Die Unschuld vom Lande

Hier seht ihr den Mann, der seine Hände in Unschuld wäscht mit seinem geliebten Pflaumenbaum auf die traurigen Reste einstiger Baumbestände blickend:

Vollendete Tatsachen

Hier spricht eines der vielen Girlfriends. Und reden wir doch mal Tacheles. Der Plaumenbaum war nie schöner, seitdem ich ihn aus seinem Misthaufen Dasein in einem Blumenkasten gerettet und in einen geeigneten Pflanzenkübel gesetzt habe. So sieht’s aus! Ferner möchte ich sagen, dass der Garten jetzt sehr schön gelichtet

The right tool for the job?

Today Serhiy was on his own in the garden. I didn’t know Ivan had told him to try and cut down the stump. As you can see, our little chainsaw isn’t really suited to the task. Ivan was supposed to be bringing something more powerful… But didn’t!

The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower

My plum tree seems to like its new home! It probably grew from a nectarine stone in a window box on the balcony of my old flat in Helmholtz Str. When I moved in the window box was empty and I filled it exclusively with kitchen waste, including coffee grounds.

Das Angermund Kettensägenmassaker

Da ist man Mal ein Wochenende nicht da und schon fahren die Männer in den Baumarkt und kaufen eine Kettensäge. Man kommt zurück und es sind keine Bäume mehr im Garten.

Chop, chop, chopping on heaven’s door

The big garden is probably the reason why we’re here and we’re both du looking forward to getting the most of of it. In the autumn we’d already done some pruning in the gardens. And we’d just left the results to rot a bit over the

The root of all evil

After chopping down one tree it was time to take on the big one. This has been dead for several years and the roots have started to rot, which should make things easier. However, we’ve still got remove some flagstones and either buttress or remove the “pergola” which is

Timber!

Now that nearly everything has been done in the house it’s the turn of the garden. This has been left in a shocking state. Not only is it a mess, there are also several dead trees that need tending to and Ivan was keen to do it. We discussed

A shower at last!

On Friday Mr Peters came and fitted the shower unit in the downstairs bathroom. Earlier in the week Ivan had taken down the shower curtain to finish work on the walls and ceiling, so I’d had to go without a shower for a couple of days. Well, I could

Windowsill silliness

Having had to remove some of the window sills, we had to decide what to replace them with and whether to do the same for all the windows. To have somewhere to start I was looking for something a bit like our tiles and in our first visit to a

Shutters that won’t shut

When the last windows were installed the cable for the motor for the patio windows was switched to be close to the electricity. But, unfortunately, I didn’t have the right connectors to be able to do so. Once I was able to connect the shutters I discovered that the

Keeping things in perspective

I didn’t sleep particularly well last night due to an allergy brought on by the plaster dust that has filled the house again. Dust on our lovely floor! But after a weekend of storms that have left some people without a roof or power. On Monday our glazer called