Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 18
th, 2024 at 3:19pm:
Found a place I can buy rhubarb crowns next month—that is near Hobart, will make a weekend excursion:
• Fri—buy spices, rhubarb crowns (a LOT of crowns!) Maybe visit New Norfolk antique shops
• Sat—Salamanca Market
• Sun—lure coursing.
Nice little trip.
Jul–Aug will drive to Cygnet to pick up tree order (mostly raspberries and blueberries) and maybe can make another bit of within–state travel? Hmmm could visit Port Arthur on the way down?
(There is a housing coop near Pt Arthur, thought I could build a strawbale house there. The land was cheap and my trees could go in the communal orchard. Bah, place was a windswept ridge and they thought my proposed 80sqm house was too big! Forgot about that!)
Been thinking about this trip, will do it.
Need to work out when I can get rhubarb and asparagus crowns—most Australian rhubarb is grown in Tassie so no probs there. Asparagus will be more marginal but I reckon I can manage to grow it, just.
Will make it a three day trip: leave Friday morning, arrive Hobart, visit Spice House, go to accommodation. Walk Socks along river or let her run in a dog park etc. Dinner.
Next morning after walking dog etc—Salamanca market! Probably an hour in market, walk dog, hour in market, walk dog etc. Buy and eat food, accommodation.
Sunday—head to lure coursing fun run then home.
Another course near Hobart in May—maybe visit new Norfolk and the antique shops there?