Two Aquarius in the Alps

When we bought our house, we didn’t know our future home would be surrounded by a chestnut forest. On our first autumn walk, we saw the chestnut trees and people who were collecting chestnuts. That was such a nice surprise!

We have been waiting for this moment for so long! The first floor of our old house is finally done, and we can go and buy some furniture. :) We started our old house renovation in July 2023. The first floor of our house was horrible when we bought it - several layers of linoleum on the floor, different tiles in the kitchen, pipes and cables crossing the walls, and different floor levels in all rooms.

It’s the beginning of September, and a lot of things have happened in our garden. It’s our second year growing vegetables on our land, and every month we learn something new. We still try to figure out what’s best to grow here - what thrives and what dies—because not everything you sow or plant will reward your work.

There are so many things around us that we can use as food, but we just do not pay attention because we do not know that we can use them. Nowadays, when the food prices are getting higher, many people return to such products as a part of their self-sufficient way of life.

Since we started gardening two years ago, our garden has been frequently visited by wild animals - roe deer, rabbits, and squirrels. All of them steal or eat what they find, but the worst thing is that sometimes they are just curious and destroy the plants and trees without even eating what they have crushed.

Nothing tastes better than homegrown veggies. July is the month when our garden is thriving. Most of the plants that we started from seeds grew enough, and we can harvest the fruits of our work.

A special delivery day! Miki is expecting a parcel :) - a box full of delicious treats. He always gets excited about boxes, but when the box is full of things that he loves to eat, that's another thing.

We love flowers and always get excited about planting more in our garden. While annual plants require more work, since you plant them every year and they die at the end of the season, perennials are a great addition to each garden - you plant them once and enjoy their beauty for years.

Foraging is an amazing experience - you go for a walk in the forest, and if you are lucky, you find something delicious that you can bring home. Nature is that incredible, we just have to return to our roots and try to be more self-sufficient instead of running to the shop for everything.

Following our dream to become self-sufficient, we are developing our garden project, planting many different vegetables, just to see what we can grow on our land. After so many years living in a flat, having a place where we can grow our food is a huge change and also a huge challenge to get used to all that hard physical work. :)