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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: chilli
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 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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New microgreens
Starting in late July, I filled pots with good soil and sprinkled seeds on each – some old and past their use-by-date knowing they may not germinate, and others collected last year which should grow well. I sowed chilli, mustard, … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged alfalfa, basil, chilli, cornflower, Fenugreek, germinating seeds, mint, Mustard
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Permaculture gardening – part 3 of 3
E&S are the proud parents of two cats. Fundamentally these are indoor cats but a creative outdoor enclosure has been built to one side of the house with the cats able to exit though special holes in internal cupboards and … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged Bellerive, cat enclosure, chilli, clumping bamboo, permaculture, permaculture gardening, raspberry canes, swales
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Tasmanian Discoveries 