Kuckucksmühle basking in the summer sun Harvesting, gardening and coding events at the mill this summer.
Summer is nearly here! Hello all, It's that time of the month again to give you a little bit of an update on what we have been working on, it was a super busy month from our
Kuckucksmühle A day in the life of... Ronny Today is Saturday, 26.05.2018. I have slept a little bit longer than the days before. I think maybe I get used to the new surroundings. I went to the kitchen and
Kuckucksmühle Sun, spring and hammocks The months seem to be rolling past very quickly and we welcome the good weather. As usual we have been super busy with the project, here's a quick run down of what we
Spring is here!.... where?? Garden & Resources The seeds have arrived and we have already started planting, if you want to follow the progress on this you can visit our garden page that documents what it going
news from the garden I almost can't believe that I am writing the February updates already, we had a few snow covered days here and now its all melting again. The seed pool collection had 5 donators
Volunteers wanted in March! We are organising to bring in wood from the forest in March, we will let you know exact dates soon so maybe if you have time you can come and help us :-)
Kuckucksmühle Turning the garden into a natural supermarket! Plans for the garden have started, the wiki now includes a public planting schedule: this will be kept updated as the planning progresses in the coming week We have also started a Seed
freeCodeCamp Kuckucksmühle hosts freeCodeCamp Tuesdays Kuckucksmühle started a freeCodeCamp group for Wittstock and Heiligengrabe mostly aimed at beginners wanting to follow the freeCodeCamp program but anyone who is interested can come to the hackcenter to practice and learn
Kuckucksmühle Kuckucksmühle gets some media coverage We were contacted by a journalist who was writing a piece about hippies running to the country, I flinched a little. I don't really describe myself as a hippy however I know a
powerplant powerplant is live! January is almost over and I slipped up already on my weekly blog resolution. I will have to keep trying harder to keep up :-) In the meantime though we have been super
34c3 ecohackerfarm goes to 34c3! As a 1st time attendee I was greatly impressed by this large scale event. Not only the scheduled talks are interesting but the big areas reserved for participate were truly impressive. Equipped with
christmas A day in the life of… Lydie :) written by Lydie Bahjejian It’s December, winter and Christmas soon… So Aimee decided that Sunday was a perfect day to go to the well known Wittstock Christmas market. Maybe also because it
baking One day at Kuckucksmühle. Baking in the Bakery! written by Andrey & Alena At Kuckucksmühle volunteers do more than just work, they also participate in parties and workshops. One such workshop was held in November. During the workshop we helped to bake bread and make delicious
winter is coming Chopping wood As the weather gets colder and the frost season has started we take a good hard look at our dry wood supply and decide to stop procrastinating. We burn through quite a lot
winter is coming post storm damage work Since I last wrote here we had a storm which at the time seemed like strong winds and not much to worry about and then later we realised it had been much worse
Kuckucksmühle elderberries... up to our chins The elderberries in the trees around the property are teeming with black ripe berries and so we organised an event at the weekend to get collecting and make some products for the winter.
intentionalcommunity a day in the life of.... Aimee Everyday is different but this is not quite a satisfactory answer for anyone who hasn't been here and so I thought it would be nice to give a little insight about a typical
mouse of mice and people As the weather is changing and the fields around us are harvested we have seen much mouse activity around the house, before that you could spot the odd mouse in the yard and
Kuckucksmühle getting ready for a busy weekend Somehow my enegry levels are a little low today and I am moving rather more slowly than usual. Having said that the work continues and it is good to reflect on what went
eco community some well earned rest... After a few days rest and much fun at the at.tension festival I am back at my keyboard inspired from what I have seen and also very aware of the multitude of
a different kind of pace Summer is flying past and as per last week we scramble to get stuff done in preparation for winter, but I will get to that in a moment. In the meantime we made
swept up and away I haven't been writing as much as I would like to but I want to start again, or at least that is the intention. We have been busy here with everyday tasks and
accounting accounting Probably the least romantic and most despised chore for any type of organisation is the account keeping. Since I want to estimate my immediate cost at Kuckucksmuehle (my home as of yesterday!) it
packing the art of packing Since I kicked the habit of shopping and reduced greatly my belongings I thought I didn't own much. Yeah, well. After giving away 2 big bags of clothes it turns out I still
