The bus from St. Petersburg to Tallinn was a 7 hour pleasure ride. The bus was called “LUX express” and had free coffee, hot chocolate and wifi (which didn’t always work 🙁 ). We had to wait first XV minutes to go through the passport control, then at least one … Continue reading
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Most of our plants need pollinators to set seed and give fruit. Bees are the best. The more bees we have in the garden, the more tomatos and cucumbers and plums we get. One way of getting more bees in the gardens is of course to set down a bee-hive … Continue reading
Sourdough bread is the original food upon which the Western civilization was built. The granaries of Southern Europe and North Africa supplied Phoenicians, Greek and Romans with wheat and barley that was transformed into delicious loaves of bread for the masses， to go with the games. Today, “sourdough bread” has … Continue reading
Grow your own trees! Probably the easiest way to grow your own trees is to copy a tree that you already have. Cut a nice twig, 5-10mm thick, and put it in a pot with soil. Keep moist and after ten weeks or so, your tree is growing by itself! … Continue reading
What better way to kick off our Trees for Peace activities than to plant some trees… Each year on the 12th of March the Chinese show that they value trees by planting trees all over the country. Most Chinese have memories of doing this as school children. Also Chinese companies … Continue reading