I harvested our first zucchini today from our Fordhook (Burpee) plants. It's a whopping 3 pounds (1.5 kilos), 10 inches long and 4 inches across at the biggest part!! I grated about 1/3 of it and made zucchini bread (which takes about 2 cups grated zucchini) and plan...
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...
The 18th Beusemer Tractor Fest 2009
On the last weekend in May, our little village comes alive with the sound of old-timer tractors. Since the next yearly festival is nearly upon us, I figured I better hurry up and get these photos up! I'm only a couple months behind... The old-timer tractor festival...
More canning jars for the collection
"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...
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