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My lovely Squash

March 26, 2019

Our fourth chicken death and it doesn’t get easier. I was heartbroken to find out that Squash somehow fell ill, and died a day later. I really wish that I could have been there to pat and cuddle her during her final hours.

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Goodbye, Chickpea

November 5, 2018

Oh my dear cheeky girl, Chickpea. What a troublemaker she was, but she will be terribly missed. [Read more…]

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Village life

October 18, 2018

I was never a village person before. I remember being in Hobart years ago and thinking, ‘I could never live in such a small place’. How things have changed. I don’t think I’m ready to give up city life full time, but I definitely now appreciate the charms and positive aspects of small town/village living. [Read more…]

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A meat-free house

October 1, 2018

To all our meat eating friends and guests, sorry, but no more meat consumption at Datscha Fröhden.

We came to this decision after we hosted a team event a few months ago, where a lot of meat was brought and left behind. At first I didn’t want to impose any kind of rules at our house, but after this event, I realised that turning the house into a meat-free house is not a very big ask. Most people only stay for a day or two, and surely not eating meat for this short period of time should be easy. [Read more…]

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Living with animals

September 11, 2018

I never had a pet growing up. Unless you count a couple of goldfish that died because my uncle overfed them while we were away on holidays. [Read more…]

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The life and death of Pumpkin, my first chicken love

July 23, 2018

RIP my girl Pumpkin.

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My favourite chicken was eaten last night, by what we now suspect was a fox. I must admit that I cried for quite a while over her death. She was my baby and I really loved her. I know that I am an easy crier, but it is also surprising to see how much I really became attached to her. I feel a bit bad wishing that Diva or Eggplant had been eaten instead, as they are not so friendly and do not enjoy so much human interaction. They are black bovans so their temperaments are different to that of an ISA brown (Chickpea and Pumpkin). [Read more…]

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Part time life – part two

July 9, 2018

A few months on and it hasn’t gotten any easier, splitting our life between two places. I do realise how lucky and privileged I am to have two homes, when some people don’t even have one.
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The challenges of running an open house

June 25, 2018

Something Artur and I have been discussing a lot these past few weeks and months is how we can sustainably keep Datscha Fröhden (yes, we have a name now) running as an open house. While we love having a lot of guests, having so many (over 20 a month) means that our expenses are dramatically much higher than if it were a house for just the two of us. [Read more…]

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Waiting for the rain

June 3, 2018

It’s funny how now that we have a garden and growing a lot of vegetables, I think and wish for rain. This weekend we waited eagerly for the predicted thunderstorm but it never came. The best we got was some drizzle. And of course we got rained on during the Sternfahrt, which we participated in from Ludwigsfelde to Berlin. We rode around 60km by bike today (and 100km over the past few days) – let’s see what kind of aches and pains I will endure tomorrow.
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Two long weekends

May 25, 2018

The biggest news of the past two weeks- all four of our chickens are now laying eggs! This means four a day and no more buying eggs again.

We do have some problems with them though – they love eating our flowers too much. Artur’s mum planted many beautiful flowers under this tree, but the chickens have pecked at most of them and like taking dirt baths in the soil here. [Read more…]

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farm life

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we're very lucky to have lovely neighbours here an we're very lucky to have lovely neighbours here and some of them share their seeds with us. here's a dried poppy head full of seeds that we recently received. 
#poppyflower #driedpoppypods #seedsharing #permaculturegarden #countryliving #villagelife #farmlife #mohnblume #permakulturgarten #landleben #dorfleben #bauernhofleben
even though they have the whole garden and village even though they have the whole garden and village to explore, these chickens always find a way to get into our inner hof (which is out of bounds for them because they keep eating our kale)
#freerangechickens #keepingchickens #happychickens #backyardchooks #chickenmum #livingwithchickens #chickenlife #farmlife #freilandhühner #hühnerliebe #hühnerleben #hühnermama #bauernhofleben
today we went for a walk through one of the neighb today we went for a walk through one of the neighbouring villages and stumbled upon this huge frozen lake. we had no idea it existed and are very curious to see what it looks like in summer! 
#wintertime #frozenlake #villagelife #countrylife #farmlife #winterzeit #dorfleben #landleben #bauernhofleben #teltowfläming #brandenburg #discoverbrandenburg #brandenburgentdecken
white everywhere but the pond is not yet frozen! white everywhere but the pond is not yet frozen! 
#snowtime #wintertime #naturalpond #claypond #permaculturepond #permaculturegarden #villagelife #countrylife #farmlife #schneezeit #winterzeit #naturteich #lehmteich #permakulturteich #permakulturgarten #dorfleben #landleben #bauernhofleben
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