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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
newtyzack@gmail.comMy blogsites
- Mainland Discoveries Records of my explorations of landscapes on mainland Australia
- Touching the Tarkine Record of my exploration of Tasmania’s Tarkine wilderness
- Walking the Derwent The record of my walk from the mouth to the source of Tasmania’s Derwent River
Tag Archives: tomatoes
The last of autumn harvest drying; a tale of two dryers
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
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged apples, cherry tomatoes, food dryers, Granny Smith, green tomato sauce, Pink Lady, seed collecting, semi-dried tomatoes, tomatoes
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Community garden
A couple of weeks ago I set off in the dark around 6am and headed for the Heemskirk Community Garden in the next suburb of Warrane. Members of the local community value the garden. It was well into development at … Continue reading
Masses of confusion
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
Posted in Tasmania
Tagged asparagus, Calendula, carrots, companion planting, Cosmos, cucumbers, marigold, Paper daisies, parsley, peas, seed collecting, seed harvesting, seed saving, tomatoes
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RTBG Food Garden continues
A month ago my world compressed. Notice was given that, due to the COVID virus, volunteering at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) could not continue for its duration. A fortnight ago the RTBG was closed to visitors. All very … Continue reading
Posted in Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania
Tagged beans, Capsicum, Eggplant, Feijoa, Food Garden, hazelnut, passionfruit, pumpkin, Quince, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG, tomatoes
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I made a mistake
Yesterday the blog post showed you a bench load of beautiful tomatoes. I made a mistake. K did not grow them. K says ‘those photos of tomatoes I sent you were not my tomatoes! hahah I wish – I’m not … Continue reading
Growing varieties of tomatoes
In her garden fellow RTBG volunteer K grows an impressive range of tomatoes. The harvest has been extraordinarily successful this year. I am sure you noticed the variations in size, shape and colour of these fruits. Probably, like me, you … Continue reading
Seed-collecting
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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Tagged cherry tomatoes, Cosmos, flower, marigolds, seed, seed collecting, tomatoes
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RTBG – the produce gets picked
First one fellow volunteer sent me an email exclaiming ‘Adam has sent a Patch tomato update…. amazing!’ Then a phone message was left for me from another ‘Did you get Adams photos? All those tomatoes!!!’. Adam is the Coordinator of … Continue reading
Not the RTBG but another garden
One of my fellow volunteers at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) sent me an email yesterday (Thursday) and remarked “ I know I’m not the only one missing our day at The Patch today, so very much.” R continued “I … Continue reading
