No-dig or double-dig the garden soil is a question that, like most garden questions, can not be answered with YES or NO - it always depends. If you follow us, you know we are big advocates of the no-dig method, and we mostly refer to it as no-till. Overall, it is better for the soil life, and if in ...
What Greenhouse to Choose?
Have you been wanting a greenhouse for a while, just did not know what greenhouse to choose? There is so much creativity when it comes to greenhouse shapes and structures. The ideas are almost endless. Just when we think we have seen it all, a new and unique greenhouse comes up. With all those ...
Stewed Cabbage Recipe
The stewed cabbage is another garden-to-table traditional recipe. It tastes great with summer cabbage fresh from the garden, along with other fresh veggies. That's my favorite way to make it. I have yet to have success with growing winter cabbage in our short growing season. If you know of a ...
DIY Contour Map
When designing a permaculture property, the topography of the land is one of the first things you want to know. Depending on where you live you might have great resources available to find that. However, if those resources are not available, a DIY contour map might be an option. Here we share our ...
Winter Solstice 2021 Indoor Garden Update
It is December 21, 2021 today. It being the shortest day of the year, we thought it was a good time for an indoor garden update. Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere is the beginning of winter, not sure what we had the last month though ;), and it is also the beginning of longer and brighter ...
Following your Intuition in everyday life
Following your intuition in everyday life is a subject that I have been wanting to write about for quite a while. But always hesitated. For one I thought following your intuition is so obvious, why would anyone even want to read it. After all, that's what intuition is, you just know. On the ...
Pan Fried Potatoes Recipe
Bratkartoffeln is a traditional German pan-fried potatoes recipe. Growing up, we often had pan-fried potatoes, but I never got tired of them. My mom used both cooked and raw potatoes. Pre-cooked, she loved slicing the potatoes very thinly. When using raw, she would cut them like a wedge, so one ...
10 Years of Blogging
We are celebrating 10 years of blogging this year. Today we are sharing 10 lessons that we have learned in 10 years of blogging. Since we are writing about what we are doing and doing what we are writing about, those lessons are life lessons. We are so grateful for all that we could learn, share, ...
Our New Land to Build a Permaculture Property
Have you been wondering why November started so mild in our part of the world and continued beautiful? We bought some land and needed to fence it in before the ground freezes. There you have the real reason ;). The fence went up on November 14th and the weather changed overnight. Okay, that at least ...
Steamed Buns in Stew Recipe
Traditional dishes that we grew up with have a special place in our memories. Today I'm sharing with you one of my favorite childhood meals. My mom always called it strudeln, not the same as german apple strudels though. The strudelln I'm talking about are steamed buns, however again not the same as ...
