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RTBG 4th November 2021

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Tasmanian Traveller

Pre-Covid Thursday weather has returned!  Glorious blue skies. Warming temperatures.  Clean clear air after a night’s gentle rain.  And so it was in the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG). Sparkling, luscious, fresh and colourful. When I … Continue reading →

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Rain and frost

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Tasmanian Traveller

Rain and frost are aspects of weather known to most. For the past two decades, while I’ve lived in Bellerive, I have seen an average of two minor frosts each year. Only occasional rain has fallen in all seasons, but … Continue reading →

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The end of summer in a Lindisfarne garden

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Tasmanian Traveller

On Sunday, members of the Hobart’s Eastern Shore Permaculture Tasmania group visited the fruit and vegetable garden of a couple of our members in the suburb of Lindisfarne. Situated on the other side of a hill from where I live, … Continue reading →

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Patatas Bravas with green-tomato sauce

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

I had hoped to make relish but sauce was all I could manage. Red tomato sauce always looks appealing and dramatic. A green/brown mixture has no such appeal. Therefore, I’ve been giving a great deal of thought as to how … Continue reading →

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Was I nettled? No

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Tasmanian Traveller

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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