Create your own beverage garden

We have lots of space for herbs in our garden and several herbs are already thriving there. Our lavender bushes have come back nicely and even the small one I moved is starting to show some signs of life. The bay leaves we transplanted are also doing very well and we...

Self-Reliant Searches Vol. 2

I intended to post this yesterday since I was a bit under the weather on Thursday...but I just didn't make it. But here they are nonetheless... 🙂 self waters diy tomatoes Well, I interpret this to mean someone must want to set up tomato plants with some sort of...

Victorinox Rescue Tool

Surfing the web, we came across a new kind of tool from Victorinox, the Victorinox Rescue Tool for your car. Having lived in Miami we know how many people drown each year when they lose control of their car and go into a canal. Well, here the Swiss did it again, they...

What’s the plan?

Let's face it not only does homegrown produce taste better, but there are more than a few good reasons to try to be as self reliant as possible:Cost: It costs mere pennies to grow your own produce. Good, fresh vegetables at the store are expensive and with the help of...

A Better Almost No Fat Banana Bread

Hubbers and I like to cook and that is part of the reason we made our kitchen so massive. We cook together on the weekends and nearly every evening when he comes home from work...but sometimes during the week, I take some time to bake. I'm especially pleased in my new...

How this all came about

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...

This reminds me of home

Some may be slowly discovering this about me...but I am a bit of blog junkie lately. I go through phases when I really don't have time to write much of my own and certainly not to read many others, but thanks to Google Reader, I do manage to keep up with quite a few...

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