Last month we discovered that our soakaway was broken, so decided to construct a reed-bed system to handle the grey water from our kitchen and outside sink. The idea is that eventually, the cleaned water from this will feed a pond, somewhere else in the garden. Preparation First, we got a Bulgarian trench-digger to dig…
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Kitchen, garden, and what else has been happening in April
The garden has taken priority in April but we’ve still managed to get some work done on the kitchen. The plasterboard has had it’s first coat of plaster, and the chimney and walls have had a second coat of cob put on them. The slats in the loft space have mainly been insulated, plaster-boarded and…
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How to break a soakaway, and what we did next
Most Bulgarian village houses have a soakaway to deal with grey-water from the kitchen. This is simply a hole in the ground, often lined with tiles or old tyres, and all your kitchen water goes into it. They’ve been using these for years here. Mostly, they are not a problem, until we come along with…
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Update on the garden
We’ve had a busy week in the garden, the sun has been shining and we’ve all been topping up our tans. This doesn’t mean we’ve been laying around on sun loungers ( I wish) no we’ve all been hard at it getting our seedlings and seeds in. The benefits of having 2 gardens allows us…
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