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Protecting peppers from the wind

Since I live in a climate where the wind is frequent and sometimes strong. We have to protect our peppers from the wind. To protect the roots, we use a shade net.

What happens when you give yourself a little break?

In my last post I wrote that I had given myself a little break from gardening and writing. But the grass won't wait. Our little fairy garden suffered the most, it

Willow beetle larva - caterpillar - Cossus cossus

I took a quick picture of the caterpillar, I didn't have time for more pictures. I didn't even know what it was exactly. Work, obligations and only later did I sit

Hot July, journal

Warm weather, I gave myself a little break to rest from both gardening and writing. We enjoy the pool, we have fenced it off a bit with a tarp and a shade net to

When hard work pays off

Half the year is spent washing this when our labor in the garden pays off. Lots of fruit, vegetables, wheat, barley... have arrived or are arriving for picking.I'll

Harvest time and lots of work to do

This is actually harvest time here. Wheat, barley are being harvested. And many other crops are arriving. We have harvested our green beans. Although we could have

Journal July

We are starting this first one totally stunned, yesterday we recorded 41 degrees. It is like some semi-official information, the phones showed 41, the radio stations

June journal 2

Well, the storm is not to blame for this. It's my fault for not pruning this apricot tree in time, which has reborn. And when it starts to ripen, too much fruit

A brief report from the garden in June , 2

Don't read this report, it will be boring :) Actually, I'll follow up on my last quick report from the garden. I bought a shade net, and prepared the bows, ropes

Amata phegea - Nine-spotted moth - Belopegavi ovnic

I have to admit, I have an assistant in finding insects, beetles, caterpillars... for taking pictures. That's my son, since he knows that I photograph the garden,

A brief report from the garden in June

I'll try to keep the report short :) There's a lot going on and a lot being done on a daily basis, so I could write about the garden every day or maybe every other

Butterflies

As I promised 2-3 weeks ago, I managed to photograph a few more butterflies.As I said, I don't know much about butterflies, so if anyone has a volunteer to identify

Gajinov Homestead

So let's make it official, that's my last name and we're trying to be a sustainable household. But of course, our garden comes first. I'll try to link all our activities