Preparing the Garden for Spring Planting
A Life Update
Every spring something simple, and that I find quite wonderful happens.
A neighbour arrives with a tractor.
In about thirty minutes the vegetable garden is turned over, ready for another growing season. It’s one of those small rural rituals that reminds me how different life is here compared to the city life I grew up with in London.
In this video you’ll see how the garden is prepared for planting and hear a little about the way villages still work here, where skills, tools and time are shared between neighbours.
Over the coming months this patch of soil will produce potatoes, peppers, cabbages, aubergines and more. Much of it feeds us through the summer, and whatever is left becomes “zimnica”, the jars of preserved food that keep Bosnian kitchens stocked through the winter.
I still know very little about gardening. I’m learning as I go, but I love watching the process.
If you enjoy seeing real everyday life in Bosnia, let me know in the comments and I’ll show you more of these little village moments.
The smell of freshly plowed garden in Spring is heavenly. In addition, the feel of the soil under bare feet once the discing of the soil has been completed is the true connection with the Earth that supports us every day of our lives in numerous ways. Happy planting!