Tag Archives: quinces

A holiday in the Horseradish 24th March 2022

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Tasmanian Traveller

Always early to arrive in the Food Garden at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG), fellow volunteer Neil was hard at work clearing the expanding forests of horseradish plants – just the tops, not digging down for their tasty roots. … Continue reading →

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The gift of quinces part 1 of 2

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

I was chuffed and surprised and very pleased when a follower of this blog, who had followed earlier blogs such as http://www.walkingthederwent.com for years, made contact and offered me some of his crop of quinces. We had never met, and … Continue reading →

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Bottling quinces

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

Quinces have always been a difficult fruit to use because they are tough to cut and prepare for use. So I have been particularly impressed with friend R’s harvest, preparation and then bottling process. A couple of weeks ago R … Continue reading →

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