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 doorbell, they...
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...
There once was a little bison
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 fly by (and it only...
Nico makes some much needed repairs
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...
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.
Building a pump house for our Gardena system
When we bought our farm house almost 3 years ago (I really can't believe it's been that long already) one of the great things about it was a fully functioning water system run off our own underground well. This area is full of underground springs and one of Germany's...

Bringing in the reinforcments to paint outside
You might remember my post from March when we tore down the vines on our storage buildings. After all the vines were gone, the wall was in pretty bad shape. It's been shedding salt and just starting to crumble off due to improper care and the wrong materials being...
Please, daddy, can we keep him? The farm hand I mean
I don't mention it often, but those who know us recognize that we are in a bit over our heads on the farm. We simply don't have the time to maintain everything as it should be, do the projects we want to do, keep our businesses running and spend time with Mackenzie,...
Harvesting green goodies
We got to harvest a few more things from our garden last week...it's always an exciting time. But it can be tedious when it comes to things like berries, especially gooseberries. They grow all over the bush and you really have to climb up, down and around the bush to...


