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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
newtyzack@gmail.comMy blogsites
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Tag Archives: Mustard
RTBG Thursday 24th June 2021
I can’t believe that on a glorious blue sky winter day, none of my photos included the sky. But trust me, it was wonderful that a sun-filled Thursday returned. The day was sensational, so much so that our team of … Continue reading
RTBG Thursday 6th May 2021
Weeks have passed since my last posting to this blog, partly because arthritis has struck my hands and wrists from ‘too much weeding’!!!!! Alas. Incredibly disappointing, frustrating, and inconvenient. Thanks to all my readers who made contact to check I … Continue reading
RTBG Wednesday 21 October 2020
Since Thursday this week was a gazetted public holiday and that therefore our Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) Food Garden Coordinator would be absent, we decided to volunteer on Wednesday. Six of us arrived ready for action. I enjoyed my … Continue reading
Posted in Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania
Tagged almond, brassica, Broad Beans, cumquats, fig, Food Garden, Mustard, 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
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Tagged alfalfa, basil, chilli, cornflower, Fenugreek, germinating seeds, mint, Mustard
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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 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
