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  • August is that magical time when summer evenings beckon us onto the deck, and the little vegetable garden becomes a true oasis of peace and joy. It’s the perfect month to enjoy the harvests ripening before our very eyes and to gather fresh vegetables straight from the beds. Each day brings new ripe tomatoes, juicy…

  • I’m not much of a talker, but I’ve decided to share a few stories from my life, or perhaps, first and foremost, to write them down for future generations. I hope that one day, when my kids are older, they can come back to these tales and understand who their dad was.

  • This week, I had ambitious plans for my little garden. I wanted to remove the vegetables that are no longer fruiting, especially the oldest cucumber bushes, weed the beds, bury a log with oyster mushroom spawn in the ground, and build some vegetable boxes for the greenhouse. However, out of all these plans, I only…

  • I love movies, I really do. You could safely call me a home cinephile. Why home? Well, it’s simple. I’m not a fan of going to the actual cinema. Too many people, and I don’t like people.

  • All good things, unfortunately, come to an end! I’ve just returned from vacation, with only two days of leave left before I dive back into my daily routine. But I have no reason to complain – our family trip to Poland was a real success!

  • Packing day!

    Packing day is always a special time before a vacation. The entire apartment turns into a logistics center where every item has its place.

  • Well, then. I’d really like to make a few dishes from what’s growing in my garden already! I am the most impatient gardener! I love seeing what’s changed from one day to the next.

  • A few days ago, my parents surprised me with an incredible gift – a large box full of old film negatives of family photos. The negatives are from the 80s and 90s, and maybe even from times before that. It’s amazing how a single object can throw you back in time four decades!

  • The where, when, and how of how I got my scars are stories that only I can tell. They are the memories of the events that created them. I will always have them. Scars preserve my past, they’ve become little museums on my body.

  • Last week, my wife came up with an unusual idea. We were sitting in the sunshine on the terrace, sipping our coffee, when my better half suddenly said — “Wouldn’t it be great if, besides the grill, we also had a gas stove and some counter space, so I could cook outside?” And as you…

  • Last Sunday, I was hit by a completely unexpected hailstorm. It ended just as suddenly as it began and lasted maybe five minutes. At first glance, it looked like it had caused massive damage. The zucchinis, cucumbers, and peppers suffered the most. Still, I’m hoping they’ll sprout new leaves and bounce back to life.

  • A lot of interesting things happened today, and I’ll tell you all about them in a moment — but first, something completely different. There’s a huge black bee that keeps visiting my garden. It’s a species that was once thought to be extinct, but after the coronavirus pandemic, it suddenly reappeared.

  • Hello, my faithful readers! After the winter phase and the first March seedlings, the garden is finally entering its spring stage! That means more plants, and the seeds are already sprouting! I’ve got a whole bunch of photos and plenty of updates for you today — so let’s get started!

  • Hello, dear gardeners! Sorry for my longer absence from the blog — the past two weeks have been really intense, and I kept forgetting to share my gardening adventures with you. Time to catch up!

  • In my modest little vegetable garden, even though it’s only the end of February, real magic is starting to happen. The strawberries, mint, and rhubarb seem to have gone completely crazy — they’re already sending out young, bright green leaves.

  • Here I am again! Today I’d like to share with you my incredible little adventure with the weather. You’ve probably noticed that recently we’ve been living in true climate chaos.

  • Hi weirdos! In today’s post, I’d like to share with you my experiences and plans connected to my little city garden. I hope to inspire you to try out your own experiments and gardening fun. Let’s dive in!

  • Hi everyone, second day in a row! In this post, I’d like to share with you my plans for the new year. They may not be huge or ambitious goals, but they mean a lot to me and bring me joy. I hope they will also inspire and amuse you.

  • Hello, my dear readers! The end of the year is approaching, which means it’s time to look back at what happened in my life over the past twelve months. I won’t hide it — it’s been a year full of surprises, both good and bad.

  • Garlic toast!

    Hello after a longer break! Today I want to tell you about my adventures from the past week, which was full of surprises and challenges. As you know, the weather this year has been very unpredictable, especially here where I live, and it doesn’t want to give me a proper winter.

  • You won’t believe what happened today. I was strolling peacefully through my little vegetable garden, dreaming of coffee and some blessed peace, when suddenly, like in a B-movie horror, I noticed something strange on one of the beds. Among the mulch and slightly rotten leaves, tiny dirty field mushrooms were popping up.

  • Zombies, those strange ghouls, are an inseparable part of popular culture, constantly evolving and transforming over the course of history. The distant roots of this motif lie in African and Haitian religious beliefs, where zombies were defined as living beings, intoxicated and susceptible to the control of a priest who put them in a trance.

  • If you’re a believer, Christmas Eve and Christmas in self are the most beautiful time of the year. It’s the moment when you can legally eat 12 dishes and feel absolutely no guilt. Family gatherings, celebrating together, sharing presents and joy — it all sounds like a recipe for holiday success. But everyone has their…

  • Hi, dear friends! How are your pre-Christmas moods? This week, I have so much work that I don’t even know if I’ll manage to do everything I want. I can’t even find time for the blog. And you know why? Because the holidays are approaching, and people are going completely crazy. They buy, spend, consume,…

  • Earthworms in the vegetable garden are not only useful but also incredibly fascinating creatures. Many people wonder whether they should be fed in winter, when the temperature drops and the soil freezes. I decided to answer this question using information I’ve gathered over the past year — because who wouldn’t want to know how to…

  • Probably few of you know that music is a magical elixir for a vegetable garden. Not just mine, but for any garden where happy plants grow. What should really be a science-backed process suddenly turns into a symphony of green dreams under the influence of sound!

