Good afternoon to all! Today I will tell you about my visit in Venets permaculture farm. Venets is a magnificient permaculture project created by Catherine- a very kind and passionate woman who decided to create a small paradise in Todorovo village (near Pleven) and Debnevo village (near Troyan). I was so lucky to be able … Read more
Hi all! Today I will tell you about the fun permaculture workshop that we had with the children in Todorovo village. We decided to work in front of the cultural center I told you about since the weather was wonderful. The children had bulgarian folk dancing rehearsal before our workshop so they were really happy … Read more
Hello all! As I mentioned last week we went on an exciting 4-days adventure to Todorovo village. Unfortunately, Maria couldn’t join us because she was on sick leave last week so we would hear from her this week or next week when she returns from the LAND trip we sent her on to Denmark. Although, … Read more
Good evening all! I was away for 2 weeks but as I promised I wrote a second part on the Systems theory since it is a wide and еxtremely important topic. I will explain about the complexity of systems and their functions. Aranya explained a few main points concerning the systems and their functions. The … Read more
Hello dear ones, We went foraging for this precious treasures in nature this week and I got the inspiration from there to share my knowledge about the three wild edible super greens. Spring is the season in which our body needs rejuvenation and detox, and these foods are very good for this cause. They … Read more
Hello dear ones, Since I embarked on this journey of this project, approximately six months have passed, and it was a time for my midterm evaluation of the project. It might sound scary at first, as we all have some freeze moment when the term “evaluation” is brought up (or at least I do), but … Read more
Hello dear ones, Last Saturday I had the opportunity to be a part of a workshop for grafting trees. I was helping with the organization and with the cooking. The workshop was in the village of Blatetz, in Kyustendil region and the man leading it was Hristo “Ashlaminatora” ( I guess his nickname in … Read more
Hello all! Today I am going to write about a fascinating topic for me – the Systems theory in Permaculture. Since I was a child I have always been thinking about the interconnections in the world so now I am curious to learn more about this concept through Permaculture. Aranya described Systems theory as a … Read more
Hello dear ones, This week we continued with the PDC sessions and the subject was themes and concepts. I passed this as a chapter in Bill Mollison’s book “Permaculture: a designer’s manual”, and it had very good impact on my because it made me knowledge on the subject more full and more clear. It connected … Read more
Hello all! This week I started reading the book “Permaculture design” A step-by-step guide by Aranya. So today I gonna write what I have learned from the first chapter which was on the topic of observation skills and more specifically – Patterns. I read my supervisor’s children book “Friends in the garden” as well. Mihaela … Read more