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Don Quixote in East-Westphalia

The German district of Minden-Lübbecke where we are renovating our farm is known for the Westphalian Mill Route (German: Westfälische Mühlenroute), a circular 320 kilometers long route with 43 mills. When Don Quixote of La Mancha heard about this route he came all the way from Spain with Sancho Panza last summer to fight the Westphalian giants [...]

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Four seasons in the garden

Next to our recipes we also photograph our organic vegetable garden throughout the seasons. For many years we had an allotment garden in the city and now we have a large farm garden in Germany. Spring The garden year is defined by the seasons, starting with seeding in Spring and early crops like rhubarb. It [...]

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Variations of kale

In the winter we cook a lot with local winter vegetables like kale and try out new recipes and food combination. Kale tastes especially good after a frost and is rich in many important nutrients such as calcium, iron, vitamins C and K, and Carotenoids. Some of the new food photos featuring kale are Polenta [...]

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Google+ for photographers

In September Google’s social network Google+ was released to the public after a beta phase of 3 months. Since then it has grown rapidly and has become popular among many photographers as a platform to showcase their work, network and share or find information. There is a lot of interaction going on and if you are [...]

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Farm project

After searching for years, we found a suitable small farm for us this spring in Germany. It is called Thiemanns Hof Hof Aumann and is a traditional timber-framed low German house built in 1875 near Petershagen in East Westphalia-Lippe (OWL). The farm will have to be completely renovated and we plan to create an organic [...]

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Lensbaby Tilt Transformer review

After debating with myself for ages I finally replaced my old digital compact camera with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1. It had to be a camera small enough to carry around with me all the time, should shoot RAW and offer exchangeable lenses. Instead of the new GF2 I bought the older GF1 including the 20mm [...]