Be careful with ammonia!!!

by | Jul 13, 2007 | Garden

I wrote in my post yesterday, Slug hunting with ammonia, that I had sprayed some of the plants and whatever slugs I found in the greenhouse yesterday morning with slugs. I did in fact do that and it wasn’t until Stefan came home in the evening and went to check...

Fabulous Farmhouse Searches Vol. 6

by | Jul 12, 2007 | Blogging, DIY, Garden, House & Home, Money

This will be a somewhat short list of searches this week but at last there are a few new ones to talk about. I tried to keep them short today because I have a lot of other stuff to get done but keep searching everyone! 😉 does egg plant grow on a vine No. Eggplants are...

Slug hunting with ammonia

by | Jul 12, 2007 | Garden

Last weekend we finally managed to get our hands on some ammonia. You actually have to buy it at the pharmacy here and they actually had to order it for me which was almost amusing. Turned out to be €11 for 1 liter which is a whole lot more than you’d pay at in...

New plants & decor for the courtyard :-)

by | Jul 8, 2007 | Decorating, Garden

Yesterday during our visit to Rüdesheim we wandered by a pretty good wine store called Dr. Nagler. We’ve bought many bottles of their Reisling over the past few years and also ate at their restaurant over Christmas. Very decent food and not bad prices either,...

Growing peppers

by | Jul 4, 2007 | Garden

I’m saddened to report that I was starting to compose the latest searches that led to this blog and there is nothing new and interesting in the collection. Well, there was one which was kind of interesting which asked what spacing should be used when planting...

Photos from the harvest and our new freezer trunk

by | Jul 4, 2007 | Garden

Somehow I completely forgot about adding photos to my post yesterday so I will post them now. Must have had a blond moment :)Here’s a photo of our red current harvest. As I said, it came out to about 3.5 kilos which isn’t so bad. We really aren’t...