This week’s boxes feature a bounty of berries – raspberries from Lucaston Park Orchard in $20 and $40 boxes, strawberries from Hillwood Berries in the...
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Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 27th November
In southern Tasmania the spring potato of choice is the Pink Eye – it’s hard to find much information about its origins, but it appears...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 20th November
We might only be halfway through November but it’s already starting to feel a lot like summer! This week we’ve got the first raspberries of...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 13th November
There is a saying: knowledge is understanding that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is leaving it out of the fruit salad. I quite enjoy...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 6th November
As the days get longer and warmer, we’re slowly moving into Tasmania’s peak fruit season. The first fruit of the season every year is the...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 30th October
I love late spring in Tasmania – because the winter growing season lasts such a long time, it’s genuinely exciting when the new season spring...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 16th October
This week we’re pretty excited to have not one, but two new-season surprises for you – asparagus AND capsicum. Spring is a funny time in...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 9th October
Glucosinolate – you’ve probably never heard of it, but without this organic compound, this week’s box would be very different! A wide range of plants...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 2nd October
As the days get longer and warmer, plants get about the business of enjoying the energy this provides by growing extra leaves, the gateway for...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 25th September
This week we welcome back delicious cherry tomatoes from the Brandsema farm in Turners Beach, on the north coast of Tasmania. The Brandsema family have...