Two Aquarius in the Alps

We have been to Ljubljana so many times but never had the chance to go and see Ljubljana castle. It has been always something else that needs doing or fixing and we have been postponing this visit for a long time.

When we bought our house, we saw that in our garden, we have a persimmon tree. The first autumn it gave so many persimmons, and we started thinking, what are we going to do with so many fruits that we don’t like eating?

Passing by a billboard around Dolenjske Toplice, we saw the ad that they will have this festival to mark the apple harvest. We love apples, so why not go and see what Slovenians do at such events?

Our first two winters in the house we bought were very cold. The first thing we did when we got the keys was to disconnect the old hazardous diesel heating system and remove all the ugly radiators and pipes. They looked really awful, but then we did not know the real state of the house roof.

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.