Fruit galore

Since we have quite a few fruit trees around the farm, I thought I would share some photos.First, our grapevine growing in the courtyard along the wall of the barn. Last year it actually produced quite a few grapes and we even got to sample a few before the birds ate...

You started to think it wouldn’t make it?

We’ve been busy, to say the least. Unfortunately not everything that has kept us busy has been related to the garden, farm or our self-reliant ways…but you have to pay the bills somehow :)We FINALLY finished the greenhouse this weekend. Well, we still need...

The plants are back in the ground

I’m going to try to catch up on a few LONG overdue posts so here’s a start. 🙂 May 1st was a holiday here in Germany. Since S was out of town for business during the weekend, he decided to take Monday off so we would basically still have a weekend…and...

In case you were wondering…

If you’ve started to wonder whether the “room which shall not be named” won the fight against the chaos; fear not – I did in fact win out! To see what the room looked like before, check out the pictures from my previous post. Below are a few...

Mysterious radiators

This house always manages to keep up guessing. Just when we think we have something figured out and under control, we find that we really don’t have a clue. Of course, since this is the first home we’ve owned and we are still learning to be...