Above is a model of what is called a "historical farmer's house garden." The trellis and wooden fence are traditional (and very charming), as is the vegetation. Vegetables (Gemüse), spice plants (Gewürzpflanzen), healing plants (Heilpflanzen), perennials (Stauden), and bushes (Sträucher) fill the garden and serve their individual purposes. It's difficult to imagine that, at one time, everyday people grew their own produce, or they at least grew some of it to supplement what they bought at market. It makes so much sense to utilize the land we have to grow food, but it seems like most people ignore this in favor of green grass and flower beds. Plant some seeds! Eat (extremely) locally! Have all of your vegetables and herbs at your fingertips!
Soapbox dismounted.
Near the house garden and the heirloom vegetable garden, we found these interesting structures, which happen to be insect nesting-aides (Nisthilfen), or insect hotels, if we want to be creative. Each hotel is intended for a certain type of insect, and like the plants in the the house garden, each insect serves a purpose in the garden. And, because we saw a humongous wasp emerge from the stone structure on the bottom right, we knew that, in these hotels, there were zero vacancies. (So funny.)
Also, I was going to leave this out on account of my dear mother on Mother's Day Eve, but the iron hotel has swooping, aimless, fanged guests. I believe in blogging integrity, so I had to mention it. Sorry, Mom.
Could this man be any deeper into his safari?
Now, on to more flowery subjects.
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