The grass isn’t always green This week: Weather; Horticulture; Seed merchants; Website; At this time of year things are a little slow. We have had some warms days with temperatures into double figures and reaching +14ºC, but cold, clear, cloudless … Read More
Walking with secateurs This week: Local Walk; Citizen Science; Weeds again! Garden chores; I’ve been trying to get my car looked at by the local auto repairer – I hesitate to use the word engineer. Finally on Tuesday after three … Read More
It’s January – Siječanj! This week: New Year; Log fires; New Blog Platform; Plants; Well here we are in 2019! I hope your celebrations went off well and there was no over indulgence! There are some quaint traditions here around … Read More
Pruning with a chain saw 2018 – Week 52 This week: Time; Horticulture; History; Blogging A friend asked me this week where time goes to. There is no easy answer, whether you want the technical answer from A … Read More
Wine! The smell of fermenting grape juice is everywhere Walk past any small farm, Konoba or even some out-houses and there will be a sweet smell, slightly fruity and completely distinct. This is the smell of this years crop of … Read More
Reusing re-purposed and reclaimed materials
A week of odds and ends This week: Central Heating; New Year flowers; Painting walls; Odd Jobs; We have had a mild but rather damp week this week. Occasional burst of warm spring sunshine have been interspersed with cloudy days, … Read More
Not the best of first weeks! This week: Ladder work; The Bura; Digital Photography; Scale Rail; Its cold. Actually it feels very cold, far from Mediterranean temperatures! The OAT (outside air temperature at 1.25m above ground) is -5.5°C, but with … Read More
Some Croatian Anki panki This week: Horticulture; Language; Weather; Jelsa; We have had the last of the Christmas holidays this week. Wednesday was the 6th of January, the festival of the Epiphany or the visit of the Three Kings. In … Read More
A visit from Don Mario This week: Greenhouse; Live Steam; Walking the old lanes; It is extremely difficult to type when you have two cats jostling for position on your knee, but I will persevere! It’s still cold outside and … Read More