Oct 14, 2009 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
Last year, we got a new heater in our living room. It’s got three heating channels inside the unit (I’m sure that’s not what they’re called but fins seem to be name for the old-fashioned radiators we have) and it heats up the living room in...Oct 13, 2009 | Homesteading Life
Yesterday I was working on the computer when the doorbell rang. I glanced out the window and say a young woman about my age standing out the gate. Naturally, my first thought was, “Great, what’s she selling?” Because you see, when people ring our...Sep 11, 2009 | Garden, Homesteading Life
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...Sep 3, 2009 | Decluttering, Homesteading Life
I’ve briefly mentioned here and there that we have listed a whole bunch of stuff on eBay, but I figured I should tell you a little bit more about all our listings. We’ve lived here in Germany for 8 years now. It’s amazing how the time just seems to...Sep 1, 2009 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
After Nico pulled all the ivy and whatever else was growing on the barn down, we started taking a look around the corner of the structure (which faces our neighbors and we can barely see) and noticed that one patch of plastered wall was about to fall out of the timber...Aug 26, 2009 | Expat Life, Garden, Homesteading Life
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...