Our refrigerator is on the fritz. It's not really been normal since we moved in January but now with it being above 90 on some days, it's clear that the fridge is not performing like it should be. Overnight it gets down to the 60s and the fridge still doesn't keep...
Let there be cold
As many of you know, we live on an old farm here in Germany, built in 1834. Air conditioning is not really big in Germany and only available in newer homes. Having gone from Newf friendly weather in the high 50's last week to the high 80's today. Tomorrow it's...
Our first batch of wine
We started making our first batch of wine last week from some of the gooseberries in our yard. We stopped in Hornbach (home improvement store) really quickly, sort of by accident, because we knew there was an ATM inside the store and couldn't seem to find one anywhere...
Victims of a hit and run
Nothing tragic, nothing tragic...but we did have a run in (quite literally) with a port-o-potty truck in our alley yesterday. One of our neighbors in the alley that run beside our house had a party on Wednesday night. Apparently they also had a port-o-potty for their...
Be careful with ammonia!!!
I wrote in my post yesterday, Slug hunting with ammonia, that I had sprayed some of the plants and whatever slugs I found in the greenhouse yesterday morning with slugs. I did in fact do that and it wasn't until Stefan came home in the evening and went to check on...
Fabulous Farmhouse Searches Vol. 6
This will be a somewhat short list of searches this week but at last there are a few new ones to talk about. I tried to keep them short today because I have a lot of other stuff to get done but keep searching everyone! 😉 does egg plant grow on a vine No. Eggplants...
Slug hunting with ammonia
Last weekend we finally managed to get our hands on some ammonia. You actually have to buy it at the pharmacy here and they actually had to order it for me which was almost amusing. Turned out to be €11 for 1 liter which is a whole lot more than you'd pay at in the...
Regulated chimney sweeps?
I have to say that there are some things here in Germany that really perplex me. Today we had a visit from a chimney sweep who I guess is delegated to our area. Once a year they come around and check out the chimney, heater, etc. to make sure that everything is...
Do we know what we’re talking about? 🙂
We had someone contact us via the blog recently who has also just bought a timber frame house (perhaps we have more blogging company Anna lol) and they wanted to talk via email to learn from our experiences...I figure that others may also be able to learn from the...
New plants & decor for the courtyard 🙂
Yesterday during our visit to Rüdesheim we wandered by a pretty good wine store called Dr. Nagler. We've bought many bottles of their Reisling over the past few years and also ate at their restaurant over Christmas. Very decent food and not bad prices either,...
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