This week’s boxes feature pears from the Hansen family in Nubeena. Apples and pears have a lot in common, but a key difference is that...
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Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 17th June
The cold weather recently has been playing havoc with vegetable growing; due to the conditions you might notice that no-one gets carrots, lettuce or broccoli...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 10th June
This week’s apples – grown by Lucaston Park Orchard, owned and run by the Griggs family for four generations – are one of my favourites,...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 3rd June
Walnuts will grow in a reasonably wide range of climates, but like avocados the cooler climate of Tasmania results in a slower-growing, and thus better-tasting,...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 27th May
This week’s boxes feature a trio of herbs – basil, coriander and Mexican tarragon from Hills Hydroponics in Don Heads near Devonport on the sunny...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 20th May
This week’s small and large boxes include one of my favourite autumn root vegetables, the Jerusalem artichoke – we source our organically grown artichokes from...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 13th May
This week’s medium and large boxes include a handful of an exotic fruit that you’re sadly unlikely to find in any local grocers – the...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 6th May
It might only be May but winter is definitely starting to bite – the good news is our winter boxes are not only full of...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 29th April
Chilli, while often associated with the food of Asia, was a staple diet of the native people of the Americas, and as such was cultivated...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 22nd April
The word “salad” is often used interchangeably with the word “lettuce”, but interestingly it’s actually cognate with the word “salt”, and originally is used to...