by Tiffany | Sep 11, 2009 | Garden, Homesteading Life
Fall is setting in here in Frankfurt. The weather has cooled down a bit and it was raining a lot more last week. Been a bit overcast the last two days but no rain and I’m certainly not complaining. The fall weather has been absolutely glorious and I’m...
by Tiffany | Sep 3, 2009 | Decluttering, Homesteading Life
I’ve briefly mentioned here and there that we have listed a whole bunch of stuff on eBay, but I figured I should tell you a little bit more about all our listings. We’ve lived here in Germany for 8 years now. It’s amazing how the time just seems to...
by Tiffany | Sep 1, 2009 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
After Nico pulled all the ivy and whatever else was growing on the barn down, we started taking a look around the corner of the structure (which faces our neighbors and we can barely see) and noticed that one patch of plastered wall was about to fall out of the timber...
by Tiffany | Aug 26, 2009 | Expat Life, Garden, Homesteading Life
Despite a few setbacks in our garden (like the loss of 80% of our tomato plants), we’ve still had a fairly decent harvest. You can see our full list of harvest figures on our In the Garden page but here’s what we’ve collected from our garden in the...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Aug 13, 2009 | Featured, Food, Garden, Homesteading Life, Mains
When my dad came over from Texas to visit us a few months ago, one of the things we requested that they bring was Louisiana Hot Sauce. We can buy Tabasco here, which we use a lot in cooking, but the flavor of Louisiana Hot Sauce is so much nicer on tacos, eggs and...
by Tiffany | Jul 23, 2009 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
When we bought our farm house almost 3 years ago (I really can’t believe it’s been that long already) one of the great things about it was a fully functioning water system run off our own underground well. This area is full of underground springs and one...