I have been hoping to plant some Lucerne seeds this autumn, but the ground needs to be in the right condition to do it and at the moment, it is far from ready to plant anything.
In the Vlaška cove on the Kabal peninsula, yachts are at rest on the clear opal sea.
Under the weather This week: Under the weather; It’s all in the bubbles; Selling the car; I scream, you scream…; In the garden; Under the weather I seem to have caught a virus, at least I think that is what … Read More
As different countries suffer heatwaves – over 20ºC in parts of Alaska, these temperature effects are not universal across continents.
This week the plums have started to fall off, so I decided that I would begin the task of dismembering the broken bough and begin picking the plums.
I like exploring gardens and garden centres, trying seeds and cuttings and generally experimenting.
There are still severe heat warning in place into next week, but I think here in Dol, while we may just exceed 36ºC, that is about as high as we will get for the moment.
I was up early and wandered along the dewy path up to St Michael’s Church to watch the first rays of the sun climb above the Dinaric Alps, above Makarska.
Creating a bit of a stink This week: Catapulted into summer; Work routine; Protecting tender plants; Creating a bit of a stink; Catapulted into summer By the end of last week, as the mercury was a fraction over 30ºC, I … Read More
On a lovely bright summer morning, I took the coast road to Hvar…