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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
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Tag Archives: Garlic
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
More recipes for non-astringent persimmons – part 3 of 5
You may not be able to access non-astringent persimmons, so bear with me on this series of blogs. Perhaps there will be ideas here for use with other produce which comes your way. Below I have created recipes for jam … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged Allspice, calyx, carrot, chutney, Garlic, ginger, Jam, non-astringent persimmon, olive oil, onion, persimmons, salt, sauce, tomato, Turmeric, white pepper
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Planting my hugelkultur – garlic, lettuce and silver beet
Weeks ago, before the lockdown, I spent a glorious day at the Koonya garlic festival. While there I purchased garlic bulbs and reserved some for planting. Recently I have wanted to plant them where the colourful cosmos plants were still … Continue reading
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged Garlic, garlic cloves, hugelkultur, Koonya Garlic Festival, lettuce, Silver beet
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RTBG Thursday 16th May 2019 – remembering
For my first week volunteering at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) you can read about eggplant, garlic and feijoa here. In my second week, I picked olives, planted two different kinds of mustard under the olive trees, cleared out … Continue reading
RTBG Thursday 9th May 2019 – remembering
Last week I recalled my first week volunteering at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) – in May 2019. That day the main Food Garden changes, with which I was involved, were the removal of the almost dead mini eggplant … Continue reading
Posted in Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania
Tagged Compost, Eggplant, Feijoa, Food Garden, Garlic, oxalis, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG
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Green tomato sauce
I keep giving you recipes with green tomato sauce. Where did that sauce come from? A few mornings ago I set out to make green tomato relish. However, after much boiling and the addition of cornflour the mix failed to … Continue reading
Posted in Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania
Tagged Allspice, Apple Cider Vinegar, black pepper corns, Cloves, dates, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic, green tomato, green tomato sauce, Leatherwood Honey, Malt vinegar, olive oil, onions, rock salt, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Sambal Olek, tomatoes
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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
RTBG – 17 and 19th December 2019
What’s this, you may think? When you notice two dates in one week, you may wonder what this means. Remember the last post; it was about my new seed-sweeping experience. That was on a Tuesday. Okay – so now you … Continue reading
Was I nettled? No
I was bound to collect weeds. I had a weed soup to make. Most of my fellow Food Garden volunteers were nervous about consuming weeds; ‘are they okay to eat’, was the frequent question. And some are. But which is … Continue reading
Posted in Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania
Tagged Chard, Chives, chives flowering head, Food Garden, Garlic, nettles, olive oil, onion, Onion Weed, potato, potato weed, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG, Silverbeet, sorrel, soup, stinging nettles, vegetable stock, weed, weed soup
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