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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 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
RTBG first week of October 2019
As I remarked in yesterday’s blog post, I did not volunteer at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) last week. Alas. However, I thought that blog followers might want to see something –so here are a selection of photos taken … Continue reading
Posted in Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania
Tagged apples, avocado, azaleas, blueberry, cherry, citrus, currant, fig, Food Garden, Freesias, Garden, Garlic, gooseberry, Granny Smith, greengage, lemon, mandarin, Mt Wellington, orange, passionfruit, pears, persimmon, Pink Lady, red plum, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG, weeding, wisteria, Yakon
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RTBG- 25/7/19 Post 1 of 2
I arrived early at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG), climbed the hill to the Hub at the top entrance gate and signed in, changed into my gardening shoes, then grabbed a bin and headed off to do some weeding … Continue reading
RTBG-13 June 2019 post 1 of 2
After three weeks of commitments elsewhere, I returned to my voluntary work in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). At my eastern shore bus stop the temperature was 7 degrees and in Hobart’s CBD it hovered around a brisk 6 … Continue reading
