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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: olives
Early days in this year’s olive production
Once again I have been blessed with the gift of a windfall of early season ripe olives. Long term blog followers may remember my experiments with brining and salting fresh olives over time. You can read past reports here and … Continue reading
Olives into their jars for a two year rest
On the 6th July (refer RTBG and olives) I tipped a pile of black olives into a pillow case, poured in a lot of salt, massaged it then hung the load underneath my house. On the 26 August, 51 days … Continue reading
Preparation of olives in a jar
Last week my blog post showed me bagging up olives with salt and hanging them beneath my house. C has sent photos and an explanation of her method for preparing olives to eat. ‘Here are my experiments with olives I … Continue reading
This time, last year at the RTBG
The date was the 27th June 2019, and my day at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) was so full that I needed to write two blog posts. You can read the first here and the second here. What an … Continue reading
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Thursday at the RTBG
Yesterday was Thursday. Long term blog followers will know the day is always glorious if I am (we the Food Garden volunteers are) going to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). And we did. And it was. Earlier in the … Continue reading
RTBG- Olives supplement as at 30 Sept 2019
In a July blog post I explained that a few of us, whole working at Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG), picked black Kalamata olives when we volunteered in the Food Garden. In that earlier blog post I showed a couple … Continue reading
RTBG 16 August 2019 –washing the olives
Weeks ago I picked olives in the Community Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). I brought a few home to see if I could prepare them for eating, following Coordinator Adam’s direction. Time has passed and today … Continue reading
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RTBG 4th July 2019 – 3 of 3
When we arrived back at the Food Garden court of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) from our Nursery experience, other volunteers were sprawled along stone walls and seated in make shift places enjoying a lunch break. Occasional birdsong could … Continue reading
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RTBG-27 June 2019 post 2 of 2
Yesterday you read about the picking of the Kalamata olives at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, and that I brought some home to prepare for eating. I decided to try both methods recommended by Food Garden Coordinator Adam, in order … Continue reading
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