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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui: A Kihei Garden Newsletter for November
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui. A Kihei Garden Newsletter for November. The weather is usually cool enough in November to plant Asian greens, endive, escarole, individual lettuces, mache, peas, radicchio and spinach. It's also the month I plant bulbing onions, red bunching onions, leeks, carrots and radishes. Seeds to plant in November :. Broccoli Rabe (60 or 90 day). Cilantro (plant in partial shade). Cucumbers (Suyo grows well in the fall). Onions - Bunching (red and white). And Seeds From Italy. Red o...
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Going Green!: Organic Gardening
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Saturday, April 24, 2010. After what seemed like a really long winter, spring has arrived and the garden is finally planted. The first step was to put in the drip lines. We still had two unused zones on our system so we dedicated one to our garden. We couldn't find organic plants anywhere around here so we ordered from a place in California: www.naturalgardening.com. Meanwhile, the irises and other plants in the back yard are starting to get green and bloom. Some from plants and some from seeds. So we or...
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui: Growing Roses in Kihei
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui. Thursday, November 28, 2013. Growing Roses in Kihei. There are countless varieties of roses that can be grown successfully in Hawaii. However, it takes some experimenting to determine the right varieties to grow in our different climates and soil conditions. Roses also grow well in containers - I recommend a 15 gallon size or larger. Brings in a huge selection of bare root roses. A traditional (but not the original) Lokelani rose. In Hawaii the buds are used in string leis.
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April 26, 2014. The hardneck garlic got a lot of loving in the last month. We removed the straw mulch, and layered the whole bed with compost. And now, the waiting. Garlic is a simple-yet-complicated crop. There is conflicting advice out there — pretty much everywhere. My go-to source, the lovely Edward C. Smith, author of. The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible. Says not to water it at all, except in cases of extreme drought. Stanley Crawford, author of. Hardneck garlic is almost ready for compost…. Re-mulched ...
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui: Growing Heirloom Cauliflower
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui. Thursday, May 17, 2012. Romanesco Italia, Precoce di Toscana and Violetta Italia. Then I learned that cauliflower could be grown in Maui Meadows. After growing cauliflower again I've concluded that the planting date is more critical than with other brassicas. Sicilia Violettto and Precose di Toscano. Just starting to flower - 4 months. At 4 months the newly emerging leaves of Precose Tuscana (Early Tuscan). Just starting to flower - almost 4 months. Sicilia was the earlies...
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui: A Kihei Garden Newsletter for December
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui. A Kihei Garden Newsletter for December. December through February is the main salad green season in Kihei. Lettuce, mesclan greens, mustard greens and spinach grow best in our coolest weather. Seeds to plant in December:. Broccoli Rabe (40 or 60 day). Onions - Bunching (red and white). Onions - Bulbing (short day). Tomatoes (cherry, grape, small plum and 2 to 4 oz). Beans - French and Italian. In December I aggressively plant French and Italian beans - they're my favorite ...
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui: A Kihei Garden Newsletter for March
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui. A Kihei Garden Newsletter for March. The beginning of March is the end of our cooler weather. There are still lots of veggies that can be planted this month. If you're thinking of planting tomatoes, I recommend planting cherry, grape or the small plums early in the month so they're ready to harvest before our hottest weather. Seeds to plant in March:. Beans - Asian and Southwestern. Cilantro (plant in partial shade). Fennel (harvest at 2 months). Onions - Bunching (white).
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui: Growing Buckwheat in Kihei
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui. Sunday, October 14, 2012. Growing Buckwheat in Kihei. Buckwheat is a heat tolerant seed crop that can be planted year round in Kihei. Although buckwheat is typically planted as a cover crop. It can be grown just for it's lovely flowers. Harvested at 10 weeks. I planted half of a 55 sf garden bed in an organic, generic unhulled buckwheat and the other half with corn. Buckwheat seeds are broadcast over the soil and raked in or covered with a thin layer of soil. I changed som...
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui: Cabbageworms
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A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui. Wednesday, December 15, 2010. A Small Cabbageworm on the Underside of a Cabbage Leaf. Summerweight Row Cover and. It looks sort of like a garden wedding scene). Following is a link for more information and product recommendations for cabbageworms. Http:/ www.gardeners.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Gardeners-Site/default/Page-Show? The late fall and winter daytime temps are usually in the low 80's and I was hesitant to use row covers. I thought the cabbages would perish...
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