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Our first attempt at homemade ginger ale

Jul 30, 2008 | Food

Since we had a bit of ginger root laying around and a few plastic soda bottles, we decided to try out making soda for the first time. It’s a very simple process, some more simple than others, and to our slight surprise, it actually worked! I don’t know...

An update on what’s growing

Jul 29, 2008 | Garden

On Saturday morning, I passed by the thyme plant growing in my herb container garden and saw this! ICK!!!! I don’t know where they came from or how they got to be over an inch so quickly but these little suckers were munching down on my thyme plant. I quickly...

Don’t you need to build a chicken tractor?

Jul 29, 2008 | Homesteading Life

Now this is a cool concept! We would love to have chickens at some point, mostly for egg production but perhaps we might one day get tough enough to butcher the birds ourselves. But when you have your birds totally free range, there’s the issue of finding the...

Want to cut your family’s spending habits??

Jul 29, 2008 | Marriage

I just finished reading America’s Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money by Steve & Annette Economides. For some this book may be incredibly eye opening, and I did find their budgeting style quite interesting, as well as the concept of meal planning....

Got plans yet for the weekend??

Jul 29, 2008 | Entertaining, Homesteading Life

Well, it’s that time of year again. And if you happen to be in the Frankfurt area on Saturday or Sunday, you should make your way to our village where the 57th annual Laternenfest (Lantern Festival for those non-Germans) is going on!Every Saturday and Sunday...