Selnes Gård is a small farm in Northern Norway at Balsfjord. The arctic summer is short and very busy. We have chickens, 40 sheep and about 8 icelandic horses and harvest hay for them. We have a small no dig marked garden. We want to develope our garden more, so there are possibilities if you like to learn about gardening. We sell egg, meat and vegetables.
We also may have som pigs for the summer, who will dig up and improve the land before beeing slaughtered in the autumn. Composting is important part of summers work. We breed horses so we have no riding horses for guests and there is little opportunity or time for horseback riding in the summer.
Most work in the summer is with the vegetable garden, haying, fixing fences, making compost and getting firewood for the winter. Wwoofers with skills and interest in carpentry are specially welcome since are always opportunities to participate in fixing around the house and shelter for the animals. We welcome Wwoofers June and July (and october) In 2025 we also need help in october for harvesting the garden and prepare the farm for the winter. We have one very small cabin with 3 beds and an old campervan, but if we have more than 3 Wwoofers some may have to sleep in a tent.. We speak Norwegian, German and English. Our kids are 17 and 20 years old an participate in the farm work when they are at home. We also have our very livly farm dogs 'Kita' and 'Laika'.
We are interessted in Holistic management and regenerative agriculture and experimenting about implementing this in our farming praxis.
NEW since 2019 because of the threat of Antibiotica-resistent bactiria all norwegian farm are obligated to provide a negativ MRSA-test from foreign visitors. (If you have been in contact with farm animals) Please contact your doctor so you can take this simple test. Lets all work together for healthy food and healthy animals. Thank you!
Organic methods: Our farm is certified from Debio which certifies after EU-demands. We have sheep, chickens and horses and focus on composting and producing manure for our fields (mainly hay). We also have a marked and strawberry-field (renewing in 2025). We use green manure and crop rotation in addition to compost. We are interested in improving the ecological balance and soil quality on our farm and are always looking for more knowledge.
Also 2025 we want to try to host 1-2 'late-autumn-Wwoofers' in october. It can be quite cold than and you would sleep in our guestroom. We need help to prepare the farm for the winter. Tidying up, harvesting the rest of the vegetables and conserve them for winter-usage. Taking down fences, making firewood and maybe collect the sheep from the mountain.
Certifications: Certified by Debio
Current projects: Fences need to be build and fixed.
We have to renew our strawberry field.
The chickens need to get a 'fox-proved' fence.
The hayshed has to be fixed and extended.
We need firewood for the coming winter.
Our vegetable garden has to be maintained.
The stables and winter paddocks need cleaning and the manure has to be converted to compost.
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Vegetable farming
Poultry farming
Sheep or goat farming
Food justice / sovereignty
Mechanics / tools / technology
Methods or systems
Holistic management
No-till farming
Regenerative agriculture
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Production farm
Certified organic
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