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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...
Earlier this year, we decided to give up the battle against the slugs and snails in our garden for fresh leafy salad. Seedlings stood absolutely no chance against the evil pests and we couldn't stand the thought of throwing tons of chemicals down just to let the...
Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases 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 of jars' worth of pickles. I have always been a big fan of pickles of all...
The Oktoberfest is a big deal for most people in Germany, especially those living in Bavaria. We unfortunately don't live in Bavaria but it's still a big deal to us. The first year I had the privilege of attending was in 2000 when Stefan and I flew over from Miami for...
We have been neglecting our garden the last few weeks. It's been so crazy around that we just haven't been back there to check on things...and as a result the rest of our tomato plants (a fabulous Big Rainbow variety with single tomatoes as big as both palms of my...
On August 7th and 8th in the year 2009, our little family had the great honor of celebrating a long awaited wedding between our friends Steffen & Steffi. As a matter of fact, they got engaged in 2005 at the very same tent where we all threw back a couple maß of...
At some point in your life, I'm sure you've heard about a little party held in Munich every year called Oktoberfest. But did you know that it's actually held the last two weeks of September, leading into October? Tomorrow at noon the first keg will be tapped by the...
It's been over a month since the greatest little party on earth, aka Lanternfest, and I figured it's about time I get these photos online. Also, we're going to be attending another one of the biggest great parties on earth, Oktoberfest, this weekend so I figured it...
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...
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...
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