Hey grandma!
It’s been a while since the last time we talked. I’ve been learning a lot here in Bulgaria and there’s some things that I discovered that might also interest you.
We live in a small village called Shipka, where mostly everyone knows eachother. This makes it easier to organize activities tohelp eachother. For example, there’s a common compost area where people throw waste from their gardens, you know cut plants, branches and torn up grass. With all this material, we can mulch the garden where we cultivate our food. This protects the soil and gives it nutrients.
We also have another compost to throw organic waste. It’s like a huge bin, but instead of working like a dump, when the food waste rots it becomes soil again, that can also go in the garden and help the plants grow.
And do you remember the times when all houses used to have a fireplace and all the family met around…
Well, this is still possible. Here we have a stove, they call it “petchka”, and every evening we start a fire to warm up the house for the night. By doing this all the big pieces of wood that you’d otherway have thrown away can be useful. And it’s waaay cheaper than electric heaters.
The last thing can be more difficult to try, but I’m sure you’ll love the idea. It’s to change the way pipes are connected do they end up in the garden. I know in the begining sounds like a lot of work, but this will save you a lot of water that you dive to the plants.
This is all for now, I hope you can try some of this and let me know how it goes for you.
Can’t wait to see you again!
Love,
Sara