“You learn to grow what suits the climate, but that hasn't stopped me trying to grow lemons, figs, tomatoes and pumpkins.
While the rest of Australia was obsessed with the great toilet-paper shortage crisis during the Covid lockdowns, Tasmanian gardeners Amarlie and Lesley Crowden were much more concerned about running out of cement to complete their next rock wall.
The sisters live with their parents on their family farm, Kaydale, at Nietta high in the hills behind Ulverstone in Tasmania's north-west. While their commitment to the two-hectare garden is remarkable, they are quick to point out they are merely continuing
