Spring in the plant world is a busy time of growth and reproduction, as plants take advantage of the warming temperatures and longer daylight hours....
Archive for category: vegie boxes
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 1st October
Planning out each week’s boxes is a process that often starts before you get the previous week’s box, and whilst making sure your box is...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 24th September
This week Grown for Taste have sent us up two less common leafy greens, both from the brassicae family of plants, which as a rule...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 17th September
Spring is traditionally described as the “hunger gap”, a time when there’s not a whole lot growing; however, this week’s box, full of lovely treats,...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 10th September
While autumn is a time of abundance, spring is a time of transition. The celery in this week’s $40 boxes will be the last until...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 3rd September
Apples have been grown in Tasmania since the beginning of European settlement, with the first apple tree planted on Bruny Island in 1788, and the...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 27th August
This week’s boxes feature certified organic salad greens and tatsoi from York Town Organics and certified organic Royal Gala apples from Mark & Christine. If...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 20th August
Olives, on the face of it, are an unlikely plant for humans to have cultivated. Fresh olives from the tree are disgustingly astringent, and aren’t...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 13th August
Cabbage is an ancient brassica, believed to have been first cultivated around 3000 years ago, although it’s likely that earlier forms didn’t have the tight,...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 6th August
The vegetables we know and love today are the result of thousands of years of careful cultivation. This can be done either by planting only...