*Looking for 1 WWOOFer for last two weeks of July, or anytime in July if you're skilled in for example building.
Hi!
We are Nat and Morten and we moved to this little gem in the autumn of 2024. We have a lovely lake view, a waterfall and some ruins (a fallen down barn) and 80 berry bushes!
Our vision is to develop this farm into a pleasant place that we, our friends, guests and neighbours can enjoy. There's swimming, lots of birds, creeks and forests - all close to Oslo.
As we imagined, throughout the 2025 growing season together with our WWOOFERS and other friends we built a huge veggie garden in market garden style, fenced it in, built a greenhouse, sowed planted, watered and weeded, and started with honey bees. We harvested every day and processed, stored and fermented what we picked. We started renovating and building little structures. On our list for 2026 is building a small garden shed as well as a nice covered gate into the garden. Guests can also take part in our regular household activities of making yoghurt, fermenting vegetables, baking bread and other food preservation and preparation.
We have lots of growing experience, Nat works with urban agriculture in Oslo and Morten works as a gardener at a museum there. We both have previously run various CSA farms around Oslo and now it's time to establish our own little farm. Our focus the first few years is to clean up the place, renovate, build and grow enough food for ourselves, our friends and our wwoofing guests.
We have full time jobs in town, so we work at our farm in the afternoons and weekends, depending on our energy levels.
We also do some forest work - felling trees, chopping wood. And some fun projects like growing mushrooms on logs and foraging for wild edible plants.
As our guest you would have to be comfortable being at the farm alone on the days we are at work in Oslo. You can then do activities on the farm as well as having time to do your own thing.
We have for now one small house in which we live, that has a guest room that can fit one (1) wwoofer. Or there is lots of space for pitching a tent if you are a couple or a small group. We love food and cooking and would love for you to join in. We eat vegetarian and enjoy sharing mealtimes to socialise and share ideas.
We have a sauna here and we also love swimming in the lake. There are opportunities for walking/hiking in the forests nearby. Morten likes to do some woodwork and Nat enjoys ceramics but for the moment we don't have workshops at the farm, but not everything needs a full workshop setup so there could also be some activities that we do with our guests based on these handicrafts too. We have spare bikes that can be borrowed to get to other swimming spots, bigger forests or the Østmarka national park and the villages nearby.
Since we are in Oslo on most weekdays there's some good opportunities for heading into the city with us. There guests can go to the museum where Morten works as he has some limited guest passes, and Nat is a member of the National museum and gets a free ticket for two guests there too.
If you're thinking of writing to us, remember to tell us if you have camping equipment and are happy to camp if you are more than one person. We have ticked off Spanish and Chinese language but Nat's memory of these languages is now basic while she focuses on learning Norwegian. But don't worry, we'll all be able to communicate well enough to have fun and live together!
Activities at the farm follow the seasons. These are roughly the things that are happening through the spring and summer:
April: We are prepping the garden beds, weeding, putting down woodchips, harvesting wild ferns, building infrastructure like a garden shed, watering system, drainage and such, seed sowing in greenhouse, limited bee keeping.
May: Still prepping garden, but now the sowing and planting begins! Lots to do in the vegetable garden and greenhouse! Bee keeping every week + swarm prevention.
June and July: Weeding, watering, planting a bit, continue building and such that we didn't do in spring, harvesting elderflower, making cordial, bee keeping weekly and swarm prevention.
August and September: Harvesting vegetables and processing them, freezing, pickling, fermenting. Honey harvest! Preparing for winter, fill wood shed, clean up garden and making sure the bees have enough pollen and nectar for winter.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Beekeeping
Wild foraging
Flower farming
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Seed saving or production
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Beer, cider, wine, or juice making
Food justice / sovereignty
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Permaculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
Former WWOOFer
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