Welcome to the second week of the Garden Life link up on No Ordinary Homestead! How's your garden growing this week? A few things are finally starting to ripen here which is pretty exciting. The summer has been so cool and mild this year, I think a few of the plants...
Welcome to the very first installment of the Garden Life Link up! I know that a lot of you reading this blog have your own blogs --and your own gardens. So I thought it would be fun to start a link up that will be posted every Friday right here on No Ordinary...
When I received an email from the PR department at Skin MD, telling me all about their Skin MD Natural line and their super hydrating Shielding Lotion, I was really intrigued. The winter was rough on my hands; and I'm sure that any housewife will agree that washing...
The last few weeks of shopping here in Germany have been interesting. You've likely heard by now that in Germany there has been an Escherichia coli (my favorite bacteria, BTW, because of the amusing name) outbreak and for about two weeks now, no one has had a single...
I can't believe it's the middle of May already and I have yet to put one seed in the ground! I had such good intentions, but we've been quite swamped with work and visitors and traveling and LIFE! But I still hope that one of these days soon, I will still put some...
After throwing around a few ideas that we have for our garden, we've decided we definitely need to get our butts in gear. It's starting to be a bit warmer during the day, and we've had lots of wonderful sunshine. We've got seeds to plant, a greenhouse to recover, an...
In 2009, when winter just seemed to be dragging on forever, we decided to build a cold frame for our beloved salad table so that we could extend our growing season just a bit. We've actually had lamb's lettuce and spinach growing (oh so slowly) in there all winter....
I have a confession. I'm a bit of a book junkie. I love all sorts of books that help me learn how to do things, inspire me, entertain me and teach me more about myself. One of my go-to books during the canning season is my Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. It's...
Now I know that not everyone living in Germany has a big, old farm like we do. But if you own a home here, there is likely going to be a time when you could use some extra help around the house. You may have enough work to keep someone busy for weeks cleaning things...
Last night we had our own quiet little celebration at home as we held Ayla close during the fireworks barrage of the neighborhood. The war zone of last year was not quite met (I guess a lot of people spent more on their Christmas budgets instead of their fireworks...
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