heatherhills

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The month of March.Thorbens birthday at the zoo, arrival of second woofer Bastian from Germany, planting 350 trees, polytunnel progress

Thorben turns four...the farmer boy

The adventurers

Hard work...cleaning the sand table

The polytunnel......what a mess

Jonas took this picture

Granny looking arty

Jonas is our chief egg collector...

We planted 350 trees as a shelter belt around our land. Bastian planting trees. Our friends and neighbours helped plant the trees...Bruno, Tanya, Eileen, Shann, Roisin, Anthony, Susanne, Pedro, Rebecca, Bastian, Brona.

The Tree labellers...Eileen, Elke and Becca

Having soup and tea

The joy of a large cardboard box....and a load of chalk

At the zoo

All the Klauers at the zoo, Bastian took the picture.

The birthday boy at the zoo

The rice krispie four i moulded in a cardboard mould i made.

Thorbens pirate ship..the best present ever

Singing happy birthday, aunty Nora and William(from London) called for a cuppa..a great birthday.....

The month of February ..first woofer, sausage making, Jonas's birthday

I made sausages with Aoife and Jo, Aoife had the machine and mincer. Jo supplied the herbs for Scarborough Fair sausages..parsley, rosemary and Thyme. We made 25 of them and also chorizo and pork ones. We used pork from our own pig from the freezer.

The sausage machine

The grandparents and kids

Our friends from Dublin up our forest

The boys den ...

Our first woofer Susanna from Ohio working here with Thorben,finding our hedge again after a winter and mulching it. She lived with us for a week, and was a lovely guest to have stay. I learned new soups from her and also a great cake ..the winning heart and minds cake.

Susanna also weeded our herb patch. We hope she may visit us again in the summer.

Susanna with the kids in beautiful Glendalough

Us with the kids, Axel is in a buggy and not in the shot

Jonas's sixth birthday cake, a joint effort by myself and Steffen up after midnight doing it, it worked out well in the end.

Susanna with jonas and elke, walking our land.

We had snow in February, our new hens with the older ones having breakfast. The red ones are the new ones.

our home

Elke, Jonas and Thorben with sticks and bike helmets...essential for adventuring...the next few photos are of our beloved home and land...we are starting to really enjoy being outside again and appreciating our freedom.

One eyed kitten we have taken in.

The kids running around the land around the house.The sun was beautiful this afternoon.

The month of January 2013

Our internet connection is poor at home, i can only upload photos at my folks house. I havent been up in ages hence the last three months of highlights and bits and pieces posted up today. I finally made it up to Dublin to my folks with the baby Axel....he is six months now.

grandads birthday...sharp cheesecake by steffen

our friends the pyes in our play house

grandads birthday celebration dinner

Thursday, January 3, 2013

New Years Resolutions 2013

Not sure i should write these down....but here goes....myself and Steffens aspirations for the year

1. Getting chickens for the table in Spring...
2. Getting fitter and healthier ..treadmill idea
3.Weeding our herb patch
4. Hosting some woofers...
5. Keeping all our recipts and making a budget plan
6. Meditating daily with Steffen at the end of the day
7. A permaculture design garden plan for our 2 acres
8. Buying a caravan for the our trip to Germany in the Summer
9. Setting proper goals for the year with steffen ....with timelines....
10. Being grateful for our wonderful family and loving them