Monday, September 28, 2026

FGG Newsletter October 2026

 Food Garden Group newsletter - October 2026

 🌱 We like to grow what we eat 🌱

                                                                                                                                                                   

In this newsletter - What to do in your food garden in October, this month's Southern food garden visit, last month's visits in words and pictures, useful Food Garden Group blog posts for October, the Botanical Gardens tomato sale and more.


Saturday, September 26, 2026

Monday, August 31, 2026

FGG Newsletter September 2026

         🍋 Food Garden Group newsletter - September 2026  🍋

 We like to grow what we eat 

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It's the start of Spring and the start of the Food Garden Group's garden-visit season! In this newsletter - Visits planned for 2026-2027, details of the September visit, what to do in your food garden in September, what FGG blog articles might be useful this month, and more. You will find it all below.


Wednesday, July 15, 2026

FGG Newsletter August 2026

          🫛 Food Garden Group newsletter - August 2026 🫛

 We like to grow what we eat 

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Welcome to the 2026-2027 Food Garden Group season! The first FGG newsletter of the season usually comes out on the first of August, but BioSecurity Tasmania has published proposed new primary produce regulations and asked Tasmanians to respond to them before 5pm on 30 July, so this newsletter is early to alert you to this fact and invite you to provide feedback to BioSecurity Tasmania before the deadline.


The Impact of Proposed new Primary Produce Regulations

Most food gardeners would in the past have taken their surplus produce to food swaps, community houses or trade tables at Food Garden Group garden visits. If proposed BioSecurity Tasmania regulations get the green light you will be in breach of primary produce regulations if you take leafy vegetables or berries or melons without first providing BioSecurity Tasmania with detailed paperwork. You can read more about this below. Please respond to BioSecurity Tasmania's request for feedback before 30 July!


Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Visit Newnham John and Venie 2026

Wicking beds and a constant flow worm farm generated much interest amongst northern gardeners when we met on Sunday 19 April in John and Venie's Newnham garden. 


Sunday, April 19, 2026

Visit Tea Tree Kathy and Tom 2026

The last visit of the Southern 25-26 season was to the rural property of Kathy and Tom at Tea Tree near Richmond. Looking from the road at the turn-of-the-century weatherboard farm house, you wouldn't expect it, but behind it we found one of the most delightful and expertly-designed food gardens we have visited in a long time.

These pigeons are keen on these Fahrenheit Blue tomatoes