A kitchen garden is a garden created with the sole purpose of producing edible plants. Vegetables, fruits, herbs, medicinal plants and eve...
A kitchen garden is a garden created with the sole purpose of producing edible plants. Vegetables, fruits, herbs, medicinal plants and eve...
A kitchen garden is a garden created with the sole purpose of producing edible plants. Vegetables, fruits, herbs, medicinal plants and eve...
A kitchen garden is a garden created with the sole purpose of producing edible plants. Vegetables, fruits, herbs, medicinal plants and eve...
A kitchen garden is a garden created with the sole purpose of producing edible plants. Vegetables, fruits, herbs, medicinal plants and eve...
A kitchen garden is a garden created with the sole purpose of producing edible plants. Vegetables, fruits, herbs, medicinal plants and eve...
A kitchen garden is a garden created with the sole purpose of producing edible plants. Vegetables, fruits, herbs, medicinal plants and eve...
Orchard Hills BUILDER: DIG Construction PHOTO: Riley Starr Photography Nestled within the picturesque Orchard Hills community, this backyard oasis embodies the pinnacle of luxury living. A culinary haven awaits you with its covered outdoor kitchen and dining alcove, equipped with top-of-the-line appliances. An expansive lap pool and spa awaits for summer fun, surrounded by lush […]
Plans for my backyard kitchen garden, along with all my inspiration for the prettiest vegetable and herb gardens around the web.
DIY backyard edible garden with espalier fruit trees & flower shrubs: best varieties, training ideas, design patterns, how-to tutorials, etc!
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Orchard Hills BUILDER: DIG Construction PHOTO: Riley Starr Photography Nestled within the picturesque Orchard Hills community, this backyard oasis embodies the pinnacle of luxury living. A culinary haven awaits you with its covered outdoor kitchen and dining alcove, equipped with top-of-the-line appliances. An expansive lap pool and spa awaits for summer fun, surrounded by lush […]
Orchard Hills BUILDER: DIG Construction PHOTO: Riley Starr Photography Nestled within the picturesque Orchard Hills community, this backyard oasis embodies the pinnacle of luxury living. A culinary haven awaits you with its covered outdoor kitchen and dining alcove, equipped with top-of-the-line appliances. An expansive lap pool and spa awaits for summer fun, surrounded by lush […]
February is still an exciting and rewarding time for harvesting your summer edibles. Now's the time to start clearing out some of the overgrown jungle that was your summer crop, giving your veggie garden some space to get growing its autumn and winter crops. You can even start thinking about plantin
When I begin a new garden project, I always start with a functional zone checklist. Whether it's a vegetable garden, a fire pit, a kids' playground, or an
Orchard Hills BUILDER: DIG Construction PHOTO: Riley Starr Photography Nestled within the picturesque Orchard Hills community, this backyard oasis embodies the pinnacle of luxury living. A culinary haven awaits you with its covered outdoor kitchen and dining alcove, equipped with top-of-the-line appliances. An expansive lap pool and spa awaits for summer fun, surrounded by lush […]
Before re-potting, it is important to know why and when to repot orchids. Knowing the answers will tell you if you really need to, or not
DIY backyard edible garden with espalier fruit trees & flower shrubs: best varieties, training ideas, design patterns, how-to tutorials, etc!
Community Projects What’s Happening with the Kaw Permaculture Collaborative? As many of you know three members of the KPC received a USDA SARE Farmer Rancher grant to create demonstration sites for…
DIY backyard edible garden with espalier fruit trees & flower shrubs: best varieties, training ideas, design patterns, how-to tutorials, etc!
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At 5 years my Vanilla Orchid finally began to flower! Vanilla is a vining orchid that's native to central Mexico and grows well in the sub-tropics. It's farmed commercially on Maui and the Big Island. Vanilla requires diffused light or shade as direct sun can scald the leaves. The vines will search for something fibrous to climb on - a tree trunk, fence or the side of a building. and will readily adhere to wood or concrete. If a vine grows too high up a tree it's easy to loosen and re-direct. Some of the Vanilla growers construct simple wire trellises or wire fences to support the vines. The plants grow well in containers with the same type of soil medium and care recommended for orchids. Vanilla flowers bloom during the spring. May was the month my plant first began to bloom. The following year the first bloom was on April 4th. When the vine is blooming, I recommend checking it several times during the morning as the flowers can open and close in a short period of time. In Hawaii, the flowers have to be hand pollinated as we don't have a species of bee to pollinate them. There are a number of short videos on you-tube that demonstrate how to do this. A Story about Vanilla and the Milipona Bee First signs of budding A Vanilla plant takes 3 to 5 years before it flowers for the first time. Then, 9 to 10 months for the pollinated orchids to produce the bean. After the beans are harvested they're processed, dried and aged which can take from 3 to 6 months. From a flower to finished product is around 12 months. Vanilla Beans 4 months Vanilla Beans 10 months At 10 months some of the beans were barely changing color but began to split at the ends. Next year I may harvest the bunches a week earlier, before there's any color change. A wide cast iron bistro pan Curing the vanilla beans. The recommended way to cure vanilla beans is to wrap them in a wool blanket and let them sweat under the sun and that's what I did in 2014. It's been very rainy this month so I had to begin the curing process without the sun so I put the beans in a covered pan and let them sweat in a 120 degree oven. . Growing vanilla is an art that I'm learning by trial and error. It could be a few more years until I master pollinating the flowers and curing the beans. As I learn more I'll update this post. About Vanilla Orchids How to Pollinate a Vanilla Orchid How to Plant and Grow Vanilla How Vanilla Beans are Harvested and Dried Vanilla Bean Curing Techniques Tahitian Vanilla orchid plants are grown on the Big Island and distributed by Plant it Hawaii. I purchased my plant from Lowes in Kahului - they rarely have them in stock so I special ordered it through their garden department. Kula Hardware and Nursery has plants occasionally. Vanilla can also be grown from a cutting. Vanilla Extract Recipes
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Why? Adding more plants to your orchard area can help by: Providing nutrients to your fruit trees Preventing weeds from […]
