We have been neglecting our garden the last few weeks. It's been so crazy around that we just haven't been back there to check on things...and as a result the rest of our tomato plants (a fabulous Big Rainbow variety with single tomatoes as big as both palms of my...
That’ll take care of the algae – covering an IBC tank
Fall is setting in here in Frankfurt. The weather has cooled down a bit and it was raining a lot more last week. Been a bit overcast the last two days but no rain and I'm certainly not complaining. The fall weather has been absolutely glorious and I'm actually looking...
A bit of harvesting & foraging going on here
Despite a few setbacks in our garden (like the loss of 80% of our tomato plants), we've still had a fairly decent harvest. You can see our full list of harvest figures on our In the Garden page but here's what we've collected from our garden in the last month. I've...
Canned Jalapeño Hot Sauce Recipe: How to Make and Preserve Your Own Fiery Flavor
Learn how to make and can your own jalapeño hot sauce at home with fresh peppers. Easy, flavorful, and shelf-stable — the perfect homemade hot sauce recipe.
Time to bring down the ivy – and a little garden art
This past Sunday, we started the attack on the ivy once again. It covers the back of both sides of the barn, and unfortunately has worked it's well under the gutters and up onto the roof. We're talking about hiring someone to get up on the roof and take the stuff...
Neem oil – a gardener’s best friend
Although our winter was insanely cold, we didn't have a very hard freeze when it finally started to warm up here. Thus the bugs are out in force because they didn't get killed off by the cold wave. I've often read about using neem oil on plants to combat aphids,...
Decorating with your bush & shrub trimmings
Spring has sprung in Germany and the weather this week has simply been GLORIOUS! We've had highs in the 60's and 70's...and this weekend it's supposed to be up to 80F. Hard to imagine that spring is truly here after our -18C winter - but hopefully this lovely start to...
Recycling a little junk mail – making origami newspaper pots
After posting new photos of the seedlings, some were asking about the newspaper pots I use. They are completely free (aside from the soil we buy to fill them with although one could use their own soil and compost) because I use papers that come to our house every week...
Leave no seed behind!
I made the journey into our garden today and was relieved that I didn't want to run screaming from it as soon as I opened the back door of the barn. Unfortunately (and sometimes fortunately), we cannot see our garden from the main house...only when we walk through the...
Walking through the past – HessenPark
Having guests in town is always a good reason to drag everyone out of the house on a sunny day and go do something incredibly touristy. We thought about making them do some work around here...but the weather was just too nice so we bundled ourselves up a bit (it was...
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