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Try hydroponics in a bucket with a lid and holes cut out in it,in which you set small little containers with some soil and a seed in the middle, for tomatoes and lettuce, spinach ect.
Thank you so much,dcl.
Any links?
About the bugs - the sprouts disappeared the same day in the soil (no pots,planted straight in).
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Well worth it to get the $25.00 Hawai`i Tri-park Annual Pass. Lets you and up to two others get into Hawai`i Volcanoes, Haleakala, and Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Parks for a full year from date of purchase. Once you go to Volcano - you will go back again and again and every friend that comes to visit you will want to go as well.
Then you have an excuse to go to Volcano to the market!
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The tomatoes do have a problem with bugs sometimes, so when I used the pots, and even with the hydroponics, I bought this really cheap netting from Ace, put up some small circular posts that were fairly tall, and wrapped the netting around the plants so the bugs could not get in. I did this with cucumbers and squash also, but opened them up during the day to pollinate. The tomatoes self pollinate usually, if you just brush and shake them a bit after they get the flowers.
I did start the tomatoes for the pots in small little containers first, then transplanted them. With the hydroponics I just put the seed in the soil in the little tub, then placed the tub thingies into the holes in the bucket and they came up just fine.
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The market is generally going strong by 6am. I've never gone after 7, but I think its pretty much wound down by 9 or so. The best stuff goes early.
Carey's directions are good. The market is on Wright between Old Volcano Road and Kilauea Ave.
The day pass into the National Park is $10 and is good for a week. I agree that the better deal is the tri-park annual pass for $25.
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The Volcano Farmer's Market is certainly one of my favorites, lots of local small farms. As others have said, get there early. I have a post about it here:
http://myhawaiianhome.blogspot.com/2009/...lcano.html
I usually get there by 6:30 am. They do serve coffee and lots of food there as well as have interesting things for sale. They also have a great rummage sale for the library going. The Hilo market has a lot more selection and better prices if you are driving... and there are more other things to do in town. But I like the Volcano Market once in a while, it is definitely worth the trip at least once. You are going to find living in Seaview almost EVERYTHING is going to be a long haul for you, you may as well get used to that.
I am a farmer's market lover, and go to them all over the island for various reasons and products that cannot be found close to home. I also write about local farmers and foods for magazines, so obviously, it is more than just a personal passion for me. I completely understand why there are people who would not want to drive far to go to a farmer's market.
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The best deal is to be age 62 or older.For $10.00 you can purchase a Golden Age pass that is good for your lifetime and allows you to enter any park and is also good for anyone in the vehicle with you.
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One thing I learned here, you do not just put soil in a pot and grow things, you need to provide good drainage for those heavy rain periods or you are going to end up with rotting plants. I use packing peanuts in the bottom of large pots because they are light weight, then a layer of cinders and finally good composted soil.
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Thank you,Hotzcatz!
I did put some seeds in pots.
Need to buy more dirt.Dirt cheap -it's the wrong saying..
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Devany, have you been to the Na`alehu Farmers Market? I want to try that one next time I'm there.
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Another thought I just had... In WA where our farm is at there are many farmer's markets that accept WIC coupons and senior disount coupons (through the county senior nutrition program), do any of the markets on the BI do that?
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