Silvia and Kyle Barber garden plot 109
Silvia Gianetti Barber is an environmental scientist. She works for a consulting company and does a lot of work on former plantation land on the islands (pineapple, sugarcane) that is being converted into other types of agriculture and crops. In general she works wherever there's contamination and a need to remediate. Her husband Kyle Barber is working for a bioenergy company and grows algae and other crops for biofuels.
Silvia, how did you get into gardening? Did someone teach you?
Why do you garden? What do you get from it?
I garden to get fresh produce. I also enjoy working in the garden a lot.
What is the best or most interesting thing you’ve ever grown?
Taro. We have about 1/4 of the plot with taro. We make poi when we harvest. Yummy!
Do you actually cook and eat what you harvest?
I eat everything from my garden. The only greens I eat are those from my garden.
If you could have it your way, how would you improve the garden?
Not sure.
Do you know of any interesting, funny, inspiring or curious things that have happened in the garden?
I like chitchatting and socializing with other gardeners around my plot. We are a group of interesting characters :-) We share plants, seedlings and suggestions.
