Since the weather this weekend was so incredible, we were outside trying to figure out what our best plan of attack is on the vines that are overtaking the back of the barn and roof, the vines and roses growing on the “trellis” on the storage buildings and what we should do in the planters […]

I was reading one of the numerous home improvement newsletters in my inbox today and saw this article about houseplants for people who tend to kill plants. Not on purpose, of course, but that just don’t seem to have any luck when it comes to plants. As one of those people born with something more […]

The last time we bought garlic, a few of the cloves ended up sprouting before we ate them. We are big garlic eaters in our house so we figured we’d go ahead and give growing garlic a try. So we let the cloves sprout a bit more and I finally took the time to put […]

Germany is not the most ideal place to grow many of the fruits and vegetables we love to eat and have grown used to while living in places like Miami. So finding a way to extend the growing season is essential if you want to get beyond the typical backyard veggie garden and include some […]

We went to our local outdoor outfitter this morning as we still owed a friend a pair of climbing shoes and hubby had a gift certificate from there which he wanted to use. This turned out to be harder than he anticipated. The certificate was for 25 Euros and since most of our last purchases […]