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...
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...
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...
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...
Now that all the paperwork has finally been finished, I’d like to introduce you to our new orchard! Our name for it perhaps is a bit dramatic since it’s only around 1000 sq. meters or a quarter of an acre. But it’s only 10 minutes walk from our front...
I wanted to post this almost two weeks ago but things have been a bit hectic around here (what’s new right?) so I’m only getting to this now. Before my dad and his wife Barbara arrived here in Germany on April 28th, we were trying to get a few things done...