You may have noticed that it has been quiet on the blog for a few days. Not that we have been lazy, but lately as the weather is getting nicer we are spending more time on the vegetable garden in the back. Since we have said that we will focus most of the garden stuff […]

Since we both work and don’t have all the time in the world we are thinking of integrating a drip irrigation system into the raised beds. A company which is very big here in Germany has the perfect system which comes in many different modules one can piece together. The Gardena Microdrip system is what […]

Today we finally started staking out our vegetable garden. Let me start off by saying it took way longer than we had expected. Our garden is pretty asymmetrical and making a rectangle in the middle took quite some effort, despite our measurements we took last weekend. We will basically have space for 6 raised beds […]

Our garden layout is comprised of several raised beds with a gravel path running around the entire garden and dividing up the garden into smaller beds. The path will also run around the greenhouse. We’ve been doing some research about the beds and have found some pretty good articles so far. Most of our beds […]

Today we tackled the slug situation in our yard again. We are getting started with planting and building the greenhouse and there is no room for the slimy mess that has been stealing our tender little salad plants. When we went into the garden today, all I could say was: “Welcome to the killing fields!” […]