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...
Archive for category: vegie boxes
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 30th July
Winter root veg are delicious, and parsnips are no exception! We had been sourcing parsnips from Sassafras Farm, but when Sandra sold this business a...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 23rd July
There is no clear definition of a vegetable, but what we call vegetables are generally one of a few parts of a plant: fruit or...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 16th July
Root vegetables are a staple for Tasmanian winter produce, and this week’s boxes feature lots of them – carrots, beetroot, swede and Kennebec potatoes from...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 9th July
The genus Allium includes hundreds of species of plants, and can tend to be taken for granted until you need to try to make food...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 2nd July
This week $30 and $40 boxes include sage, grown by Hills Hydroponics near Devonport, who started out growing seedlings for farming and forestry, but when...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 24th June
This week we welcome back York Town Organics after a short winter break. Clare and Bruce’s carefully tended and certified organic greens go well beyond...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 18th June
Brussels sprouts prefer a temperature range of 15-18 degrees Celsius, and not only aren’t damaged by frost but are generally improved by it (in flavour...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 11th June
Planning out what goes in each week’s veggie box generally comes together on Sunday each week; although in many cases the ground has been prepared...
Backyard Bounty all-Tasmanian Vegie box: 4th June
Making the most of your weekly box in winter, when there’s a narrower range of the Tasmanian only produce that we pack for you, means...