Since we have quite a few fruit trees around the farm, I thought I would share some photos. First, our grapevine growing in the courtyard along the wall of the barn. Last year it actually produced quite a few grapes and we even got to sample a few before the birds ate them all. They […]

We’ve been busy, to say the least. Unfortunately not everything that has kept us busy has been related to the garden, farm or our self-reliant ways…but you have to pay the bills somehow 🙂 We FINALLY finished the greenhouse this weekend. Well, we still need to build some tables and things like that in there, […]

I’m going to try to catch up on a few LONG overdue posts so here’s a start. 🙂 May 1st was a holiday here in Germany. Since S was out of town for business during the weekend, he decided to take Monday off so we would basically still have a weekend…and a very short work […]

If you’ve started to wonder whether the “room which shall not be named” won the fight against the chaos; fear not – I did in fact win out! To see what the room looked like before, check out the pictures from my previous post. Below are a few photos of the state it’s in now. […]

This house always manages to keep up guessing. Just when we think we have something figured out and under control, we find that we really don’t have a clue. Of course, since this is the first home we’ve owned and we are still learning to be “handy,” everything can turn into a major thing… Downstairs […]