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This blog is now at www.NoOrdinaryHomestead.com. We are a young couple in our late-twenties who have recently bought an old timber-frame house near Frankfurt, Germany. The house was built in the 1830s and is in pretty great shape but we'd like to m
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That time of the year again
The gardening fever is striking us again (thankfully since we have a nice big space to utilize back there) and we've just starting a ton of seeds....of course we are only writing about it on our self-...
New plants & decor for the courtyard :-)
Yesterday during our visit to Rüdesheim we wandered by a pretty good wine store called Dr. Nagler. We've bought many bottles of their Reisling over the past few years and also ate at their restaurant...
How does your garden grow?
I try to keep the garden related posts to a minimum on here since we have a separate blog for that now and because I figure that most people renovating their homes don't necessarily have the time of ...
A decorating idea straight from your garden
I found this idea while browsing some of my mother-in-laws old garden magazines and really thought it was a very nice idea for a summer party...and may have to use it for our housewarming party if I h...
Fabulous Farmhouse Searches Vol. 3
It's Thursday again and I have once again dutifully compiled a collection of searches that led to this blog in the last week. We had a few fun ones this time around like the German tractors. I actuall...
One million little things
As almost anyone who has ever owned a house (old or new) can tell you, it seems that there is a never ending list of things to do...and we are definitely no different. But it seems that each To Do Lis...
Working in the garden
We've got gorgeous weather here this week so we've been spending hubby's time off outdoors. We've just finished the construction of the raised beds for the garden and just need to level out the dirt i...
Working on the Garden
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 ...
The new garden blog
As you may have noticed, now that spring arrived we are posting a lot more infos on what's going on in the garden. Since this is primarily a house blog and the focus should be on what we do to the far...