building new garden

  • Gravel delivery

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    It’s finally here, almost two months later than we planned, the weather allowed us to buy gravel and start finishing the steps and side garden. Initially, we planned to finish around the beginning of April and use the second terrace…

  • Tulip season

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     May is the month when my tulips are the prettiest. The earlier varieties are still blooming, and the later varieties have just started opening, making the two small tulip beds colorful and full of flowers.  This year the tulips started…

  • First pepper transplanting

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     The last possible frost date in this region of Croatia is May 15th, still this year some of my seedlings just couldn’t wait so long. Some of the peppers started growing buds and turning yellow, and I decided that it…

  • New sedum and houseleek planters

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     Last year I decided to make a sedum garden. At first, the plan was to make a garden on the garage roof. It seemed like a good idea at first, the surface is slightly tilted, and the view from my…

  • Spring garden cleaning

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    During the past couple of months, I’ve been concentrating on making my new veggie garden, so the big garden was a bit neglected. This is why on Monday, I tried to do as much work as I could in one…