Garden Notes from Hawaii

  I have a new favorite green leafy vegetable these days.  In Hawaii and the US, it is called Perpetual Spinach, but I was first introduced ...

 May Day in Hawaii is a day for wearing lei and also for lei making competitions.  We have just finished our rainy months, so the vegetation...

  False Heather is our tropical substitute for real Scottish heather.  It has that same low bushy growth with the purple haze appearance.  I...

 Fa'aala is a small village on the island of Savaii in Samoa.  (Often the name of the village is shortened to Fa'ala in daily usage....

 I first heard of Roselle in Samoa in the 1970's.  A few of the ex-pat ladies there were making a lovely Roselle jam that tasted rather ...

 My first few days in Croatia were in the capital city of Zagreb, after a scenic train ride from Ljubljana, Slovenia.  Zagreb city center ar...

 I recently had five weeks in Europe and the first and last week of my trip was in Italy.  I have been to Italy before, so this was a chance...