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07 Dec

>Village at full moon – #816

> Plus some tasteful Christmas decorations and the local version of Jack the Ripper. lurking in the shadows. And just to prove how metropolitan we are – a traffic light!
7 December, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
22 Oct

>It’s that time of year again…#770

> It’s Kerb in the village again. Used to be the celebration at the time of the consecration of a church, but people appear to have enjoyed themselves so much…
22 October, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
20 Oct

>The Tetris House – #768

>   This house went up so quickly that if you blinked, you’d miss a wall being slotted in place. Done and dusted in 8 hours. I kid you not.…
20 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
19 Oct

>First….#767

> you dig a hole. This is “Building Houses in Germany 101” at the new subdivision at the top of the hill. Given the horrendous price of the section, you…
19 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
14 Oct

>The New Wine and Onion Flan Triathlon – #762

> The New Wine and Onion Flan Triathlon goes something like this: Biking 11km through muddy farm tracks (think: Flanders without the barbed wire and bodies) to the starting point…
14 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
13 Oct

>Walking on water – #761

> Not wanting to drift into blasphemy territory or anything, but those 2 folks walking from the bank of the Rhine across to the island certainly appear to have powers…
13 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
09 Oct

>Grafitti – #757

> It certainly didn’t take long for the graffiti artists to get to work on Castel Vintaro. My Latin’s a bit rusty (and to say that it was ever shiningly…
9 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
03 Oct

>Castel Vintaro – #751

> It’s quite amazing. You can live here for decades and overlook something that’s right under your nose. Research tells me that this is the western defensive perimeter of the…
3 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
02 Oct

>Am I nuts…#750

> ..to think that I’m the only person out there scavenging/harvesting? Having cleaned out the hedgerows of blackberries, mirabelles, Morello cherries and grapes that are left on the vines after…
2 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
28 Sep

>15 minutes of fame – #746

> Famous Fotog Franzi(ska) Hasse popped around in spring on the recommendation of her Mum and Dad. Quite an honour, because she’s a freelance garden photographer for some of the…
28 September, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
20 Sep

>Slap…#738

> ..bang in the middle of the fields on the way to Hechtsheim. I have NO IDEA what it’s there for. As you can see, it’s wall-to-wall bugger all out…
20 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
17 Sep

>Through a glass blearily – #735

> Back at Wagner-Stempel‘s open courtyard from the other day. (Shocking website and I’ve offered to do a words-for-wine barter translation deal, but he reckons that as they sell everything…
17 September, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
15 Sep

>This is the life – #733

> David Wagner took over the family vineyard in Siefersheim a few years back and did all the right things – canopy management, lower yields, old vines, focus on the…
15 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
04 Feb

>The Big Dig – #693

> The SATTOTH (Subdivision At The Top Of The Hill) is coming along quite spiffingly. The big machines at rest look quite pastoral compared with what they’ve done to the…
4 February, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
12 Jan

>The not very straight and narrow (and *%$£@ cold) -#671

> Quite a brisk 267º out in the fields today. Kelvin, that is. -6º Celcius. 22º Fahrenheit. And the tracks in the snow got me thinking (which doesn’t happen very…
12 January, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
09 Jan

>The not very straight and narrow – #668

> Ploughing’s a piece of cake these days. So says Mrs jb’s nephew Chris, who does that sort of stuff for a living and appears to be more than proficient…
9 January, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
15 Dec

>Global warming – #643

> They must know something that I don’t…. Orage juice vines seem to be replacing grapes around here. I mean, I know it’s got Vitamin C and all that good…
15 December, 2008 at 12:00 1 Comment
14 Dec

>Life’s a beach – #642

> Just downriver from Mainz, believe it or not. Not many bikinis on display today (4ºC and a keen breeze) and not a lot of folk swimming. None, in fact…..
14 December, 2008 at 15:45 4 Comments
08 Dec

>Pruning – #636

> Well, there’s pruning. And then there’s PRUNING. With a capital “P” and writ large. These ones are on their way to the Great Vineyard in the Sky by the…
8 December, 2008 at 13:53 1 Comment
06 Nov

>Aspara.. WHAT? – #604

> You have strawberries and blackberries and raspberries. We have asparaberries. This is what happens when you let asparagus go to seed – I’m an expert at this, having first…
6 November, 2008 at 12:00 Leave a comment
29 Oct

>Social Engineering – #596

> “Social engineering” has a somewhat unpleasant ring to it. A bit like “ethnic cleansing” But I like what they’re doing here in the village. This is Monday’s ground-breaking ceremony…
29 October, 2008 at 12:00 Leave a comment
28 Oct

>Stunning – #595

> Vineyards on the outskirts of the village
28 October, 2008 at 12:00 3 Comments
22 Oct

>Oh, sugar dadada da dada, honey, honey… – #589

>   Sugar beets waiting at the Sugar Beet Bus stop. From here they’ll be taken to a factory where they’ll be chopped up, soaked in water, squeezed semi-dry, dosed…
22 October, 2008 at 11:00 5 Comments
16 Oct

>Cote de Bad Kreuznach – #583

> Close your eyes and you could think you’re on the Cote d’Azur. Just look at those palms (well, open your eyes, then…), just feel the warm late autumn sun…
16 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
11 Oct

>"Oh Deere….."- #578

> …..I’m just worn out” said Fanny Fendt. “Do come in and take the weight off your tires” said Mrs Massey-Ferguson. “Have a nice cup of diesel – that’ll make…
11 October, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
09 Oct

>A Fëte worse than death – #576

> The Kerb or annual fete is central to village life in Germany. The traditional meal on Tuesday – the last day of festivities – is liver dumplings, sauerkraut and…
9 October, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
29 Sep

>The Sky at Night – #566

> Don’t know who Paul Baumann is (I’ve researched and can’t find an astronomical link anywhere), but they’ve gone and named the observatory on the hill above Klein-Winternheim after him.…
29 September, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
19 Sep

>Roll your own – #556

> Back in the olden days, straw was gathered up into bundles. Then along came the hay baler that crept across the harvested fields and produced manageable chunks of biomass.…
19 September, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
15 Sep

>True love – #552

> I’ve known Lena from across the road since she was a “littlie”, as Isla Leslie would say. “What’s your name? What are you doing? What’s that plant?  When’s your…
15 September, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
14 Sep

>Gone to seed – #551

> Not a very nice thing to say about me, but it’s probably true. Certainly applies to asparagus, though. Last harvest on 24 June, as they’ll let the frost take…
14 September, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
10 Sep

>Friendly looking place – #547

> The Burgschule (“Castle School”) in Nieder-Olm got a lick of new paint the other day. Looks pretty cool.
10 September, 2008 at 13:24 Leave a comment