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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
newtyzack@gmail.comMy blogsites
- Mainland Discoveries Records of my explorations of landscapes on mainland Australia
- Touching the Tarkine Record of my exploration of Tasmania’s Tarkine wilderness
- Walking the Derwent The record of my walk from the mouth to the source of Tasmania’s Derwent River
Tag Archives: Garlic
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
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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
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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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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
