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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
Category Archives: Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Giant pumpkins obliterated
This story focuses on the end of giant pumpkins Continue reading
Colour at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
After I finished my volunteering effort in the Food Garden last Thursday, I walked to the exit via the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Garden’s Conservatory. This is somewhat like a public art gallery in that the exhibits change frequently and you … Continue reading
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Garden’s Food Garden
Sometimes referred to as a Community Garden, the Food Garden within the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is not for general community consumption – in terms of eating the produce. Regardless of notices, some visitors think they can take one or … Continue reading
What a waste of time!
Should I have titled this blog post ‘Don’t believe everything offered by Google’, or ‘Am I suffering from another after-effect of Covid?’ I love the look of chestnuts on their trees. While I have never eaten one, I’ve been keen … Continue reading
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Tagged chestnut, chestnuts, roasting chestnut
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The Food Garden continues to flourish
First I had a book to complete and publish and then I got Covid the day after publication – so my stories of changes in the Food Garden at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens came to a halt. Earlier on, … Continue reading
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Tagged artichoke, beans, fig, Food Garden, hazelnut, mulberry, pumpkin, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Garden, Silver beet, Soy bean, sunflowers, tomato, zuchinni
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Thursday 26 January
Normally we would volunteer today in the Food Garden at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens but, because Australia has a gazetted public holiday, this month we could give it a miss or choose another day of the week. For some, … Continue reading
Shallots and Garlic
The diversity of tasks offered to a gardener, makes gardening perpetually rich and enjoyable. Planting, pruning and harvesting are the three main categories of tasks but, for each, a plethora of mini tasks make up the whole. Last Thursday in … Continue reading
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Tagged Duganski, Garlic, Lokalen, shallot
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New plant signage at the Botanical Gardens
Last Thursday, while at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, I was prepared to scrub the cut offs of metal slatted Venetian blinds on which we had written the name of vegetables. They needed to be cleaned for reuse. We use … Continue reading
Normality in the Food Garden
Think Thursday. Think volunteers. Think plants. Think harvests. Think weeding. Think Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. Nothing could be more normal than our wonderfully committed voluntary team who plunge their hands into the soil, dig holes, nestle … Continue reading
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Tagged bay tree, Blueberries, Cinderella pumpkin, Food Garden, Kiwi fruit, KY1 tomatoes, La Rouge D'Etampes, leeks, oxalis, pumpkin, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Shallots, soy beans, strawberry, sunflowers, tomatoes, zucchini
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