Since we had a bit of ginger root laying around and a few plastic soda bottles, we decided to try out making soda for the first time. It’s a very simple process, some more simple than others, and to our slight surprise, it actually worked! I don’t know what the exact recipe we used was […]

On Saturday morning, I passed by the thyme plant growing in my herb container garden and saw this! ICK!!!! I don’t know where they came from or how they got to be over an inch so quickly but these little suckers were munching down on my thyme plant. I quickly picked them off and disposed […]

Now this is a cool concept! We would love to have chickens at some point, mostly for egg production but perhaps we might one day get tough enough to butcher the birds ourselves. But when you have your birds totally free range, there’s the issue of finding the eggs, catching the birds and predators having […]

I just finished reading America’s Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money by Steve & Annette Economides. For some this book may be incredibly eye opening, and I did find their budgeting style quite interesting, as well as the concept of meal planning. But many of the other tips in the book are things […]

Well, it’s that time of year again. And if you happen to be in the Frankfurt area on Saturday or Sunday, you should make your way to our village where the 57th annual Laternenfest (Lantern Festival for those non-Germans) is going on! Every Saturday and Sunday evening a parade is held and the entire town […]