by Auntie Bulgaria | May 16, 2018 | Gardening bore
I do hope you like lists as much as I do, because that’s basically what this post is all about. What did you expect? I am a literal Gardening Bore. So, *cracks knuckles in anticipation*, this year in the veg/fruit garden we’re growing: Tomatoes and basil – Our...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Apr 28, 2018 | Gardening bore
Here I am! Back from the UK* to a gloriously warm Bulgarian spring. Man, the garden shot up while I was away. I was only gone 10 days and I swear the perennials have grown by a foot. This is the best time of year for a gardener, I think. You’ve got all the promise of...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Apr 5, 2018 | Gardening bore
Not much to report on lately, so here are a few pictures from our early 2018 Gardening Bore efforts. Reliable rhubarb. By the way, isn’t rhubarb just the best word? Try bellowing it when someone says something you disagree with. ‘RHUBARB!’ It will put them...
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 26, 2017 | Gardening bore, House & renovations
I just remembered I promised a summer kitchen reveal months ago. Better late than never… Before Our summer kitchen sits in the footprint of this crumbly old barn that we inherited in the corner of the garden. There was some lovely stone and a few salvageable old...
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...
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