLE FREAKY TO ME! Here is the orginal "freak" photo.

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Found the link to these great bird houses on the The Gardens of Petersonvilee blog.   I want one!  Not sure what birds we would attract here at the shoreline on the Big  Island. I need to do ...

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I am joing the parade of "Wordless Wednesday" bloggers!

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Hmmmmm...What do  you think?  Freak of nature? My Heliconia psittacorum, (parrots beak)  flower on the left (not yet opened) appears to have a leaf at the tip. I have never seen this befo...

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Here is a good blog from Florida Friendly Plants on vertical gardening.  I have included the video of vertical planting pictures.   Visit the blog first hand for more detail! Thanks Florid...

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I was doing some gardening research today and ran across this very interesting video.  Take a look! Making a Bag Garden in Uganda from Send a Cow on Vimeo .

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"Pau" in Hawaiian mean "out" or "done".  I am sorry to say that my short lived "Artistic Tuesday is pau for now.  I am finding it hard to find time and inspiration to get the post completed in...

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Last Tuesday was my first day on the MG help line phones!  And it was a little hectic!  I finished two pending issues and took on one new issue.  Doesn't sound too bad.  But there was a bit o...

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Last Thursday we had our final MG class followed by a pot luck.  My camera went on the blink so I have no pictures, but it was a fun time! I am ready for the office and phones training toda...

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