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The End, But Also A New Beginning
After nine years of writing about the Red House and the so-called “project,” I have decided to end the blog. I approach this not with regrets but with many happy feelings about how we took a run-down, bank-foreclosed property and … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Renovation, The Property, Travel
Tagged baking, cooking, flowers, gardening, renovation
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The Beginning Of Our Eighth Red House Summer And A Shout Out To All “Bowling Bob’s” Wherever You Are
This past June started our eighth summer at the Red House. Since this was the first summer that Lynn didn’t have to go back to work (hint: he retired last October), I managed to save a good chunk of vacation … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, Flowers, Gardening, kitchen, Renovation, The Property, Vegetables
Tagged cook at home, farm to table, gardening, renovation, slow food movement
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Our Seventh Summer at the Red House
Lynn and I sometimes can’t believe we’ve been working on the Red House for nearly 7 years. There are pros and cons to any project that takes this long. First and foremost, if you buy something in the beginning and … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Flowers, Gardening, Renovation, The Property, Vegetables
Tagged bathroom, flowers, gardening, house renovation, icicles, kitchen, kitchen renovation, painting, vegetable garden, zucchini
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A Summer Garden And Pizza on the Grill
Our summer garden has turned into a bonanza of tomatoes of all sizes! Here’s what I managed to quickly pick along with a few leftover peas. The lettuce grew so high it looked like I threw some really bad non-organic … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cheese, cooking, Gardening, Garlic, Grilling, kitchen, Pizza, The Property, Vegetables
Tagged cheese, cooking, flowers, gardening, grill, grilling, pizza, vegetables
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Hand Pollinating My Zucchini (Really!)
Growing up in Munich my mother was the gardener. I was the girl who liked to visit the Viktualianmarkt and “ooh” and “aah” at the colorful bouquets of flowers but in reality I was much more interested in looking at … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, Flowers, Gardening, Gardening tools, Munich, The Property, Vegetables
Tagged farmers markets, farming, gardening, zucchini, zucchini blossoms, zucchini flowers
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The End of Summer at the Red House
I’ve been remiss in writing about the Red House and things we have accomplished and things we unfortunately still have not gotten around to doing. So a quick recap should bring everyone up to speed. First and foremost, although we … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, cooking, Flowers, food, Gardening, Gardening tools, Garlic, Grilling, kitchen, Renovation, The Property, Vegetables
Tagged gardening, kitchen renovation, ping pong table, stube, vegetables
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Five Years Later…Strawberries!
After planting strawberries in one corner of the Red House garden nearly five years ago, we suddenly have lots and lots of strawberries. It seems, however, that I’m a bit late in picking them since when I parted some of … Continue reading
Posted in bathroom, cooking, Flowers, food, fruit, Gardening, Renovation, Vegetables
Tagged bathroom renovation, flowers, gardening, plants, strawberries, vegetables
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The Start of Summer
It being the end of the school year and the beginning of summer vacation, I decided to splurge a bit on the provisions I would be bringing up to the house for the weekend. Now, I’ve been hauling food up … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, Flowers, food, Gardening, Renovation, The Property, Vegetables, Wine
Tagged electrical, flowers, gardening, kitchen cabinets, organizing, renovation, summer, vegetables
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Even Upstate We Can’t Escape “Grades”
Last weekend was Memorial Day and we thought it might be a good opportunity to have our furnace looked at since “cleaning and tune ups” are part of our maintenance package. A service technician came, stared at the furnace, fiddled … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Flowers, Furnace, Gardening, Garlic, kitchen, Renovation, The Property, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged gardening, new faucet, plumbing, surveys
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A Red House Weekend (And Things That Make Me Crazy)
Spring has arrived at the Red House. The bamboo is coming back to life which I think is the neatest thing to see up here so far North. I even managed to pick a few thin stalks of asparagus that … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, daffodils, gardening, kitchen cabinets, supermarket, tile
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