Edhe Gård is an historical swedish dairy farm in the small village called Eden, about 10 kilometers from Junsele. The farm is run by Loraine ( Nainy) and Hans, who try to live as much self sufficient as possible. And they accomplish this task quite well. From the milk of their 15 dairy cows they produce primarily butter, cheese and Långfil 1, but also other dairy products that are needed.
In addition to the dairy cows, there is also a bull, about 16 calves, a few mast cows and two pigs for meat produktion and also some sheep.
The farm has also a large potato field and a really huge vegetable garden, which includes all the major vegetables. Here and there also grow some berry bushes.
All products are processed and stored right on the farm. Only the animals gets slaughtered elsewhere and we get the finished and portioned meat packages back and freeze them in one of our big freezer. So the family and the Wwoofers are supplied all year round with plenty meat. There are also seperate storage systems for all the other foods, that are partially housed in different buildings.
Currently we are four Wwoofers, we all share a big bedroom in the main house, where also the family lives. The life here on the farm is generally very familiar. It is all done together, helping each other.
I really have closed the family and the others into my heart and I enjoy the time I have left on this farm, before I go to the next yard!
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1 Långfil is a Nordic dairy product made from soured milk. It is similar to yoghurt, but is produced using different bacteria and cultured at lower temperature than yoghurt, which gives it a different taste and texture. (from Wikipedia)
beeindruckend:) wie lange bleibst du noch da? ich wünsche dir die beste zeit!
AntwortenLöschendanke dir! :)
Löschenauf diesem hof bleibe ich noch zwei wochen, danach bin ich noch weitere sechs wochen auf einer anderen farm in schweden