Organic Apple, plums and cherrys for juice and cider
Vestland
I have been running the fruit farm from 2004 and did go full time farmer in 2019. Try to add some new selfsuficient things every year. Try to grow more food and have rabbits for meat. The cats are pets and pestcontrollers.
Hardanger is the number one fruit area in Norway, and I grow some sweet cherrys, organic plums and apples. Have started to prosess some of the fruit into more high walue products, to be able to pay the bills.
Minimum time for stay is 4 weeks!
A normal year:
The year of fruit growing starts in January - March with pruning trees.
This is takes time to learn, so if you want this you have to stay the whole period.
Springtime is busy.
April: Cleaning branches from the pruning, giving fertilizer or compost, planting new trees and so on.
May: start cutting the first grass.
June: preparing cherry season and thinning plums.
July: thinning apples and start the cherry picking.
August: Cherry picking and starting plum picking.
September: picking plums and apples.
October: picking apples, making juice and cider and cleaning up after the season.
November: cutting down trees and preparing for winter.
December: preparing for Christmas holiday :) (closed for volunteers)
Volunteer working hours: 8:00 - 13:00
The surroundings invite to hiking in the mountains, bikeing along the fjord or swimming and fishing in the fjord.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Forestry
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Beer, cider, wine, or juice making
Green Building
Renewable energy production
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Biodynamic agriculture
No-till farming
Permaculture
Host type
Production farm
Certified organic
5
Hectares
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12.4
Acres
Jan Ove
Member since 2023
Languages spoken:
English, German
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Response rate: 100%
Response time: typically within 6 days
Vestland
Bergen airport
Reviews
Lisa
Germany
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September 2025
We spent a great 4 weeks at Jans apple farm. Doing various things from picking plums/apples, cutting down plum trees, pressing actual apple juice!!! bottling it, labelling the bottles. It gave us an interesting insight into the business.
We got to live in a seperate wwoofer house which was very nice. And had a great time with the other wwoofers at the time! ☆
Jan was a great host, respecting the working hours and always preparing breakfast and dinner for us. Lunch we got to make our own.
It is also a great location, right by the fjord to have a little dip.
Thanks for the great time Jan!
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Clara
France
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July 2025
Mon expérience chez Jan Ove a été la première expérience woofing que j’ai faite. Ça s’est très bien passé, le travail n’était pas trop dur, les horaires me permettait de visité les environs et l’accueil été très sympathique. Jan Ove est tres gentil et vous conseillera tout au long de votre séjour. Le lieu est magnifique.
Francesca
Italy
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July 2024
My experience at Jan Ove's organic cider farm was great, I always felt comfortable, working hours were respected and I had a private big bedroom with an amazing view. What I did was thin out plums and apples in some fields along the fjord, the work was easy and not too hard. I really liked the family atmosphere during meals and the friendship with the other volunteers, a plus were the cats and kittens around us, simply adorable! The area is really beautiful and peaceful with a lot of hikes to do and Jan Ove is always available to give information and advice about it. He is a great host with lots of knowledge, I would recommend anyone to do this experience, thank you so much!
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