Peter and Anastasja: Dear readers, This week we did some experiments! On Monday, together with our host Catherine, we planted tomatoes in Suhidol. Like announced previously (Week 54), we planted the tomatoes in a way that doesn’t require irrigation later on. This method, called dry farming only requires irrigation once, and later relies on intensive … Read more
Anastasja: Dear readers, After our trip to Elin Pelin, our project coordinator Mihaela visited us in Todorovo for Peter and my midterm evaluation, and for Francois’ final evaluation. We did this with different exercises. First we drew a beautiful timeline of our activities in the past months, which we stitched together with the timeline … Read more
François Hi everyone! This week we’ve been busy with something very special, under the form of an online “midterm evaluation” provided by the National Agency of the European Solidarity Corps. It was a 4-days long program, 7 hours a day, dedicated to help us reflect about our experience as volunteers in Bulgaria and think about … Read more
Anastasja: Hello all! This week was quite short because we had Easter Monday off, and Peter and I were still in Plovdiv. When we got back to Todorovo we started fixing the irrigation in the Red house garden and the Sunny yard, replacing or fixing leaking pipes and tubes. We cleared out and … Read more
Peter and Anastasja: Hello y’all! It’s Easter in Bulgaria, and we are on a train to Plovdiv to spend our long weekend in one of the oldest cities of Europe. Next to us on the train a group of youngsters is listening to loud music, while an older lady is pointing out local attractions as … Read more
François: My beloved readers, Because I haven’t written in the blog last week due to a series of unfortunate events including a week of vacation, I thought that I’d come back with a vibrant subject: seed scarification. Many seeds possess a shell that protects them for exterior hazards, such as temperature or moist. But being … Read more
Peter and Anastasja: Здравейте приятели! This week Francois left us for a vacation in Istanbul, and we were by ourselves with our supervisor Vyara. It got quite cold this week, but we still had lots of things to do. Among other things, we fixed a raised bed in the Sunny Yard. Then, we made seedlings … Read more
François: Dear readers, As its equinox took place on March 20 (or 21, depending on your location!), Spring has officially begun. At this occasion, I would like to wish to you all a very good Spring, and growing season in general! Of course, signs of the season to come were to be observed in the … Read more
My second week in Sofia started off with great weather and sunshine days. I had more free time to finally settle down in the new lifestyle and explore the city in tranquility on a daily basis. I love the cobblestone streets of Sofias old town and its quiet neighborhoods and parks, such as the Borisov … Read more
François: Dear beautiful gardeners, This week, on March 8, took place the International Women’s Day (IWD). I would like to take this opportunity to remind ourselves that women’s, as well as gender and sexual minorities’ rights are the result of fights that are still going on today, and that are always to be defended. I’d … Read more