Garden Notes from Hawaii

 On my recent trip I stayed a few days in a hotel in Chinatown.  I fell in love again with the shophouses there so am sharing a few photos o...

 I have been off traveling for a few months in Asia and am now back home and going through my travel photos.  I will be posting some of them...

 A Samoan gentleman who is using YouTube to teach other Samoans how to grow vegetables under different conditions when they move to New Zeal...

  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....