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Silver beet

Posted on November 20, 2020 by

How large can a leaf of silver beet grow?  Months ago I wrote about establishing a hugelkultur garden.  In that space I planted, over time, an assortment of vegetables as an experiment. I am delighted to say the feverfew, garlic, … Continue reading →

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Largesse

Posted on May 29, 2020 by

Yet again I was more than delighted when the wonder gods of Woodbridge gave me more of their abundance.  This time I received bags and bags of broccoli, two types of Kale, Brussel sprouts, and the glossy leaves of coloured … Continue reading →

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Planting my hugelkultur – garlic, lettuce and silver beet

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

Weeks ago, before the lockdown, I spent a glorious day at the Koonya garlic festival. While there I purchased garlic bulbs and reserved some for planting. Recently I have wanted to plant them where the colourful cosmos plants were still … Continue reading →

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Thursday at the RTBG

Posted on May 22, 2020 by

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 →

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Making my own ‘cups of soup’ mix

Posted on April 6, 2020 by

Based on the tip given to me, I have been drying the runts of home grown silver beet/chard etc; these are the final leaves after a summer of large leaves but all nutritious even though diminished in size. A large … Continue reading →

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RTBG on 26th September 2019 – 1 of 2

Posted on September 27, 2019 by

It was a two bus trip to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) this Thursday and I was so glad to walk from the second bus stop to the Gardens. It had been a few weeks since I had walked … Continue reading →

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