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 […]
Wicked ride, brah.
I heard a strange noise outside last week, and when I looked out the window, I saw these guys… They were adding some stripes to a street beside us. We can’t recall there ever being stripes there before but apparently they are now important. The contraption they were driving reminded me of something out of […]
The 2009 Frankfurt Dragon Boat Festival
Yesterday we took a little trip to Frankfurt for the Dragon Boat Festival. It’s something they’ve been doing on the Main River since 1991 but we’ve never been there ourselves. Although it’s not one of the biggest events they hold down along the edge of the water, there were quite a few spectators, especially in […]
Let them eat cake – the after christening pre-party
We had Mackenzie christened on May 1st and following the main event was a WHOLE LOT of food. Almost every event with the family involves lots of good food, especially in Bavaria. After Mack caught a few winks on the way back to Oma’s and Opa’s house, she was ready to bring on the first […]
Neem oil – a gardener’s best friend
Although our winter was insanely cold, we didn’t have a very hard freeze when it finally started to warm up here. Thus the bugs are out in force because they didn’t get killed off by the cold wave. I’ve often read about using neem oil on plants to combat aphids, scales, spider mites, white flies, […]

