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Passionfruit and silver beet harvest

When I arrived at the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens yesterday, Tony was hard at work stripping the darkened passionfruit from a wall of vines for a terrific passionfruit harvest. During the morning, eggplants, green runner bean … Continue reading

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Normality in the Food Garden

Think Thursday. Think volunteers. Think plants. Think harvests. Think weeding. Think Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. Nothing could be more normal than our wonderfully committed voluntary team who plunge their hands into the soil, dig holes, nestle … Continue reading

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The soy story continues

The small soy bean seeds are ready for service. A cup full of seeds have been set aside for planting in the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. The remainder I brought home with the instructions to try … Continue reading

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