 After seven years as assistant pastor of the mountain parishes of Kranjska Gora and Fusine in Valromana, he was appointed parish priest of the villages of Peče and Podbrezje.After years of attempting to improve farming methods among the poor farmers of his parish, he published the book "Kranjski Vertnar" ("The Carniolan Gardner") in 1830.His efforts led to his being awarded a medal of honor by the Carniolan Agricultural Society in 1842.