Tag Archives: Silver beet

RTBG Thursday 10 December 2020

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

Last week in the Food Garden at the Royal Tasmania Botanical Gardens (RTBG) we cleared and prepared garden beds ready for planting this past Thursday. I am grateful that two of my fellow gardeners reported on the activity and for … Continue reading →

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Silver beet

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

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 Tasmanian Traveller

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 Tasmanian Traveller

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 Tasmanian Traveller

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 Tasmanian Traveller

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 Tasmanian Traveller

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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