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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
newtyzack@gmail.comMy blogsites
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Tag Archives: Camellia sinensis
RTBG 4th November 2021
Pre-Covid Thursday weather has returned! Glorious blue skies. Warming temperatures. Clean clear air after a night’s gentle rain. And so it was in the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). Sparkling, luscious, fresh and colourful. When I … Continue reading
Thursday 28th October 2021 at RTBG
Glorious Thursdays have returned! In 2019 every Thursday was a sunny day regardless of season. Then last year and for many Thursdays of 2021, wet weather has hampered my spirits on volunteering Thursdays. But yesterday, working in the Food Garden … Continue reading
RTBG – Thursday 5th November 2020
The glorious weather typical of pre -Covid times has returned. Pam kindly collected me and we drove through the morning sunshine, parked outside the RTBG and was abruptly told by an unfriendly policeman not to park where we had or … Continue reading
RTBG Thursday 29 Oct 2020 –what a day!
Thoughtful Pam offered me a lift to the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmania Botanical Gardens, a gift that raised my spirits enormously. I wasted less time in travel and used the opportunity to water my newly planted tomatoes before … Continue reading
RTBG – Thursday 1st October 2020 Part 2 of 2
The story continues about my experience at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) last Thursday, with an unusual and unexpected diversion. I was surprised after our morning tea break and we were back weeding in the orchard, when a visitor … Continue reading
RTBG on Thursday 24 Sept- part 2 of 3
I signed into the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) just as a newbie arrived and was introduced; one with whom I worked until we had a tea break. She and I were assigned to the tea … Continue reading
RTBG Thursday 10 October 2019
Need you ask what the weather was like? No – you don’t need to ask. Of course the sky was gorgeously blue with the occasional glowing white cloud, the sun was warm even hot in parts of the Food Garden, … Continue reading
RTBG on 26th September 2019 – 2 of 2
My work in the Food Garden of The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) had more to offer in the afternoon. After lunch one option included digging and removing compacted gravel in the area that was shown last week in the … Continue reading
Tasmanian Discoveries 