Did you know that every Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., you can go fishing at Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden in Kane'ohe? It's an easy 20-minute hike to the garden's reservoir, where you can enjoy some quiet family time as you participate in the catch-and-release program. You can bring your own fishing gear or borrow a bamboo pole there, but you will need to bring your own bait. The Ho'omaluhia staff recommends white bread (no live bait is allowed) on barbless hooks. Also a good idea — plenty of insect repellent and good walking shoes.

It's free to get into the Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden and to participate in the weekly family fishing day. When you've had your fill of fishing, stroll through the 400-acre garden, where you'll see plant collections from many tropical regions. Spread a picnic blanket, watch the antics of the resident ducks, and relax into the weekend. For more information, call 233-7323.

This is the first in a series of weekly tips from the authors of our new blog, On the Cheap. Kris Bordessa is a features writer and author of several books for kids and teachers. Leslie Lang is a copywriter and author of "Exploring Historic Hilo and Mauna Kea." Together they write the blogs www.HonoluluOnTheCheap.com and www.BigIslandOnTheCheap.com, with intel about Hawai'i's free, cheap or discounted entertainment, food deals, cultural happenings, keiki activities, travel and more.

BABY AWEARNESS STORE CELEBRATES

The newly renovated Baby aWEARness store at Manoa Marketplace is celebrating its grand reopening Saturday with a day full of activities, crafts and entertainment for keiki, including a children's fashion show, bucket gardening with Auntie Pualani and story time with pediatric dentist Dr. Brent Ching, author of "The Little Lima Bean."

The store, an eco-friendly and natural parenting resource, carries cloth diapers and baby carriers and offers classes and workshops for moms and babies, including keiki hula, organic gardening and cooking, natural childbirth and breastfeeding and mom-and-baby yoga.

The reopening is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the store on the second floor of Manoa Marketplace at 2752 Woodlawn Drive. For more information, call 988-0010.

— Treena Shapiro