Best places to buy seeds for tropical vegetables? University of Hawaii Seed Program

One of the best places to buy seeds as of year 2014 is the University of Hawaii Agricultural Diagnostic Service Center - Seed Program. The cost of each Home Garden Packet (HGP) of seeds is $1 and the shipping is free: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/seed/seeds.asp

Here is the order form PDF as of 10/2014:

http://bit.ly/1wqWUoc

Related:

Hawaii Growers Toolbox - University of Hawaii http://bit.ly/1wqYxlS

How to Grow Superfood Turmeric

From California Gardening: See how to grow Turmeric. Turmeric has a peppery, flavor, best described as a cross between an orange and ginger. It is one of the ingredients used to make curry.

Turmeric contains Curcumin, whose anti-inflammatory effects have been shown to be comparable to anti-inflammatory drugs such as Motrin. Turmeric has long been used as a powerful anti-inflammatory in both the Chinese and Indian systems of medicine It is toxic to harmful bacteria and viruses but not toxic to humans.

How to eat Turmeric

- Add to omelettes to give it a deep yellow color.
- Use as a dry spice on salads
- Use curry powder when preparing vegetables like steamed cauliflower, green beans, onions, pepper, broccoli
- Turmeric is a great spice to complement recipes that contain lentils



How To Grow Turmeric, by David The Good:



References:

HOW TO GROW TURMERIC
http://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/how-to-grow-turmeric/

Related:

Everything You Want to Know about Organic Turmeric & It's Benefits - from GYG channel http://buff.ly/2jAWH0a
Turmeric Growing Guide | farm-to-table-miami http://buff.ly/2kMAuAg

Great for hot climates: Yard-long Bean, Snake Bean, Asparagus Bean

Vigna unguiculata, also called the Yard-long Bean, the Snake Bean, the Asparagus Bean and various other weird names, is an Asian green bean that grows very well in Florida.

The vines grow really long with little or no care. Make sure you have plenty of climbing room for them.

Snake beans take a little while to get started. For a few weeks, they are just little bean plants. And then they jump start their growth.

Bugs leave them alone for the most part and the vines are good at climbing on whatever is handy.

References:

Florida Survival Gardening: Survival Plant Profile: Snake Beans http://buff.ly/1vzjQmd

Permaculture Homestead in the City, in Hawaii - GYG video

From Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens: John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ gives you a tour of a permaculture homestead in the city. In this episode, John visits a couple in Hawaii who is growing food on their standard residential subdivision home in the city on Oahu. You will discover some of the crops that flourish in Hawaii as well as some of the techniques they use to grow a successful permaculture style garden including tropical fruit trees, vegetables and perennial vegetables in the city. You will also learn a way to ferment noni fruit so you can naturally collect the juice that will enable you to gain the benefits from the nutrition of the medicinal noni fruit without much of the taste.

Learn more about Paul and Kelly at:
http://www.yogardenhawaii.com/

Hear more of Paul's Music at:
http://www.paulizakmusic.com/

Hot Weather Vegetables: 7 Crops that Thrive in the Hot Summer Desert

Top 7 Crops that Thrive in the Hot Summer Desert Vegetable Garden - growingyourgreens - YouTube http://bit.ly/16UXhYi