by Auntie Bulgaria | Nov 7, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
Phwoar. Did someone say cider? Is there a better word to describe cider than ‘scrumptious’? If there is, I’m all ears. We’ve bottled this year’s bounty and have already started drinking it. It’s so … scrumptious. There is no other word, is there? Sadly, we’ve got...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 13, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
Excuse the incoherent ‘here’s some stuff we’ve done’ nature of this blog. It’s gone 5pm on a Friday and a large vodka awaits… As the nights are so cold now, I harvested all our butternut squashes the other week, then spent a happy 10 minutes arranging them in...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 26, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes
Brrrr As is typical in Bulgaria, the change in seasons has been marked with a huge temperature swing. After months of a pretty constant 25–30°C here in the mountains, we’ve dropped to 15°C in the blink of an eye. I realise that’s hardly arctic, and in deepest winter...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 14, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Gardening bore, Travel & trips
Autumn is my favourite time of year – specifically that dreamy early September period when the evenings are cold enough for a sweater but the days are hot enough for shorts and flip flops, and the leaves are *just* starting to turn. And the food! Oh my, I love...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 30, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
It’s weird what we prioritise. We’ve never planned to be truly self-sufficient – we just don’t have the land or time for that – but we’re always looking to cut down what we have to buy from shops. However, rather than being self-sufficient in obvious things like milk,...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 18, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Travel & trips
I hate to be a ‘Look at my holiday pictures’ bore, but that’s essentially what this post is. Just think yourself lucky I haven’t invited you round for a full-length slideshow accompanied by cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks. That’s how we still do it in...
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