It has long been an ambition of ours to eventually keep bees, but we hadn’t quite anticipated that it would be this year! We’ve spent winter swotting up on bee keeping with two books we got from a friend; Collins Beekeeper’s Bible and The Complete & Easy Guide to Beekeeping. The Collins one has been…
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Friends, family and first volunteer of 2016
The beginning of March was a bit hectic, we really wanted to get the central table in the kitchen finished before our first guests arrived. This involved a few late nights but we managed to get it finished two days before they arrived. March has seen a few visitors come and go, our first arrivals…
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Spring is on it’s way
The snow has now all gone and it’s been warming up quite a lot, so much so I was gardening in shorts and a tee-shirt yesterday in 24C but typical of Bulgarian weather we are now back in jumpers today. February has been a busy month so far. Joe has tidied up the electrics in…
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Back to work after our bit of a break
Well we finally got some proper snow and some freezing temperatures which the dogs have loved but Fog hasn’t been to happy about and has abandoned his rat/mouse control duties to guard the pechka. We knew it was coming so were well stocked up on the essentials but neither of us appreciated how long it…
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Baking ( not as easy as it sounds )
Yes we can go to the nearest big supermarkets 30 miles away to get most of the ingredients you need for baking but we choose not to, we like to use what we’ve grown or can get locally at the market. Winter is my baking season, it’s just too hot in the Summer months and…
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A few Lessons learned over Xmas and New Year
We knew it had to happen eventually and it did. From tee shirt weather to -15 in a matter of days and we finally got some snow. We thought we were ready for the cold spell, after all we’ve all ready done one winter so this one should be no problem. Yet again we were…
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We’re having a go-slow moment
Joe has been struggling with tennis elbow for the last few months but he has still been working, that is up until now. He has been put on sick leave by me so work hasn’t ground to a halt but it has slowed down. With Joe being out of action and me still wanting to…
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What to make with a whole pig
We butchered our first pig on Monday. It was a monumental task, and we learned loads during the whole process. This is our attempt to document what we set out to achieve, how that went and what we learned from it, so we can remember for the next time as it will be a whole…
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