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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
newtyzack@gmail.comMy blogsites
- Mainland Discoveries Records of my explorations of landscapes on mainland Australia
- Touching the Tarkine Record of my exploration of Tasmania’s Tarkine wilderness
- Walking the Derwent The record of my walk from the mouth to the source of Tasmania’s Derwent River
Monthly Archives: January 2021
RTBG-Thursday 28 January 2021
It is a testament to how well our team of Food Garden volunteers work in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). On Thursday when our Co-ordinator was away we simply got to work and achieved a great deal – with … Continue reading
Posted in Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania
Tagged apple tree, buckwheat, chilli, corn, Food Garden, hazelnut, pumpkin, purslane, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG
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A Tasmanian Ladybird
Recently I published a post introducing the topic of ladybirds. Since then I have been vigilant when out in my garden. Yesterday I saw another type of Ladybird: this time the examples were found on two different trees located some … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged Cleobora mellyi, CSIRO, Gardening Australia, ladybird, pear slug, The Atlas of Living Australia
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RTBG-Thursday 21 January 2021
Pam picked me up and while travelling to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) we discussed how we wanted to continue to learn and that this fact was a significant driver in taking us to the Food Garden of the … Continue reading
Spots in the landscape
Every day I realise the extent of my ignorance, especially ignorance about the natural world around me -and particularly within Tasmania which I often assume I know best. When recently I read the January issue of ABC’s Gardening Australia magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged CSIRO, Derwent, Gardening Australia, Harmonia conformis, ladybird, Large Spotted Ladybird, south-west Tasmania, Tarkine, Tasmania
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RTBG – Thursdays in the new year
Weeks have passed since I last wrote about the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) and what was happening in the Food Garden. On the first Thursday of this month some of the team bounded into the Food Garden happily ready … Continue reading
The grand achievement of 2020
On a number of occasions last year, long term blog followers read (for example read here) about Chorus Master June Tyzack leading the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra chorus out of the restricting mental and sometimes physical spaces associated with the Covid … Continue reading
A trip to South West Tasmania- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner-26 of 26
In the early 1800s Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which could be read at face value concerning a ship voyage or you might construe the poem as a metaphor for other ideas. Regardless, … Continue reading
A trip to South West Tasmania – the last supper-23 of 26
In the early evening, while moored in Schooner Cove as the sun was dropping, it was time for our ‘last supper’. Ralph’s photo below puts everything into perspective. A beautiful photo at the end of a beautiful afternoon. When moored, … Continue reading
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