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
Peter and Anastasja: Dear readers, As promised last week, in this week’s blog post, we will tell you about our wonderful weekend in Buzovgrad. Buzovgrad is a small village close to Shipka, surrounded by rose-fields and Thracian tombs. We were hosted there by our mentor Pol, who is our contact person, in case we … Read more
Peter and Anastasja: Hello friends and family, Last weekend after our PDC, we took a few days off, and visited Momin Prohod, where Aleko and Marta from Green Association (greenassn.com) invited us to stay in the association’s house. It is a house that hosted many volunteers, and you can see little details of their … Read more
Peter and Anastasja: Hello fellow permaculture people, This is our first blog post! We are new to this task, but we are happy to share some entertaining stories and useful information with you here. As you already saw in our intro video, during our first days in Bulgaria we visited the Black Peak (Черни връх) … Read more
François: My fellow gardeners, This week we are very pleased to welcome Anastasja and Peter to our team! I will let them introduce themselves 😉 No transition, here is the beginning of a new saga, this one about climate and its consequences in agriculture and permaculture in particular. To begin with, what is climate? According … Read more