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!

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. 

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

Visit Peter and Pam Longford 2026

Peter and Pam welcomed us in to their Longford garden on Sunday. Peter led us around answering questions along the way. 

FGG Newsletter April 2026

        🍇 Food Garden Group newsletter - April 2026  🍇

 We like to grow what we eat 

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In this last newsletter of the 25-26 food garden season: what to do in your food garden in April, this month's Northern and Southern food garden visits, buying a fruit tree, growing garlic, saving seed made easy, and more.

Himrod grapes almost ripe!

Visit Mount Nelson Fiona and Craig 2026

This month the Food Garden Group climbed a little higher than usual, visiting Fiona and Craig’s garden on the summit of Mt Nelson. At around 350 m elevation, in a bushland setting, it’s a beautiful location — but not necessarily an easy one for growing food.