by Auntie Bulgaria | Jul 30, 2021 | Gardening bore, Food & recipes
Always one for trying something new (*cough* bullshit *cough*) I did something a bit different with my beetroot this year. I tried the ‘multi-sowing’ (cluster-sowing) method espoused by Charles Dowding, the guy who made no dig gardening famous. If any form of...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jul 10, 2021 | Gardening bore
Hello July, you cheeky motherfucker, creeping up on me without warning. I’m sure last time I checked it was still April. Now it’s high summer and the year is running away from me. It’s downhill from here to Christmas. You know that don’t you? Before we know it, it’ll...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jun 24, 2021 | Gardening bore
Like a D-list soap star cutting the ribbon on a new local Tesco, here I am unveiling our rustic greenhouse. Sort of. It looks very finished from the front, you see, but there aren’t any windows on the sides yet! In this 32°C heat, that’s not necessarily a bad thing...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jun 11, 2021 | Bulgarian life, Travel & trips
I’m back! If you follow my adventures on Instagram, you’ll know that we’ve been away in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second city, and Sofia, the capital. After 15 months of pandemic life, I was in desperate need of some city action – and with both of us being fully vaccinated,...
by Auntie Bulgaria | May 20, 2021 | Gardening bore
I say ‘we’. Our friend built it for us, as Rob has his hands full with the never-ending rustic greenhouse project, and I don’t do manual labour. Anyway, didn’t he do a great job? It’s based on the metal shed in Monty Don’s veg garden, which has...
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