Allogenic Dance

Originally Published August 10, 2020.  Updated September 23, 2020. Mililani Town Center has a Walmart and a City Mill, the local hardware chain.  There is a Home Depot on my way to work.  These 3 shops are where I get most of my gardening supplies including seeds.  You will find the usual racks of Burpee seeds, some Ferry Morse (a Massachusettes-based company that I had only seen on the Eat Coast offered in catalogs and never tried), and a local company: Aina Ola Seed.  Given how completely different Hawaii is from the other States in the Union, I tend to prefer the locally grown seeds.  I just don't see something produced in Massachusettes doing well 6 USDA zones south of its origins. Aina Ola Seed is apparently only available in stores, the company is based on Hawaii Island.  I could not find a website for them, so I have no idea what their complete catalog is.  I have successfully started their artichokes and papaya.  And I recently started some Toscano Kale, Brocolli, Chinese P

UPDATED 7/20/2020 Please Read Governor Ige's Tenth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation The mandatory 14 Day Quarantine for anyone arriving from out of state is still in place.  The pre-travel testing option has been postponed. Requirements to wear masks in public are extended.  If you are in a building and/or less than 6 feet apart, wear a mask. For more information on Hawaii's COVID-19 response please see  https://hawaiicovid19.com/ As some of you may know, I was a chemical hygiene and safety officer as part of my collateral duties in a laboratory-based former work life.  I have taken PPE (personal protective equipment) training, including face masks and respirators, for roughly half my life.  I have mostly avoided using these things by designing the work environment and protocols to avoid the risk in the first place. As many of you know, I also sew. And I am still an Essential Worker, of the civil service variety.  My work brings me in potential contact with, among other fun