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 1, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore, Travel & trips
Freaking hell, it’s August. How did that happen? Here’s a not-so-brief rundown of what we’ve been up to lately. For those who are short on time, this post can be neatly summarised as follows: courgettes galore monastery fun death walk from hell For those who are...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jun 28, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
I love this time of year. Not because the weather is glorious and the garden looks better every week (although it is and it does). No, I love this time of year because every day we’re eating food from our garden. Even if it’s just a simple salad, the ability to nip...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jun 16, 2017 | Gardening bore
After months of me moaning about the slow start to spring, June has been pretty lovely to us so far. I think we’ve had maybe one day of rain over the last two weeks, which feels like a miracle after that soggy, cold spring. Surprisingly, despite the traitorous spring...
by Auntie Bulgaria | May 26, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Gardening bore
From what I can gather from Facebook, emails, etc. it’s been glorious in the UK lately. Lucky old them. It’s still cold and rainy here and I’m getting really cheesed off with it. I mean, spring is usually quite wet and very stormy (which I love), so I don’t mind the...
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