05/06/2026
I love my boss 💚 Even though there won’t be any vacation this year.
But then again, who needs one when there’s finally SPACE, QUIET, and FREEDOM... 😌
I’ll rest in winter. Market events postponed. Product photography and the webshop project have been pushed back to November... Those things can wait. Right now, nature, summer, and the garden are calling the shots.
✅ Cleavers and elderflowers harvested and dried
✅ Acacia blossoms collected, dried, and preserved in cherry jam
✅ Countless fragrant roses are already soaking in palinka, carrot oil, cherry jam, and more...
✅ Bronzing sun oil, waterproof sunscreen with SPF, rose-and-h**p skin-regenerating paw balm, firming gourmet body butter, herbalist perfume, and various healing potions have all been restocked (by the waaay: order forms in the comments)
And although a bit late, this weekend:
➡️ the seedlings will finally be planted into the deep-mulch beds
➡️ I’ll sow the beautiful burgundy-eyed and pink-husked corn I acquired from Virágoskút Nursery & Organic Farm 🙏 (so I’ll have husks for weaving)
➡️ I’ll sow the dye-plant seeds as well (and pray hopefully that something actually grows from them—the seeds are quite old...)
➡️ and hopefully I’ll still have time to gather green walnuts... and maybe, just maybe, finally set up my outdoor textile-dyeing workshop too...
🍒 As for cherries, I’m practically picking, pitting, cooking, and baking them even in my dreams... The dark burgundy variety is already ripe, but there will also be a crisp orange-yellow variety, and the peaches, apricots, plums, apples, pears, quinces, raspberries, and currants are all looking very promising. It seems this summer will be spent in full-on “pick-it-before-it’s-gone” mode 😁.
🍒 If anyone would like CHERRIES, let me know! Naturally, they are completely unsprayed. In the ekoMoka permaculture-regenerative garden, we use neither dormant sprays nor copper sulfate. We do not till or disturb the soil. We mow in strips, prune trees only minimally (if absolutely necessary, but preferably not at all), mulch with chemical-free straw, and strive to create a natural ecological balance. Lacewings, ladybugs, ground beetles, lizards, bats, birds, moles, and hedgehogs are the guardians of the garden.
🐞🐛🦎🦋🐦🦇🌳🌺🍄🟫
