Photograph of strawberry plant protector made by Marjorie Bligh from elasticised material.

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Photograph of strawberry plant protector made by Marjorie Bligh from elasticised material - photographed in Marjorie's vegetable garden in February 2012. “It’s marvellous,” says Marjorie, “what you can do with left-overs and some deep thinking.” “Marjorie Bligh is Tasmania’s queen of the household scene. Often referred to as “Australia’s Mrs Beeton” or “Tasmania’s Mrs Beeton”, she was born Marjorie Pearsall, in 1917, in the Tasmanian midlands township of Ross. In her self-styled career as a housewife superstar, she married three times and produced six books on cooking, home economics, craft, history and gardening. She published her signature household manual under all three of her married names: Marjorie Blackwell, Marjorie Cooper and Marjorie Bligh. A pioneer recycler, Marjorie has for several decades been renowned for her spirited campaign against useful resources being poured into landfill. Famous for never wasting a thing, she has converted thousands of used pantyhose and plastic s

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