You may be wondering just how two people in their late-20s decided to buy a farm outside Frankfurt and then go about becoming self-reliant. To be honest, we sometimes wonder ourselves…but somehow, it just became a natural progression.
I guess I’ll start with a bit of history. I’m T, the female, and I am a Texas girl at heart. I grew up there but went to high school in Virginia and then college in Florida (go CANES! lol). S was born in Germany but also lived in Japan a few years before moving with his family to New York. He lived there for 8 years until moving to Florida for college. That’s where we met, fell in love and then S was offered a job in Germany. So we decided to take on the adventure together and have now been here almost 7 years.
Last year, we found an old farmhouse which was built in 1834. It’s an amazing property and we fell in love with it almost immediately. The property is exactly what we wanted and includes a garden back behind our barn. Many people don’t even know it’s there because it’s hidden from the rest of the house.
As you can see, there’s not much to look at right now…but spring is upon us and we’re ready to start turning this plot into our own little garden of Eden. Plans include a greenhouse which we’ll be building ourselves, lots of fruits and veggies and a few plants that most wouldn’t likely expect.