  • Hello everyone! This weekend, I finally did something I’d been putting off for a long time — I cleaned out the special room that my wife calls the shed, where we keep the rubbish bins. But I know better — it’s not just an ordinary shed, it’s a zombie apocalypse bunker! Yes, I know what…

  • As I already mentioned when I was setting up the foil tunnels, I’m slowly, or very slowly, getting around to organizing my bottlecaps collection. I’m planning to add a link to a page with the full list of my treasures. Nothing is counted yet, but it will be — someday. I’ll definitely upload some photos…

  • The nice weather is coming to an end, and the garden work is almost finished. I’m still waiting for a few valves for the new watering system — they’re coming from China, so maybe they’ll arrive before spring, or maybe not. Which is fine, because at least I’ll have a good excuse to do nothing…

  • Busy Sunday!

    I planned to do nothing, and yet I did something. My conscience kept whispering — leave it, take a break — but my hands were already digging around the internet. And I found it! From the Chinese sellers — of course. A bit cheap-looking, but it works exactly as it should. Chinese inventions never disappoint.…

  • The work continues, but I’m getting really close to the finish line! From the less-expected things — my strawberries have decided to bloom. In October! Looks like they want to surprise me more than the electricity bill. After digging and levelling the ground for the tunnels, I was left with quite a pile of soil.…

  • Beautiful weather — if it weren’t for this autumn cold, I’d swear it was summer. Perfect time to keep going with the work in my little garden! The strawberries decided to bloom, just to make my job more pleasant. Very kind of them — they probably have a better heart than some people I know.…

  • Another beautiful day with a shovel in hand! You might still find it surprising, but I absolutely love working in the garden. For me, it’s not just relaxation—it’s also a perfectly legal form of therapy with a touch of gym workout. And the satisfaction? Priceless!

  • What would happen if I just skipped everything and did nothing in the garden on a beautiful sunny day? Especially when the courier dropped off a cute little greenhouse? I’d be sick! This way, I’m only slightly sick with a cold. Success!

  • My dear friends, today I have the honour of announcing to the world my latest achievement — the autumn cold! Yes, that magical time when men all over the globe can finally feel like the main characters in a medical drama.

  • First attempt!

    And there it is! Weather straight out of a travel brochure, a day off, so instead of lying flat like a pancake — I tackled the less nasty half of the garden. The lawn? Easy job: mower, fertiliser, done. Green and even.

  • Autumn garden clean-up is not just a chore — it’s also a great chance to get some exercise before winter freezes our backsides off. The best time? Late September to early October — when it’s not yet raining non-stop and the mosquitoes have finally packed up and left. The plan for this period: pruning plants,…

  • Soon summer will be over. The days are getting shorter, evenings are turning cooler, and the plants are slowly starting to fade. The cycle of life goes on, and the seasons change without mercy. My little garden will soon undergo its autumn makeover — and along with it, so will the blog and social media!

  • Laacher See!

    My wife and kids have conspired to drag me away from my beloved vegetable garden. Dad, we’re going to the lake – they shouted, as if it were the trip of a lifetime and not an assassination attempt on my tomatoes.

  • Finally, a change in the weather! For now, it’s warm and dry, but the forecast already warns this is just a brief mercy from the heavens. I’m making the most of it before it starts pouring again!

  • It’s pouring down, and I’m sitting on the terrace plotting. How can I upgrade my little garden for next season? My plans are so big, I’m almost afraid to see what comes out of them.

  • I’m so done with this cold wind and endless rain!

  • In my head!

    Silence. Peace. Everything packed? The last few hours before a trip are that magical time when calm and harmony lose the battle to chaos and madness. You think you’re ready – but then you suddenly remember you still need to find ten things you last saw two years ago.

  • Me, Grzegorz – almost a gardener – received a mysterious package today from my friend in the northern reaches of the UK. Just the fact of getting a parcel from such an exotic place, where men wear skirts (sic!), filled me with a mix of curiosity and joy. What could be inside?

  • Parenthood!

    Ah, parenthood! That beautiful journey where silence doesn’t mean a moment of peace — it’s the calm before the apocalypse. Why is it so quiet? I’d ask myself, heart pounding like a drum. This wasn’t ordinary silence. This was the silence. The kind that whispered — run while you still can. The longest 30 seconds of my life? Walking from…

  • Today, my wife and kids kindly suggested a forest trip. Not just any forest. This was prime – leave dad to fend for himself – territory. Towering trees, a suspiciously loud stream, and countless ankle traps disguised as charming rocks.

  • Once upon a time, a determined onion grew in a tiny garden. She had grand ambitions – to become the biggest, tastiest onion in town. Each day, she: But one fateful day, as she admired her lush green leaves – disaster slithered in. The notorious slug arrived! Famous for devouring entire vegetable patches before breakfast, he licked…

  • Remember those simpler times when we were just casually living our weird little lives? One day you’re debating whether to buy the fancy ketchup, the next – bam! You’re in a global pandemic thriller where toilet paper becomes currency and social distancing is a thing.

  • There I was, admiring my garden’s progress, when I spotted them — tiny, luscious red dots of temptation. My hand twitched with primal hunger. Just one little strawberry!

  • There I was, basking in my potted herb oasis, when genius struck. My plants need pruning, and I need an electric herb dryer, because nothing says – serious gardener – like overpriced gadgets.