We've taken this month to evaluate what's working, needs work or can go. Three major things that made the list is the Orchard Guard Tower, pomegranate orchard and the old pear trees. We've had many conversation about where and how we would be build another cabin on the property. We love hosting and could see some potential of one additional cabin on property. Orchard Guard Tower The problem is where in the garden/vineyard could we place it. An ongoing discussion but the needs

February came with sunshine, flowers, and new guests. We were busy bees this month here at Homestead Albania. Our Orchard Guard Tower ...

Winter Reset

Starting off June with quite the show of nature. The bees investigating the pomegranate blooms and lavender, a new mama sparrow carrying...

Spring Awakens the Soul here at Homestead Albania

As the holiday season kicks off across the pond we are still enjoying the last little taste of fall. Our fall meals change as the garden...

Here at Homestead Albania we do a fair amount of canning. And this year we stocked the pantry with various versions of tomato based...

We've picked, crushed, smushed, and fermented our çylek grapes. Yesterday we filtered and drained the wine from our 500 liter and 50...

August always comes in with a variety of colors and changes throughout the homestead. Our fig trees are on a daily full five gallon...

July was crunchy hot. So we turned on the irrigation to water the trees and the garden and headed north a few times this month. First up...

It's beginning. We have buckets of fresh peppers, cucumber, eggplants, potatoes, yellow pod beans, and tomatoes coming from the garden...

We are officially in our window of 95 (35°C) and sunny everyday for three months. Now that's tolerable most days because of the low...

The mulberries are ripe and ready for picking. We laid down the plastic and my husband Art climbed up the tree. My sister in law stopped...

We wrapped up April with a very green garden with hundreds of plants in the ground and THRIVING! I asked Art if he thought we had enough...

So for anyone that lives in an area that is not very generous with rain during prime growing season you get the pains of watering. And...

I politely suggested to Art that we have enough trees for 2021. Just this week we've planted 25 blueberry trees, over two hundred...

I, Kim, spent nearly two months stateside visiting friends, family and completing a small book tour. Meanwhile Art kept the homestead up...

One amazing benefit to living in northern Albania is the ability to take a day trip to the Albanian Alps. We did this twice in three...

I recently added author to my credentials. This prompted a question by an old associate over LinkedIn. How many careers have you had? I...

We started off May with a bit of a cloudy day and rain shower but the warmer temperatures are here to stay. And with the blessings of a...