François: Dear readers, As promised, today I will introduce you to the topic of Hügelkultur! Because I’ve read and learned a lot since the previous blogpost, my opinion on it has changed, also I will try to give you an extended and contrasted view on its principles, critics and alternatives. The term Hügelkultur, borrowed from … Read more
François: Dear readers, After a well-deserved break due to the end of the year celebrations, we are happy to be back writing in the blog! This week I would like to start with a (very short) Bulgarian lesson, wishing you all a честита нова година! Pronounced “Tschestita nova godina“, it is the common way to … Read more
Mali: Dear all, This is my goodbye message and a little reflection of the final time I spent with Fidanoto in Bryagovo together with Renzo in December 2022. My final days of my ESC project in January, I have spent my leftover holidays, giving me some space to think back and look ahead to plan … Read more
Mali: Zdraveite! A little update after a rainy week in the village of Bryagovo. The past days we continued our online endeavours, as our local hosts of Fidanato farm fell sick after they had returned from their holidays. This also means that the activities we wanted to speak about with the mayor, like the compost … Read more
Chloé: Today, I am really happy to present to you the first phytotherapy poster I created. This week’s topic is special winter tea, that is my dad’s winter recipe. He always dries a huge amount of the herbs mentioned below in order to last troughout winter. Here it is 🙂 Renzo: Hello to all … Read more
Mali: Hello from a more and more autumn-like Bryagovo! This week, as Renzo already mentioned, we split our time in giving support to the library in various ways in the morning time, while using the afternoons to catch up on the blog and to start brainstorming about the compost workshop we would like to organize … Read more
Mali: Здрасти [ zdrasti ] from Bryagovo! We started our final ESC adventure in the village of Bryagovo, where we will stay till both our projects end (Renzo end of December, and for me mid January). The focus was mainly on helping Miriam and Alex in their gardens, as they will leave this weekend for … Read more
François Hi everyone! Those weeks at Venets, we focused on a very critical task: preparing for winter! ❄️ It is important to do it properly so that crops don’t die because of the cold. Also, you don’t want to let anything grow for several months – because yes, some plants grow in winter. The first … Read more
Renzo: Good morning everyone, I tell you that we had two very interesting weeks. We were in Vegetarium Community in the mountains near Cerovo, where we met Filip and Barbara who received us very kindly. In the beautiful space of Vegetarium, we carried out several tasks, especially the placement of the roof and tiles (which … Read more
Mali: Hello all! Our one week’s visit to the permaculture Kin’s Domain and community Ura Gora (“Hurray to the forest!”) in the south east of Bulgaria was magical and just really too short. A place to come back to with more time at hand! It was extra special to fi-nal-ly meet Sophie Reeve in real … Read more