June in Shipka is hot. Also, the trees are loaded with fruits and there is a lot to eat out of our garden: In the […]
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Plants against mosquitos
When it’s warm enough to sleep with my window open, I usually am really happy about it. Though, mosquito are really annoying and I always […]
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Update – The month of April
Nature has woken up: spring flowers have come and gone, trees have blossomed and the garden is a jungle once again. April was a month […]
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Eating stinging nettles
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, […]
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Update: The month of March
Baba Marta and the battle between Winter and Spring In the month of March, we got introduced to Baba Marta and the old spring tradition. An old […]
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Update: The month of February
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 […]
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Update: The month of January
One by one we all returned from our Christmas holidays and resumed life in Shipka. January was a month of new energy and motivation, as […]
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To be a volunteer – Petr from Czechia
You already know Petr from our updates and great articles about bugs. Here comes the sad part – after five months with us, he is […]
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Biodiversity Journal II – Garden and Around
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 […]
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Update: The month of December
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 […]
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