May 7, 2020
2020 Projects (birth of a newsletter)
At the end of 2019, we sat down with Falk and came up with some shared projects for 2020.
February 15, 2020
Accidental farmer
I’ve had a lot of people tell me that it is their dream to live on a farm and grow their own vegetables. I may be ‘living the dream’ but it was never my dream. I sort of just fell into this life.
December 20, 2019
Garden preparations for 2020
We have prepared the garden according to Falk’s permaculture design, ready for 2020! Changes made: Our pond is pretty much complete, just waiting for it to naturally fill up Outdoor kitchen and terrace Fire pit and paths around the garden made Next year we will also be building a conservatory and greenhouse. We have other […]
November 11, 2019
Alone time
Oh how I love to be alone.
October 11, 2019
More than just a farm
Something I am most grateful and proud of is the community that has formed around our little Datscha Fröhden. When we first bought the place, we were scared that we would just be out there in the countryside alone, just the two of us.
September 9, 2019
Datscha Fröhden FAQs
Here is a collection of questions we get asked quite regularly.
July 26, 2019
My divided life – part three
It feels quite arrogant and obnoxious writing this – but I have a pretty amazing life. Previously, I struggled with splitting my life between city and countryside, but since quitting my job in September, I couldn’t be happier.
June 3, 2019
Check out my chicks
I haven’t posted much recently because I’ve been quite busy with our garden and different things around the house. The most exciting news, however, is that we got four brahma chicks last week. They are now two weeks old. We don’t know the sex of any of the chicks, so it’s possible we could end […]
May 17, 2019
Spring changes
We’ve been back in Germany for over a month now and have been extremely busy at Datscha Fröhden. Falk, our friend and neighbour, is undertaking a permaculture design course and has come up with a new design for our whole outside space. Artur’s parents visited for two weeks and brought us a car load of […]
April 15, 2019
2019 Newbies
Last week the chicken man visited Fröhden and we got six new chickens! Who is this chicken man? He is basically a man that drives around Brandenburg and Sachsen in a red van full of chickens. He comes once a month and you call him up the day before to make your chicken order.