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Seed saving webinar

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

Recently I registered for a Permaculture Tasmania webinar delivered by Linda Cockburn and Trevor Wittmer from SeedFreaks. Their business, located south of Hobart and centred on the small township of Geeveston,  grows plants organically and specifically for collecting open pollinated … Continue reading →

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The last of autumn harvest drying; a tale of two dryers

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

Gardening friend N now has his own food dryer and had been eager to try it out. It had its first run last week and was an outstanding success. According to N, ‘I did a lot of reading about food … Continue reading →

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Masses of confusion

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

I like the idea of self-seeding plants and mixtures of plants in one area. Just as my cosmos and marigold plants hide tomatoes, I want to see more of this idea across my garden. I want to create an environment … Continue reading →

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Paper daisies

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

I purchased a small punnet of paper daisies, seeking glorious colour and the pleasure of the hardness of their flowers. However I did not understand they needed to be planted close together for effect, and spaced them apart. So they … Continue reading →

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Drying corn kernels

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

In the normal course of life I purchased a few cobs of corn with their sheaths intact, ready to use in salads and stir fry meals.  I wondered.  If I was to dry the kernels, would these commercially grown corn … Continue reading →

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Saving seeds from my Ukrainian tomato plant

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

Last October, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens  (RTBG) held public sales of tomato plants. One that I acquired was labelled  Hurma Ukrainian.  It grows high and wide (is an indeterminate tomato) and develops large yellow tomatoes. The eating texture is … Continue reading →

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Saving seed

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

I asked friend K about the best way to collect seed from tomatoes. After all, they are squashy and wet and, if left, may not dry out rather rot and grow mould. K learnt the following process from another – … Continue reading →

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Seed-collecting

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

At the end of 2017 I planted a punnet of the flowering plant Cosmos. They reared themselves in early 2018 and were a pleasure to behold. I didn’t grab them out when they died only ages later. By that time … Continue reading →

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RTBG Tuesday 14 January 2020

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

Seeds-sweeping. That’s what I expected to be doing today at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG).  However this extra volunteering job is over for the year. The rare and endangered Philotecha freyciana plants have more or less stopped throwing seed … Continue reading →

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RTBG Tuesday 10 December 2019

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Tasmanian Traveller

Tuesday you see in the title and probably furrow a puzzling brow. Isn’t Thursday my day for volunteering at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) you think? In a far distant blog post I told you that the RTBG has … Continue reading →

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