The vegetable garden was very simple, containing only some common seasonal vegetables.
However, this garden, together with the poultry shed not far from the Burrow, provided enough food to sustain the Weasley family’s daily needs, allowing the financially struggling Weasleys to eat nutritious, hot meals every day.
The cost of living in the wizarding world was quite high.
Roughly half of what the wizarding world needed had to be supported by the Muggle world, another twenty percent was imported from neighboring countries, and only thirty percent was produced by the wizarding world itself.
Therefore, Aine’s way of supporting the Weasley family was to turn them into major agricultural producers.
As long as they could supply ten percent of the wizarding world’s market, the Weasley family would become wealthy.
So now Aine was inspecting the surrounding environment to see what kind of farm would be suitable.
The front yard of the Burrow was planted with a large amount of wheat, while the poultry shed mainly raised chickens with ducks as a secondary livestock.
The vegetable garden contained only seasonal vegetables.
The entire United Kingdom had a temperate maritime climate.
Its most obvious characteristic was that temperatures and rainfall remained relatively stable throughout the year, neither becoming too high nor too low.
Aside from paying attention to seasonal winds and storms, there wasn’t much else to worry about.
It was one of the most suitable countries for greenhouse vegetable cultivation, especially since the Burrow was inland and didn’t need to worry about seasonal winds or typhoons.
Thus, Aine discussed the matter with Molly and Arthur, and they decided to build a greenhouse for growing vegetables.
At this time, Britain did not yet have large-scale greenhouses specifically designed for vegetable cultivation.
For the wizarding world, building a vegetable greenhouse was very simple, but the problem was what materials to use.
If they used glass walls, the material costs would be too high.
Fortunately, Aine was a rich kid willing to pay for the materials, so that problem was easily solved.
With the help of magic, a glass greenhouse thirty meters wide and seventy meters long was completed in less than a week, even though they only worked on it during the afternoons.
After the greenhouse was completed, the entire Weasley family came out to plant crops on one of Arthur’s days off.
Arthur and Molly were responsible for directing and teaching everyone, while Charlie and Percy served as group leaders.
Percy’s group consisted of Ron and Ginny, while Charlie’s group consisted of Fred and George.
Aine went to a nearby forest to investigate another project, a potential site for growing raspberries.
The Weasley family’s planting work was finished in a single day.
Aine meanwhile, returned to the Burrow empty-handed.
Raspberries were already very common in Britain, and large-scale cultivation would require a cannery.
That would be too much of a burden for the Weasley family at present, so it was better to focus on developing the vegetable greenhouse first.
Of course, there was another agricultural facility that could be built alongside the vegetable greenhouse: a poultry shed.
Poultry manure could be used as fertilizer, and the birds could also help deal with insects.
A small poultry shed would be enough.
The poultry shed could produce chicken and duck eggs, as well as poultry meat to supplement the family’s nutrition.
Once these two facilities were completed, the Weasley family would at least no longer need to worry about food, while also gaining some additional income from selling the surplus.
This vegetable greenhouse had nearly thirty planting rows, allowing them to grow nearly thirty different types of vegetables and spices.
A single planting cycle would be enough to meet the Weasley family’s needs for an entire year.
After all, different vegetables had different maturation times, but there was no way the Weasley family could consume everything themselves.
Selling the surplus was inevitable; otherwise, it would simply go to waste.
After completing the vegetable greenhouse, the Weasleys built a small poultry shed nearby.
The shed could raise around five hundred chickens and ducks.
As long as they were properly cared for, there would be no shortage of eggs or meat.
Moreover, raising poultry in the wizarding world was extremely simple.
One person could handle everything.
An Attraction Charm could make the chickens and ducks return to the shed, while a Summoning Charm could gather their manure together.
If they added a compost pit as well, it would be perfect.
Once everything was finished, Aine Fred, and George received their Hogwarts acceptance letters.
Aine had originally planned to go shopping in Diagon Alley after his birthday, but the Hogwarts acceptance letter had arrived so quickly that it disrupted his plans.
Aine had assumed Hogwarts would only begin sending acceptance letters in July.
Who would have thought that first-year students received their letters on their birthdays?
When Aine received his letter, Charlie said, “Surprised?
This is Hogwarts’ blessing.
Every student entering Hogwarts for the first time receives their acceptance letter on their birthday.
It’s done this way to avoid the shopping period for older students and give new students a little more time to explore Diagon Alley.”
Aine thought about it for a moment and quietly said, “Thank you.”
Aine thought of the students who received their acceptance letters while living in the Muggle world.
This was a gift from the wizarding world, as well as an opportunity for young wizards living among Muggles to learn about the magical world.
No wonder Dumbledore was the headmaster.
According to what Aine knew, ever since Dumbledore had taken over as headmaster, the number of students entering Hogwarts each year had been steadily increasing.
The number of children born into the wizarding world was relatively fixed, so the increasing number of new students came from Muggle-born young wizards whose magic had awakened.
This gift was not merely a gift.
It was also an act of goodwill from the wizarding world.
Fear often came from the unknown.
Once people understood something, they would no longer be afraid of it.
This was how Dumbledore had gradually worked to dissolve the misunderstandings between the Muggle and magical worlds and bring them to accept one another.
If this continued, the magical and Muggle worlds would gradually integrate until there was no distinction between them.
Truly, Dumbledore was a wise man, and his methods were completely different from those of Gellert Grindelwald.
The next day, Aine got up early.
When he passed the third floor, he kicked open the twins’ door.
Today was the day they were going to Diagon Alley.
