This past weekend the weather here was pretty iffy; quite chilly and raining off and on...so we decided to tackle a project inside that has been looming over us for years. In fact, it's been almost two years since we last did any major work in our mudroom...which is a...
Come on spring!
It's hard to imagine that spring would suddenly be here in full force after such a long, cold winter, but we have had some absolutely incredible weather the last couple weeks. Highs in the 60's (15-18°F) and plenty of sunshine. So I decided to get outside and slowly...
Revising our plans for 2010
The weather here is still yo-yoing between winter and spring...but I have little doubt that we will turn around twice and spring will be passing us by, with summer setting in strongly. Which makes me turn to thoughts about our garden, our hopes of growing all our own...
Book review: The Backyard Homestead
When Sue M, a fellow old German timber-frame homeowner, suggested I pick up a copy of The Backyard Homestead (available at Amazon.com and Amazon.de) (edited by Carleen Madigan and published by Storey Publishing, LLC), I quickly hopped on over to Amazon and placed my...
Rethinking some of our projects for 2010
Aside from all the good cooking and eating we did last week, we also used the time to think a bit more about our projects for 2010 and hoped to get started on at least one of those projects last Saturday. There is a company in Frankfurt called Becker that specializes...
Dog- and kid-friendly walls
Once every six months, we have to repaint the walls in our foyer and at the top of the kitchen stairs. These are the locations where Ayla lays most often, usually flipped on her back with her dirty feet up in the air and on the wall. In April, before we had visitors,...
How to can potatoes
Because our neighbors have a huge potato farming operation, we have the opportunity to forage tons of potatoes for free. Ok, maybe not tons, but many, many pounds. More than we can carry at once and more than I'd like to think about having in my kitchen waiting to be...
The Complete Book of Herbs Book Review
I recently picked up a copy of The Complete Book of Herbs by Lesley Bremness because I'm really interested in developing an herb garden. Actually, it will be sprawling container garden along with some things planted in our garden just because there are so many great...
How to make & can sweet garlic dill pickles
Although we didn’t have a huge harvest of pickling cucumbers (or even regular ones) this year, I did still manage to get a couple jars worth of pickles. I have always been a big fan of pickles of all sorts but a spicy, zesty pickle to eat with a hearty lunchmeat...
Why electronic radiator controllers are worth every penny
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 less than 30 minutes (maybe...
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