East Maui Taro Festival in Hana
Updated: 2011-04-30 19:34:17
Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Faces of Agriculture HI-AG Classifieds Contact Us Keeping weeds down in a wet year East Maui Taro Festival in Hana Published on April 30, 2011 in Ag Tourism General Ag News and Notes and Taro HANA The 19th annual East Maui Taro Festival will be held from Friday through Sunday in . Hana Activities will include traditional foods , arts and crafts , cultural demonstrations , music and . hula Friday from 9 a.m . to 4 p.m . there will be Makali’i voyaging canoe tours and rides at Hana Bay , weather . permitting Saturday from 9 a.m . to 5 p.m . the festival will unfold at Hana Ballpark with entertainment along with food and craft sales , Hawaiian cultural demonstrations and a nonprofit informational . tent Sunday from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m .
Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Faces of Agriculture HI-AG Classifieds Contact Us Corn closes limit’ down East Maui Taro Festival in Hana Keeping weeds down in a wet year Published on April 28, 2011 in General Ag News and Notes Add weed control to the list of elements of growing your 2011 crop that is being complicated as cool , wet weather continues to delay planting in the bulk of the Corn . Belt If you’re too far delayed in your planting and were originally planning on using a quick tillage trip to knock down early-emerging weeds , you may not be able to pull that off this spring . Preplant tillage operations can effectively control existing vegetation while preparing a seedbed , 8221 says University of Illinois Extension weed specialist Aaron Hager . However 
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