Guest Columns

Gardening on the Garden Isle: How to eat a tree

In the latest Kaua’i Now gardening column, Master Gardener Tom Timmons explains how to eat a Moringa tree, which he says is tasty.

Gardening on the Garden Isle: Is my tomato a hypochondriac? Or is it really sick?

In another column by Master Gardener Tom Timmons, he writes that tomatoes are subject to so many diseases he thinks they may have suicidal tendencies, but with a little TLC, they will survive.

Gardening on the Garden Isle: Best to read directions when planting papaya seeds

For the latest Gardening on the Garden Isle column, master gardener Tom Timmons explains why its best to follow his wife’s advice and read the directions when planting papaya seeds.

Gardening on the Garden Isle: Are you smarter than a rose beetle? Can you outrun a snail?

Kauaʻi Master Gardener Tom Timmons explains how to get rid of beetles, slugs and snails without chemicals in his latest Gardening on the Garden Isle column.

Gardening on the Garden Isle: The evil web of an avocado lace bug

To the naked eye, they may look like course ground pepper, but through a magnifying lens you will notice the edge of the wings have a lacy appearance — hence the name, lace bug.

Gardening on the Garden Isle: Getting under the skin of bulb onions

It is important when purchasing onion seeds to grow on Kauaʻi to select a short-day variety. Onions have their own sun clock.

Gardening on the Garden Isle: Choosing a fertilizer for your lawn and plants

Master gardener Tom Timmons never realized that plants were fussy eaters until he was lollygagging in the garden shop rather than cleaning the garage like he promised his wife and discovered shelves piled with every imaginable kind of fertilizer. Check out Tom’s latest gardening column.

Gardening on the Garden Isle: The KISS method of composting

On Kaua’i, there is no shortage of the four components necessary for composting: carbon, nitrogen, water and air.

Gardening on the Garden Isle: Why should you play in the dirt?

Weeds love dirt. Weeds grow great in dirt, but most garden plants are snobbish. They prefer soil.

Gardening on the Garden Isle: Basil — the royal herb

Guest columnist Tom Timmons, a certified Master Gardener, says do not trim basil as if you are Jack the Ripper; you can damage the plant. 
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