The vegetable garden was very simple, containing only some common seasonal vegetables.
However, this garden, together with the poultry shed not far from the Burrow, provided enough food to sustain the Weasley family’s daily needs, allowing the financially struggling Weasleys to eat nutritious, hot meals every day.
The cost of living in the wizarding world was quite high.
Roughly half of what the wizarding world needed had to be supported by the Muggle world, another twenty percent was imported from neighboring countries, and only thirty percent was produced by the wizarding world itself.
Therefore, Aine’s way of supporting the Weasley family was to turn them into major agricultural producers.
As long as they could supply ten percent of the wizarding world’s market, the Weasley family would become wealthy.
So now Aine was inspecting the surrounding environment to see what kind of farm would be suitable.
The front yard of the Burrow was planted with a large amount of wheat, while the poultry shed mainly raised chickens with ducks as a secondary livestock.
The vegetable garden contained only seasonal vegetables.
The entire United Kingdom had a temperate maritime climate.
Its most obvious characteristic was that temperatures and rainfall remained relatively stable throughout the year, neither becoming too high nor too low.
Aside from paying attention to seasonal winds and typhoons, there wasn’t much else to worry about.
It was one of the most suitable countries for greenhouse vegetable cultivation, especially since the Burrow was inland and didn’t need to worry about seasonal winds or typhoons.
Thus, Aine discussed the matter with Molly and Arthur, and they decided to build a greenhouse for growing vegetables.
At this time, Britain did not yet have large-scale greenhouses specifically designed for vegetable cultivation.
For the wizarding world, building a vegetable greenhouse was very simple, but the problem was what materials to use.
If they used glass walls, the material costs would be too high.
Fortunately, Aine was a rich kid willing to pay for the materials, so that problem was easily solved.
With the help of magic, a glass greenhouse thirty meters wide and seventy meters long was completed in less than a week, even though they only worked on it during the afternoons.
After the greenhouse was completed, the entire Weasley family came out to plant crops on one of Arthur’s days off.
Arthur and Molly were responsible for directing and teaching everyone, while Charlie and Percy served as group leaders.
Percy’s group consisted of Ron and Ginny, while Charlie’s group consisted of Fred and George.
Aine went to a nearby forest to investigate another project, a potential site for growing raspberries.
Aine meanwhile, returned to the Burrow empty-handed.
Raspberries were already very common in Britain, and large-scale cultivation would require a cannery.
That would be too much of a burden for the Weasley family at present, so it was better to focus on developing the vegetable greenhouse first.
Of course, there was another agricultural facility that could be built alongside the vegetable greenhouse: a poultry shed.
Poultry manure could be used as fertilizer, and the birds could also help deal with insects.
A small poultry shed would be enough.
The poultry shed could produce chicken and duck eggs, as well as poultry meat to supplement the family’s nutrition.
Once these two facilities were completed, the Weasley family would at least no longer need to worry about food, while also gaining some additional income from selling the surplus.
This vegetable greenhouse had nearly thirty planting rows, allowing them to grow nearly thirty different types of vegetables and spices.
A single planting cycle would be enough to meet the Weasley family’s needs for an entire year.
After all, different vegetables had different maturation times, but there was no way the Weasley family could consume everything themselves.
Selling the surplus was inevitable; otherwise, it would simply go to waste.
After completing the vegetable greenhouse, the Weasleys built a small poultry shed nearby.
The shed could raise around five hundred chickens and ducks.
As long as they were properly cared for, there would be no shortage of eggs or meat.
Moreover, raising poultry in the wizarding world was extremely simple.
One person could handle everything.
An Attraction Charm could make the chickens and ducks return to the shed, while a Summoning Charm could gather their manure together.
If they added a compost pit as well, it would be perfect.
Once everything was finished, Aine Fred, and George received their Hogwarts acceptance letters.
Aine only realized at that moment that it was April 1st, so the three of them spent a rather special birthday together at the Burrow.
Aine had originally planned to go shopping in Diagon Alley after his birthday, but the Hogwarts acceptance letter had arrived so quickly that it disrupted his plans.
Aine had assumed Hogwarts would only begin sending acceptance letters in July.
Who would have thought that first-year students received their letters on their birthdays?
When Aine received his letter, Charlie said, “Surprised?
This is Hogwarts’ blessing.
Every student entering Hogwarts for the first time receives their acceptance letter on their birthday.
It’s done this way to avoid the shopping period for older students and give new students a little more time to explore Diagon Alley.”
Aine thought about it for a moment and quietly said, “Thank you.”
Aine thought of the students who received their acceptance letters while living in the Muggle world.
This was a gift from the wizarding world, as well as an opportunity for young wizards living among Muggles to learn about the magical world.
No wonder Dumbledore was the headmaster.
According to what Aine knew, ever since Dumbledore had taken over as headmaster, the number of students entering Hogwarts each year had been steadily increasing.
The number of children born into the wizarding world was relatively fixed, so the increasing number of new students came from Muggle-born young wizards whose magic had awakened.
This gift was not merely a gift.
It was also an act of goodwill from the wizarding world.
Fear often came from the unknown.
Once people understood something, they would no longer be afraid of it.
This was how Dumbledore had gradually worked to dissolve the misunderstandings between the Muggle and magical worlds and bring them to accept one another.
If this continued, the magical and Muggle worlds would gradually integrate until there was no distinction between them.
Truly, Dumbledore was a wise man, and his methods were completely different from those of Gellert Grindelwald.
The next day, Aine got up early.
When he passed the third floor, he kicked open the twins’ door.
Today was the day they were going to Diagon Alley.