Three Tools for Self-Sufficiency

It was a monster knife Kamila caught site of in the summer house and getting close it dwarfed here as she to sat on the Bulgarian spade.

We told here that the big knife is a Bulgarian Scythe which cuts the long grass for hay. The Bulgarian spade she sat on was fore braking up the soil and the blue rake is for smoothing out the soil for planting.

With these three tools you have everything you need to successfully grow and maintain the land. Every Bulgarian in the village has these tools and some are up to 50 years old and still work perfectly.

Kamila was quite amazed that this was all that was needed to be self sufficient on the land.

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Water on Tap In Skalitsa (sometimes)

Another spot on the farm and another interest as Kamila looks now at the watering system in the garden. She know about this from Yambol where water is on tap in the garden.

We told here that there are many times when the water is cut off and we have to use water from the well.

"I'm okay," Kamila says with a smile, "I can go without water for up to 10 days, I'm a camel."

"You will do very well living in Skalitsa then." we agreed, "A regular water supply for the taps are a major problem for many people here."

"But there is always the water from the wells" Kamila argued.

"Yes, but there is but not all people in Skalitsa are happy with the water from the well it is a little inconvenient!" we said.

"That's shouldn't be a problem at all," Kamila confessed, "After all, we are living in an outback Bulgarian village, this is normal here isn't it? If they went to outback parts of Egypt, everyone would count themsleves as very lucky for water here" Kamila understood exactly what this was all about.

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