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Update: The month of February

1 April 2022 Frida Krug Monthly updates

This month the weather is starting to surprise us more and more. Each morning we wake up without knowing if it will be a Mordor […]

Eating stinging nettles

24 May 2021 Frieda Werner Biodiversity, Permaculture, Uncategorized, Zero Waste Journal

As in the usual gardens and forests of Europe and the whole world, the stinging nettle, or urtica, is one of the most occuring plants, […]

Update: The month of February

1 April 2021 Hugo Regueras Monthly updates

February, the month preceding March. Nothing extraordinary happened. Short and fast. Spring came and left again, several times. We ate a lot of kimchi. An […]

To be a volunteer – Petr from Czechia

27 January 2021 Tamara Gunters Volunteering & Erasmus+

You already know Petr from our updates and great articles about bugs. Here comes the sad part – after five months with us, he is […]

Biodiversity Journal II – Garden and Around

26 January 2021 Petr Papousek Biodiversity

In the previous Biodiversity Journal, we spoke about long-horned beetles in the vicinity of Shipka (see here: http://omind.org/2020/10/13/biodiversity-journal-i-long-horned-beetles/). But plenty of beautiful species can be […]

Update: The month of December

12 January 2021 Marie Ambrozkova Monthly updates

December in Shipka ended earlier for us volunteers. We all managed to get home for Christmas and New Year’s celebrations despite all corona-related restrictions. Even […]

Update: The month of November

2 December 2020 Hugo Regueras Monthly updates

November, an inflection point between warm and cold days. We have enjoyed the last sunny days, collected the last fruits and welcome the first snow. […]