We are expecting frost tonight. So that means today we celebrate the annual panic harvest festival! 🥳
This year we are featuring 24kg of pumpkins as the main event.

#pumpkin #harvest #growyourown

Now that it is finally raining enough again, the #tomatoes decided it is time. I'm hoping for a late and hard winter so my stunted plants have a chance to produce before the frost, but the ticks and other pests freeze before spring. 🤞

#growyourown

Today I attempt to put _this_ up _there_ … safely I hope.

Also going to cut down that half fell tree that’s leaning on the big one while I’m at it.

#Meshtastic #Homesteading #Trees #Mountains

Tor and Loke are at it again.

#lightning

The Nemitzer Heide is a truly stunning heath. It was very fortunate timing that we were in the area right as all the heather bloomed. Usually the heidschnucke (a type of sheep) graze here but it seems they where elsewhere on this particular day. Perhaps it had something to do with the flower festival. 🤷

#bloomscrolling #heather #heath #landscape

I'm always bewildered that zucchinis cost so much in the store, seeing as they grow like weeds and we manage to grow tired of them every year, even after giving away loads of them.

Let's attempt a comparison without the highly location dependent exact prices. At our local store last week, 1.5kg of zucchini would cost the same as a whole pack of seeds.

Said pack of seeds gave us six healthy plants which we expect to each produce about 10-15kg before the frost comes. So 1.5kg vs 60-90kg depending on the first frost. And then there is the potential for saving your own seeds.

And before anyone mentions inputs, we sow directly in the ground, have watered the zucchini plants once this year, and use no fertilizer or anything of that nature. The only input would be compost from our own bin, which was last added two summers ago.

To be clear, I am not saying the shop price is necessarily too much. Even ignoring the inflation trickery many products have suffered, there are (notoriously underpaid) labour plus packaging and shipping costs to consider. But I am saying that anyone who argues having your own garden doesn't actually save you any money just doesn't know how to garden and/or cook.

A bit of a rant, but I can feel my eye twitch every time I hear the "my 50$ tomato from the garden" jokes and it's that time of year again.

#growyourown #zucchini #rant

Yesterday we took a little hike to the grocery store an hour away. We don't own a car so we just walked along the side of the road with backpacks.

Someday we really should get around to fixing up those bikes, but walking is nice too when the scenery is this pretty. 🌿

#countryside #landscape