"Did you know they're giving away 1 & 2 liter canning jars at your farmer's market right now?" "Uh no," we responded to Stefan's father as we sat enjoying dinner last night. "Yeah, they had a sign up when I was up there earlier and I forgot to mention it." So once...
A bench for all seasons – Building a harvest kitchen part 3
In case you missed the first two installments about our new harvest kitchen, check out part 1 and part 2. On Tuesday, Stefan took the day off because I had to go to the dentist. The last time I went with Mack in tow, it did not turn out so well. She screamed pretty...
Sweet Lady Propane: Building a harvest kitchen – part 2
Last weekend we started building our harvest kitchen. We were able to level the floor, lay tile and grout last week so this weekend it was time to install the kitchen cabinets. We're eager to get this project wrapped up before the Lantern Festival (the first weekend...
Building a harvest kitchen – Part 1
We have a little covered patio area outside out kitchen door which we've been throwing around ideas about for a while. We finally came to the conclusion that the best thing to have in there would be a harvest and canning kitchen where we can prepare everything for...
Getting myself organized & clutter free
Hello. My name is Tiffany...and I am a victim of clutter. 😉 I'm fairly certain I've addressed this issue before, but it needs to be said again. And again. I must continue to remind myself that there really is a problem or nothing will ever be done about it. I talked...
A word of warning about rain collection – algae in the IBC
I mentioned briefly that we had all our water tanks set up now. When we added a 1000 liter IBC tank to our courtyard, it replaced a 120 liter rain barrel. So we moved the small rain barrel over by the guest house where another rain barrel was already sitting. Then...
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...
Going to be a busy weekend
It's a 3-day weekend here in Germany because Monday is Pentecost which is a federal holiday here. As it turns out, this is a fairly popular weekend for events in the area. Not only is it the yearly old-timer tractor fest here in Beusem (yes, many photos and a video...
Starting a window box container garden
We've recently decided that if we can't eat it, we're going to try to filter unnecessary plants out of our lives. Ivy that eats houses unless it's trimmed for hours every month is one of those plants. Naturally, our house plants are not going to get the ax but we're...
A day of work in the orchard
Don't let my lack of posting let you think we haven't been busy or that I don't have TONS of things to blog about. I've just been in a bit of a blogging funk I guess and also have been having a hard time finding time to sit down and git 'r done. But I'm trying to get...
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