gardening

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    January sowing in a forest garden

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    January, although the coldest month in many countries, can bring us surprises and warm weather. Should we use it and start sowing or do we wait? Garden sowing in…

  • Lavender harvest

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    In Croatia, June is usually a Lavender harvest month. In the coastal parts lavender flowers sooner, and in northwestern Croatia we harvest it around the end of June. The…

  • Windy Easter

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    The winds have started again. The Holy weekend has been extremely windy, the temperatures have dropped from cozy 20°C(68°F) to cold 10°C(33°F), the house heating is back on, and…

  • Weird pumpkin identified

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     A few weeks ago, I’ve noticed a pumpkin-like plant growing next to my rhubarb. I haven’t sown any of my zucchinis or pumpkins here, so I had no idea…

  • Battle for tomatoes continues

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    As soon as we got some colder weather, the tomato diseases activated again. The blight is now spreading even faster than before, and it will be hard to stop….