In the Garden on NOH
Let’s face it not only does homegrown produce taste better, but there are more than a few good reasons to try to be as self reliant as possible: Cost: It costs mere pennies to grow your own produce. Good, fresh vegetables at the store are expensive and with the help of a greenhouse we can […]
A Better Almost No Fat Banana Bread
Hubbers and I like to cook and that is part of the reason we made our kitchen so massive. We cook together on the weekends and nearly every evening when he comes home from work…but sometimes during the week, I take some time to bake. I’m especially pleased in my new kitchen because I now […]
Homemade refried beans
We had a taco night last night and refried beans are a necessary item. We can get pinto beans here in Germany although not everywhere. I used to get them precooked in a can but since we’ve moved, I had to find a new source. The source has them dried which actually suits me just […]
Our ideal garden
Because we only have a certain amount of space in our garden…and massive wants and wishes about what we want to grow there, we are doing some serious planning. We’ve got plans for our greenhouse already and want to start preparing to build everything next Thursday. Then the Tuesday after Easter we will pour the […]
Houston we have a slug problem!
Well, the slugs have had a great time on our lettuce once again. Quite a few of them took advantage of the open bar but it seems that there are just far too many to prevent some of them from going for the lettuce instead. We’ve pretty much lost all the plants now. So we’re […]

