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Self-sufficiency involves a lot of work. It wouldn’t be for me.

Winniefred schrieb:

We have a 650m² (7,000 sq ft) plot,
a 60-year-old sweet cherry tree, a plum tree about 6m (20 ft) tall, a sour cherry about 4m (13 ft) high, as well as an old apple tree and a peach tree planted recently in 2018...
A raised bed with strawberries, herbs, and soon also giant pumpkins. Then I have many roses, hydrangeas, and peonies, a beautiful long flowering hedge (about 40m (130 ft) total of weigela, forsythia, butterfly bush, lilac, jasmine, red smoke bush, variegated privet, dogwood, and more). A small hibiscus hedge, redcurrants, 2 raspberry bushes, and rhubarb. At the front garden, a lovely Amelanchier (serviceberry), roses, hydrangeas, several perennials like coneflowers, and ground cover plants like periwinkle and some stonecrop... red sunflowers, and there I also have a sunny bed with roses, various sages, different asters, chicory, lamb’s ear, perennial sunflowers, evening violets, phlox, wallflower, coneflowers, and many others including thyme, which spreads like crazy.
There’s also a greenhouse, and in summer cucumbers, peppers, jalapeños, different pumpkins, beans, tomatoes, eggplants, and probably more.

We are currently converting part of the lawn into a wildflower meadow. A lime tree is planned to be planted at the end of the year. Oh, and elderberry, maple, and a beech tree — I almost forgot those.

All that on just 650m² (7,000 sq ft)?
You really make me feel bad about my own garden. I’m frustrated.
Are there at least any pictures?

I am also hoping to have hornets at some point... so they can drive away the wasps for me.

Yes, it sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? But it really isn’t. We actually have quite a bit of lawn area. The flower beds aren’t very large. I even forgot to mention a small pear tree and three clematis plants (including two Montana rubens that grow along the fence). I am currently training one of the clematis to grow on the pear tree—let’s see if that works. You have to keep in mind that we took over a fully established garden. We only renovated the interior, so the outdoor area was not affected. Compared to people who mostly have to start from scratch after building a house, we are many years ahead. Although we have changed and replanted quite a few things (and these plants are still quite small), overall a lot was already there. For example, the lilac hedge is about 5-7 meters high (16-23 feet), and the ivy growing on the maple tree is already flowering. Ivy only blooms after 15-20 years. Its flowering is the only reason it is allowed to stay, even though I am allergic to it—because it provides an important late-season food source for bees, as it is one of the very last bee pastures of the year. I can share pictures with you gradually. At the moment, there isn’t much to see. The fruit tree blossoms are almost over, and the perennials and roses are just starting to sprout.

The hornets don’t harm the wasps here; in any case, we still have wasps. The hornets strip the lilac and always nibble on the best pears. But we don’t mind.

It has rained. A few liters. Phew. Everything is turning green. The last trees and bushes have grown leaves (don’t forget we are almost at 55°N, 11°E). The solar garden lights from Aldi create a nice colorful glow in the bushes in the evening.