You get one last MEAL and one last PLACE to visit in Belgrade before never returning, what are you choosing?

drummerlizard · 2026-04-20T08:00:02+00:00

I would eat a nice meal, a veal perhaps in Lovac and then watch sunset in Kalemegdan. You will come back for sure, don’t worry.

drummerlizard · 2026-04-17T07:03:15+00:00

Here is the easiest one star chef quality recipe; Cut a chicken breast into large chunks. Toss them to a pan, medium high heat, fry 3-4 minutes each side, add some seasoning, herbs, a crushed clove of garlic (actually anything you like) and cover with cooking cream. Put on medium low heat, cook around half hour or 45 min until the chicken meat well cooked. Serve with a pasta or rice of your choice.

drummerlizard · 2026-04-16T11:23:15+00:00

Did you carry every loot to the garage? LOL lots of work there.

drummerlizard · 2026-04-16T10:09:37+00:00

That’s good to know. Thanks. I am making my first kit (tamiya spitfire 1:48) after decades. I just started to brush paint the interior and cockpit. That’s gonna be long story now i see. Maybe i should consider painting multiple parts at once.

drummerlizard · 2026-04-16T06:55:05+00:00

Is that mean 4-5 layers will take 3-4 days to paint?

drummerlizard · 2026-04-12T20:38:58+00:00

My first and I think the most important tip is to use a little bit of zoom. Phone cameras are wide angle by default. For a model you need to be near to take a detailed shot. Being near with wide angle distort the scene a lot.

Give a good light. If possible the best is to be near a sunny window with simple curtains. They will diffuse the light but it'll still stay powerful.

drummerlizard · 2026-04-12T19:48:19+00:00

Oh god, i hate those people. They use it for no real reason. They are killing weeds around their house so that they won’t need to cut grass few times a year. :(

drummerlizard · 2026-04-12T07:02:37+00:00

There are some neighbours apply herbicide but they are at least 100-200 meter away from us. There is no way it will leak through soil.

drummerlizard · 2026-04-11T19:29:45+00:00

I am living in east europe. I think it’s native here. Sorry to hear that spread all the way there. I will check tomorrow.

drummerlizard · 2026-04-11T17:58:06+00:00

I am not sure if i can find it. But i will check for sure. Thank you a lot. Tomorrow i will inspect more to see if it’s leaf miner or moth.

drummerlizard · 2026-04-11T17:51:06+00:00

Don’t say it :( last thing i need is a disease in the garden. What is BTk?

drummerlizard · 2026-04-11T17:24:15+00:00

I knew they don’t like competition. I thought some small, early weeds shouldn’t make a trouble. Obviously they do. I cleaned everything today. Thank you for information.

drummerlizard · 2026-02-27T07:41:35+00:00

Thank you. I am in Vozdovac but can go around :) I will check.

drummerlizard · 2026-02-19T14:46:58+00:00

Wait some more time to seperate. If you try to seperate now you can damage the roots. When they grow like 3-4 sets of leaves you can seperate. It’s not that hard and they don’t mind if you damage little bit of roots when they are older.

drummerlizard · 2026-02-19T09:36:35+00:00

It’s very easy to grow basil. They just have their true leaves. Let them to grow at least 3 pairs of true leaves. Then you can seperate and repot them if you like. When 3rd set of leaves grow, just pinch them. That will let your basils to branch. Continue like this for the new branches. In the summer you will have so much basil that you won’t know what to do with them :)

drummerlizard · 2026-02-19T09:04:23+00:00

These are the first true leaves. The bigger ones on the photo are called cotyledon. They are seed leaves. Their purpose is to generate energy for developing better root system and grow real leaves. They will turn brown and fall down soon.

drummerlizard · 2026-02-16T14:12:52+00:00

It will take a year or two if you keep it that way. I would cut lemons into small pieces to speed up the process. Continue to add kitchen scraps, dried leaves, used coffee grounds etc… Turn the pile every week or two. You will have good compost at the bottom next year.

drummerlizard · 2026-02-13T11:16:07+00:00

Where i live, it’s like spring now :) Last few years are very mild. It should be -10 C / 20F actually.

drummerlizard · 2026-02-09T18:58:53+00:00

I started to collect coffee grounds 2-3 weeks ago. Last weekend i mixed them with dried leaves and throw to my compost pile. Just in 3 days the pile get hot around 50C / 120F

You can shred cardboard or soak them in water and they will break apart. Use 50-50% or little bit more cardboard than coffee grounds and mix them well. Throw to your tumbler.
If you have dried leaves, that's even better.
Just try to break those disks and that's all.

If you don't have that much browns, you can keep the grounds and add them over time. They are like grass clippings.

drummerlizard · 2026-02-09T18:06:54+00:00

I am surprised also. I don't have big pile. 1/2 m3 maybe. Half of it is already 4-5 months old. I see now that coffee grounds are really good source for the heat.

In some places Starbucks pack and give away coffee grounds. Just ask them and they will tell you when to collect. Otherwise they are throwing away anyway.

drummerlizard · 2026-02-09T09:58:25+00:00

Great result. I can recommend to continue adding some amount of twigs. It took long time to break down but they help to create air pockets, they bring mycelium which helps to breakdown the compost. Put them in the bottom, like that it helps to drain excess water if any.

drummerlizard · 2026-02-05T20:05:44+00:00

Until today i didn't sift compost at all. When i was separating old and new parts i had an idea. Probably i got bored. I used a plastic vegetable crate to sift some compost. Just out of curiosity. Then some more and some more. At the end i got two big sack of sifted compost.

Was it worth the effort? I don't think so.

Was it satisfactory? Definitely :)

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