the summer made it -- took quite a while. it rained so much, that the combine sunk in the moist soil harvesting the grain. my garden is green and flowering- all over the place and i am busy for weeks and weeks to get the started usa seeds in the pots and than into the ground ( there are still some waiting- and kinda giving up on me). my thought about having an orange garden did not really work out. there is lots of orange, but some just turned into PURPLE flowers, looks like wrong! a 4-0'clock in purple and one even white. but pretty plants - so i keep them - bursting color between all the yellow and orange flower-heads.
this is the view of our garden with our landmark/bombola when we moved in here - july 2 years ago! and now we got our bombola removed. first it seemed all so easy. they called and said they will come and install the new gas-tank.
the 2 trucks arrived - made it all the way to our house, managed to even turn around.
the bombola was flying in the air in a blink,
i found a solution.
the veggie-garden is doing very well this year:
tomatoes are coming big time 7 different kinds- including 'big beef' and 'moscavitch?', still waiting for 'razzleberry' what had amazing reviews.
potatoes are getting ready or better : are waiting to get in the root-cellar. we have 3 kinds :red from a trip through the high plateau of the sibillini mountains, yellow from the local farmers coop and a special one from the ex DDR. a potato saved over generations and left for us by a couple staying at the vacation house - a treat!!
sweet corn from usa seeds - tastes just like in iowa sweet and juicy - may be this could be a crop for the market here!?
Jon had to make a trip !by himself! to germany and get the technical license for our car redone. every 2 years it has to be inspected again and you get a sticker on the license plate. i had to let him go by himself because our little duckies and all the plants in the greenhouse and beds need care. so 1 had to stay home and it was me because i cannot drive 13 hours without falling asleep while driving..... life on a little farm means - no more vacations together?......
the 2 trucks arrived - made it all the way to our house, managed to even turn around.
the bombola was flying in the air in a blink,
and than started the measuring: the end of the tank had to be exactly no less than 5 meter - by the centimeter!!! away from our trees. we got instead of a tall but smaller diameter a longer shorter gas tank. that guy did not fit between the 2 trees anymore at the border of the garden.
the hole had to be moved towards the concrete slab where the old bombola was sitting on. actually half the slab had to get dug up. while the little caterpillar was digging deeper and wider we remembered the waterline, and yes, it was right there where the bombola had to go - they do not care about the waterline - they are only responsible for gas! no extra fuzz for that. but it did not get damaged !!!!!
when they sunk in the tank, it was 30 cm sticking out over the slab and when i mentioned that, they said it has to be so high so no water can run into it. the thought about a new tank was: it will not be visible anymore -- doohhh. after they were gone - they left 3 yellow plastic marker and a sign about security stuck in the soil around the tank cover, i had to start thinking how to landscape this earth eruption in the front yard.
i found a solution.
our duckies are grown - 2 months and they are as big as their parents. but they are different behaving than the old ones. they come to me - if i have the right treat for them - and they nibble it out of my fingers. they are no lab-ducks but become calm after a minute and let me pet them a bit. we still have not tried so reduce our duck population. it is getting a bit crowded around them and the sorting for bedtime is time consuming. we have Queeny with the young ones and Udo especially and Nancy have to be alone by themselves. duck temper---- who would have thought that i ever have to deal with that kinda thing.
the veggie-garden is doing very well this year:
tomatoes are coming big time 7 different kinds- including 'big beef' and 'moscavitch?', still waiting for 'razzleberry' what had amazing reviews.
potatoes are getting ready or better : are waiting to get in the root-cellar. we have 3 kinds :red from a trip through the high plateau of the sibillini mountains, yellow from the local farmers coop and a special one from the ex DDR. a potato saved over generations and left for us by a couple staying at the vacation house - a treat!!
sweet corn from usa seeds - tastes just like in iowa sweet and juicy - may be this could be a crop for the market here!?
and plums, plums from the neighbors tree. we are getting them in the freezer - just like last year and i will make plum jam and cake all year round. (we still have some bags from last year :-)
yesterday the ceiling/floor in the little house got pored with the help of the old crew: Luigi - our neighbor, his cousin Juliani and Jon- it took them 5.5 hours and 20 sacs of cement and we can now walk on the upstairs and i will soon make marks for the bed and bathroom.
yesterday the ceiling/floor in the little house got pored with the help of the old crew: Luigi - our neighbor, his cousin Juliani and Jon- it took them 5.5 hours and 20 sacs of cement and we can now walk on the upstairs and i will soon make marks for the bed and bathroom.
Jon had to make a trip !by himself! to germany and get the technical license for our car redone. every 2 years it has to be inspected again and you get a sticker on the license plate. i had to let him go by himself because our little duckies and all the plants in the greenhouse and beds need care. so 1 had to stay home and it was me because i cannot drive 13 hours without falling asleep while driving..... life on a little farm means - no more vacations together?......
