Our bees and their wanderlust in May 2020

The good news, we were able to get to our bees in the forest despite the corona lockdown restriction. There was an exit permit (derogation) for all beekeepers (professional and hobby beekeepers).This year we tried to prevent the swarming of our ladies, in order to harvest maybe some honey. We gave our strongest bee colony …

Optimization of the vegetable garden -Part 1

This year we will embelish our 100 m2 vegetable garden and at the same time try to grow more veggies. This means that we urgently need to start the work. Due to the Corona crisis we lack various working materials. We will see how the pandemic develops and the lockdown in the next few weeks. …

The new gardening season …

... started for me already in January and February this year, long before the lockdown was imposed. I have acquired some bags of garden soil, planting boxes and all the seeds before the lockdown. Now it is much more complicated. Nevertheless, I ran out of larger plant containers. I was able to order different planting …

A short weekend in the middle of March on our property (14.+15.03.)

Windows We arrived around noon on Saturday. After a short tour around the property, we started straight our work. ElJefe finished installing the roller shutter and anchored it firmly. Then he managed to replace the old small toilet window with the new one on Saturday evening. On Sunday the big bathroom window was replaced. It …

The new windows are in…

We've done it! We have fitted the new windows in the openings created or partly bricked up by the masons 2 weeks ago. The terrace element (29.02/01.03.2020) The most complicated element of all windows was the terrace element to the garden. For this we needed the whole last weekend. That means ElJefe did all the …

Seeds and cuttings

Since years I'm an avid collector of all kinds of plant seeds, whether plants I particularly liked on holidays or fruits from the supermarket. Today I give you an overview of new plants and those which have survived until now. Some hints for success: The fresher the seeds come into the soil, the better the …

The masons were (finally) there…

The new windows for the ground floor are stored in a corner of the house since last August, patiently waiting to be installed. This could not be done until the masonry company had made the necessary openings and bricklaying works. On Saturday, February 8th, our mason came across informing us that he would have free …

The new fire place – Part 2

Once again, time passes faster than I can keep up with writing. Today I give you an update on the fire place installation, part 2. The fireplace is warming our construction site since about 6 weeks now, The pipes At the end of December, the ElJefe lacked the right connection piece in the attic to …

Our fruit orchard in December 2019

We added some fruit trees to our fruit orchard in the last two months. This time we bought trees, that are at least 3 years old. Plantings end of November An apple "Elstar" A pear "Williams" Plantings end of December A pomegranate "Punca" A plum tree "Queen Victoria" In order to have more space for …

The new fireplace – Part 1

The days are getting colder and it's not really cosy on our construction site. The last two winters we worked with temperaturs of 5 to 10°C  in the house. The decision was taken this year, we need a stove, even if the ground floor has not yet been renovated. We have wood supplies for the …