Nearly four years in - lessons learned
When I first started this blog, I thought I would have stories and insights to share on a regular basis. At the very least I hoped to document the evolution of the Little Red Dirt Garden. Here it is, nearly four years later and I'm only just writing my second post. It only seems fitting that I share some of our lessons learned as newbie gardeners. I hope it won't be another four years until the next post. Lesson #1: Buy seeds for your location I love looking at seed catalogs like Baker Creek Seeds (now called Rare Seeds ), especially all the beautiful varieties of tomatoes. And while I have had some successes, I found that these plants were highly susceptible to bugs, no matter what I did to protect them (short of using chemicals). Instead, I've switched to using seeds that are adapted to Hawaii's climate and conditions. I have two main sources of seeds. Hawaii Seed Growers Network offers seeds produced by a group of local farmers that are adapted and tested for the l...