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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
newtyzack@gmail.comMy blogsites
- Mainland Discoveries Records of my explorations of landscapes on mainland Australia
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Tag Archives: apple
Thursday 24th February 2022 – RTBG
I am never sure what aspect of my Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) experience will thrill me when I volunteer, but I prepare, travel there, and then discover some freshness, vista, or collegial atmosphere that lifts my spirits. This week’s … Continue reading
Posted in Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania
Tagged apple, bean, chestnut, cucumber, Food Garden, Quince, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG, tomatoes
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RTBG on Thursday 23rd September 2021
Our volunteering efforts in the Food Garden at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) last Thursday created clear beds ready for planting in the coming weeks. Dutifully we weeded, then dug garden beds. Then we began the never ending task … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, Food Garden, Quince, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG
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Attempts at apple vinegar making
Previously I wrote a blog post with a link to a video which explained how to make apple vinegar versus cider. You can review that video here. In response to my posting, friend C sent me photos of her attempt … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged apple, apple vinegar, cider vinegar, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Sturmer, vinegar, vinegar making
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Everyone is ‘crumbling’
Previously I have showed my fruit based ‘crumble’ desserts and, in these early winter days, many friends have been baking their own. Friend J submitted her recent delectable success story – made from four of the apples from my tree … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged apple, apple crisp, apple crumble, Granny Smith, Pink Lady
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Green tomato sauce
In the month of June in cooling Tasmania, tomato plants should not be growing and flowering but so many of my cherry tomatoes were. From experience, I remember this has always happened and I have let them continue to flourish … Continue reading
Persimmons – part 1 of 5
Today’s post is the start of a long tale of two Persimmons – two types of Persimmons. Persimmon Australia clearly shows and describes the difference between the two. In particular, I noticed the size difference. Some years ago I planted … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged apple, astringent, non-astringent, Persimmon Australia, persimmons
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More on the codling moth and Tasmania
Friend M alerted me to past Tasmanian history and the codling moth. She told me ‘Tasmania, and I guess some other states, had a Codling Moth Act, 1880 I think. It was very brief only a few paragraphs and printed … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, codling moth, Pear, Tasmania, The Codling Moth Eradication Bill, The Mercury
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The codling moth and drying apples
You have seen my pear slices drying in an earlier blog post and the process for the drying of apple slices is no different. But in preparing the apples for the food dryer I learnt something new. Whereas the codling … Continue reading
RTBG Thursday 9 January 2020
I was grateful when K offered me a lift to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). This gave us both a chance to emote strongly about the expected joys of being back volunteering in the Food Garden after the Christmas … Continue reading