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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
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- Walking the Derwent The record of my walk from the mouth to the source of Tasmania’s Derwent River
Category Archives: Tasmania
Thursday 25th February at the RTBG
Last Thursday work doesn’t stop at the Food Garden in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). Pam provided a ‘gardens update. We stripped the remaining fruit from 3 tomato beds, 2 piles, one coloured and the other green. Pulled out … Continue reading
Waste not Produce – at Cygnet
Here is the latest report from the intrepid vegetable and fruit produce gatherers and distributors, Robyn and Andrew. ‘WASTE NOT PRODUCE’ CYGNET MARKET 21 FEBRUARY 2021 Today was our first market for the year – and it was fabulous. The … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged Cygnet, Cygnet Community Hub, Cygnet Market, Waste Not Produce, zuchinni, zuchinni hommous
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Two weeks of volunteering at the RTBG amidst health and goodness
A few readers love reading and looking at my blog posts because they believe they can keep up with some of what I am doing each week, while others love gardens and vegetables. Most are happy to read and to … Continue reading
Plunge your hands into the soil
Since I started volunteering in the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, then in another that keeps an elderly person living on their own property, plus working in my own garden more intensively, I have never felt better. … Continue reading
Maybe an unwanted Harlequin Ladybird
In response to my recent blog posts on ladybirds, friend Mary sent me a photo of a couple she found in her garden. I set out to identify these and would like to think they are the Harmonia conformis also … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, Harmonia conformis, ladybird, Large Spotted Ladybird
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Purslane-portulaca oleracea
I have been prompted by an article published in the ABC’s Gardening Australia magazine. When I read the options for using this plant in meals, and understood the nutrient content within the Portaluca oleracea plant, commonly known as Purslane and … Continue reading
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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