April In The Garden

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It’s still cold and we have frosty nights and mornings, but spring is coming undeniably!

Nearly Winter

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While the temperature is already down to 0°C some leaves still stick to their trees and the colors of autumn will soon fade to grey.

The Garden In August And A Lot Of Squirrels

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What a lush summer. The garden was so happy and green in August. And when the hazelnuts were ripe, Wolfgang and his squirrel-colleagues went crazy. Who finds the woodpecker in the pictures?

The Garden in June

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The japonese cedar is growing.

The owls are no babies anymore.

A tiny spider nest.

The Garden In May

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What you see on the first picture is a branchling of the long-eared owl (Waldohreulen-Ästling) which is a kind of a teenager owl who can already fly but still lives with its parents who feed it. We had three siblings of them in our pine trees and they made hell of a noise. When it starts getting dark they start screaming “iiiigh” every other second all over the night. I called them Ilona, Ingo and Ignaz. They are so cute and fluffy and they can turn their head 180 degrees!

What an abundance when everything starts to bloom and grow!

The tiny Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) which I brought from the Azores and planted in October is still alive but it doesn’t (yet) grow.

English Gardening

5. June 20195. June 2019 hikeminded8 Comments

England is not only the place, where the gras is greener but also paradise for gardeners. We have been to a wonderful show garden with stunning plants from all over the world.

May In The Garden

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Our private wilderness changes its face every week and shows us what nature can do without any influence. Tobias. the apple tree who was just a stick with roots four weeks ago has grown a lot of leaves and a lot of birds come to see us every morning. And Wolfgang the squirrel becomes less and […]

Spring Is Coming!

Image20. March 201912. April 2019 hikeminded9 Comments

During winter we really struggled to spend our weekends on the countryside in the little house on the prairie because it was freezing cold (outside AND inside). But now you can smell and hear it: Spring is near. The singing birds are waking us up in the morning and I start becoming motivated for some […]

Suffolk Trip: Fancy Housing And Incredible Skies At Audley End

Image3. May 201723. November 2018 hikeminded7 Comments

On our first day in Suffolk we rented a car and meandered from Stansted Airport to the house of my dear friend Nicky. On our way – crossing Saffron Walden – we saw this fantastic fairy tale chateau and stopped to visit it. It is called Audley End House and it is totally worth a visit. […]