Family home and garden - Self sufficiency
Innlandet
We are Liv (44), Thomas (49), Odin (8 years old) and Ida (2 year old).
We live on a small, 300 years old farm in south east Norway outside Rena village by the Glomma river. The farm has been more or less in-active for more than 40 years before we started reestablishing it as an active self sustained farm 8 years ago. Our philosophy is based on regenerative and permaculture practices and principals. Our project is to become fully self sustained and to live a life in co-creation with nature. Today we have some pigs, sheep and lambs, hens and chickens and some bees.
We can also host one or two persons over the winter season. Where most focus will be on taking care of the animals, maintenance and construction work as we have got two log cabins we want to re build and restore. All this in addition to the daily and seasonal routines on a farm, like caring for the animals, kitchen work, making fire wood, etc.
We are looking for someone that would like to stay with us from April to the fall 2026. Summer also means securing winter feed for the animals, planting, weeding and harvesting vegetables, harvesting wild plants, maintenance, construction work and much more. So if you are interested, please don`t hesitate to contact us.
Organic methods: We are developing regenerative farming methods suitable for us, our farm and our bioregion based on old and new knowledge and technology, without the use of heavy machines (we own an old tractor bur rarely use it). This includes compost, fermenting manure, managed grazing, making and using bio char and a host of other methods.
We love to share of our knowledge and experience and inspire other to get closer to nature.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Grain farming
Poultry farming
Pig farming
Sheep or goat farming
Beekeeping
Wild foraging
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Methods or systems
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
20
Hectares
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49.4
Acres
Thomas
Member since 2018
Languages spoken:
Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish
Response rate: 100%
Response time: typically within 5 days
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Innlandet
Rena
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