Slowly but surely we are losing the battle with the drought. I am a little depressed about it, I am thinking about what to do next, what to do next year Whether to stand up or give up. The things that

August has arrived and the second heat wave has arrived. The peak of the wave is expected to be from August 5-8, although today it is 37 degrees Celsius. The prolonged drought has caught the corn and

Since I live in a climate where the wind is frequent and sometimes strong. We have to protect our peppers from the wind. To protect the roots, we use a shade net. And for protection from the wind, we put

In my last post I wrote that I had given myself a little break from gardening and writing. But the grass won't wait. Our little fairy garden suffered the most, it actually got a little overgrown. Ten days

I took a quick picture of the caterpillar, I didn't have time for more pictures. I didn't even know what it was exactly. Work, obligations and only later did I sit down to investigate this little guy.It

Warm weather, I gave myself a little break to rest from both gardening and writing. We enjoy the pool, we have fenced it off a bit with a tarp and a shade net to prevent unwanted views.We brought a bench,

Half the year is spent washing this when our labor in the garden pays off. Lots of fruit, vegetables, wheat, barley... have arrived or are arriving for picking.I'll start with what we finished, we cleaned

This is actually harvest time here. Wheat, barley are being harvested. And many other crops are arriving. We have harvested our green beans. Although we could have picked them and waited for the second

We are starting this first one totally stunned, yesterday we recorded 41 degrees. It is like some semi-official information, the phones showed 41, the radio stations reported 40, and officially it was

Well, the storm is not to blame for this. It's my fault for not pruning this apricot tree in time, which has reborn. And when it starts to ripen, too much fruit can break a branch.I didn't react in time.

Don't read this report, it will be boring :) Actually, I'll follow up on my last quick report from the garden. I bought a shade net, and prepared the bows, ropes ... That evening night fell on us, but

I have to admit, I have an assistant in finding insects, beetles, caterpillars... for taking pictures. That's my son, since he knows that I photograph the garden, insects, nature... Sometimes it's impossible

I'll try to keep the report short :) There's a lot going on and a lot being done on a daily basis, so I could write about the garden every day or maybe every other day so I don't bore you. And this is

As I promised 2-3 weeks ago, I managed to photograph a few more butterflies.As I said, I don't know much about butterflies, so if anyone has a volunteer to identify them, I'd be interested. I'm assuming

So let's make it official, that's my last name and we're trying to be a sustainable household. But of course, our garden comes first. I'll try to link all our activities with that tag. I can tell you that