Head for heights This week: Head for heights; More orchids; We have had a really nice week of weather this week, which included the first 25°C day of the summer. On the paths around my home trees like this wild … Read More
Break out the NATO sweater This week: Home for a Sivi Ćuk; More orchids; Wild flowers; This has been a week of two halves! At the beginning of the week, there was warm sunshine. It was tee-shirt weather and felt … Read More
Ideas over coffee This week: Orchid hunting; Ideas over coffee; The window seat; It has been a bit of a “plant” week, this week. I had a Callistemon bush which has been in a large ceramic planter for years. It … Read More
Felling trees This week: Felling trees; Flat tyres; Seat work; It is the end of the first week of March. So the year is moving forwards very quickly. Spring has well and truly arrived here in Dol. We have had … Read More
Building Owl boxes This week: Somewhere to sit; Building Owl boxes; For the first time in four months, we have had a completely dry and sunny week. The changes around the gardens and orchards have been dramatic. Suddenly in a … Read More
Then the rain came This week: Then the rain came again; Making repairs; On Monday there was significant snow on the Dinaric Alps as I went to the shops. The highest point in the mountains is Sveti Jure (St. George) … Read More
Fireside woes This week: Fireside woes; Winter wood; Water problems; We are well into early spring, although the weather has not been particularly spring like. Still, this week there have been three sunny days. This is a significant improvement on … Read More
Open gates This week: Open gates; Cyclone Harry; Starting a new project; I have an extremely damp feline on my knee as I write this. This week has been wet and miserable, all apart from one day. It is just … Read More
It’s winter! This week: It’s winter!; Burning wood; In the orchards; Today is cold again. That raw, damp cold we get here in Dol in winter. I have two felines on my knee and others dotted around, anywhere where it … Read More
Buttoning up the citrus This week: Just a tiny leak; Buttoning up the citrus for winter; The build begins; The last day of this week; A tidy desk is the sign of an unsound mind…, or so goes the old … Read More