Life in a Dol house BLOG

This Blog began in 2014 as a way to keep in touch with family and friends. Gradually more people wanted to read the Blog and so it went from being a weekly email, to an on-line page.

Over time we used different platforms until in January 2019 when we moved to our own dedicated pages. Past years blogs will be added, but it will take time…


Life in a Dol house is about the daily trials and tribulations, successes and failures and the mundane minutia of modernising an old Croatian farm house and smallholding. This is on a beautiful Adriatic island, and is about our making it productive again.

Each week you are invited to join us in our adventures on a small plot of land in this quiet backwater. Here, where the pace of life is still regulated by the passage of the sun across the sky each day and the season of the year.

Below are our most recent Blogs. Just click on any link to open a new page.

Doing the job twice – 2026/29
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Doing the job twice This week: Doing the job twice; Trees of choice; We received our rain this week, only just over 7mm, but very welcome, none the less. However the bad news is that all my efforts last week, … Read More

The ethical dilemma – 2026/28
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The ethical dilemma This week: Our weather so far; The ethical dilemma; Waterproofing; My week has been both busy and slow, at the same time. I have been busy finishing the rain barrier on the bridge between my buildings. However … Read More

It’s fire season – 2026/27
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It’s FIRE season This week: From Bulbs to Cicadas; Why Phenology matters; More tools required; We have had another hot week, with daily maximum temperatures of 35°C, 36°C and a high of 37.3 on Wednesday. So I have been working … Read More

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