Going to be a busy weekend

It’s a 3-day weekend here in Germany because Monday is Pentecost which is a federal holiday here. As it turns out, this is a fairly popular weekend for events in the area. Not only is it the yearly old-timer tractor fest here in Beusem (yes, many photos and a...

Starting a window box container garden

We’ve recently decided that if we can’t eat it, we’re going to try to filter unnecessary plants out of our lives. Ivy that eats houses unless it’s trimmed for hours every month is one of those plants. Naturally, our house plants are not going...
Pressed hot ham & cheese sandwiches – the ghetto way

Pressed hot ham & cheese sandwiches – the ghetto way

We decided to have Media Noche the other night, but unfortunately I’m a dork and forgot to put half the ingredients in the sandwiches before we started pressing them. They still turned out awesome (partially in thanks to some REALLY good kettle chips which I’m going...

A day of work in the orchard

Don’t let my lack of posting let you think we haven’t been busy or that I don’t have TONS of things to blog about. I’ve just been in a bit of a blogging funk I guess and also have been having a hard time finding time to sit down and git...