Welcome to one of the largest decorated farmhouses of Hälsingland!
These farms are often referred to as wooden castles as they are so large and have so many windows. Tourist pay to come and spend a couple of nights in a decorated farmhouse of Hälsingland.
Our farm is from 1880 and was built with only natural materials. The farm is situated out in the peaceful countryside in a small village between two lakes. There is a beautiful view of the blue mountains in the horizon.
Here you will become a part of our family: cooking, dining, and washing dishes together. We often go out in the garden and harvest vegetables, herbs, berries, and fruit and then cook delicious meals from the treasures. We can make an evening cup of tea from freshly picked green leaves of mint, lemon verbena, or black currant.
We who run the farm are both engineers and the farm work is done in our free time. Living on the farm is also our 16yo son and 49 chickens. And besides that squirrels living in our attic, hedgehogs, a bumblebee nest, and swallow nests. If you are lucky you may see a moose or deer walk by. There is also a lynx in the area, but she is rarely spotted.
We love berries! There are 25 different kinds of berries to harvest at our farm/in the forrest!
Examples of tasks: Sowing, planting, weeding, watering, fertilization, hedge cutting, berry picking, painting indoors/outdoors, renovating windows, cooking, and preparing lacto-fermentet carrots.
Here is a harvest calendar (will be updated with more later):
Januari: green cale.
July: strawberries
August: Lettice, Onions, Zuccini, Parsley, Oregana, Mint, Sea Buckthorn, Red+Black+White Current, Blueberries, Lingon berries.
September: Apples, Plums, Pears.
October: aronia berries, parsley, oregano, green kale, leek, nettles, apples, chockolate mint, chantarelles.
November: green cale, leek, aronia berries.
December: green cale.
We strive towards self sufficinecy. Today we are self sufficient in:
Potatoes
Carrots
Eggs
Plums
Apples
Oregano
Blueberries
Raspberries
Lingonberries
Sea buckthorn
Wild strawberries
Red/black currant
Gooseberries
Nettles
Ground elder
Rhubarb
Next goal is to become self sufficient in onions and garlic.
We have three private bedrooms for wwoofers, and a tiny-house. 9 beds in total.
Bikes to lend. Skies to lend. Kick sleds to lend. Computers with internet access to lend. 2.5 km running/skiing tracks nearby in the woods. Lake is 700 m away.
To do in your free time:
Enjoy a sauna bath in our own sauna.
Visit Avholmsberget, Gulåsen, Josefs mountain, or Rövarklitt and enjoy the beautiful view of our two crater lakes and mountains.
Visit the famously decorated farmhouses of Hälsingland (World heritages).
Play Ping-Pong or padel tennis.
Go rail biking past lakes, woods, and tunnels.
Go hiking on the nearby hiking track.
Pick mushrooms in the woods.
Go skiing or kick sledding in winter. Lovely skiing tracks are just around the corner.
Do Yoga.
Play piano/keybord.
Bike to a spa 10 km away where you can enjoy a sauna and a dip in the river.
If you come by car: Nearest downhill ski slope Järvsöbacken is 50 minutes away and you can rent skis.
Stroll the city of Hudiksvall and visit museums.
During summer there is a free folk music festival every Wednesday here in our village.
You may borrow my guitar or flute and join the musicians.
Rent kayaks and paddle in rivers and lakes.
During the winter we typically see the northern lights here maybe two or three times.
Organic methods: The soil in the vegetable garden is covered with grass cuttings from the lawn and weeded weeds. So-called mulching. We have engineering jobs and need to adjust our hosting to job schedules. Thus we are slow at answering requests. No answer=we are still considering you. We answer all requests.
Internet access is available, but we have no WIFI due to the health concerns.
Welcome!
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Poultry farming
Forestry
Wild foraging
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Beer, cider, wine, or juice making
Mechanics / tools / technology
Methods or systems
Holistic management
Regenerative agriculture
Host type
Nonprofit / Community
22
Hectares
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54.4
Acres
