We are a family of four from Denmark and Germany who have travelled the world for close to 20 years. Merging our international life with another lifelong dream became a reality in late 2020 when we moved to our Danish farm, which is a typical 4-sided farm, with an inner courtyard, and nestled between fields, forests and meadows. From our place, you will barely see a light at night, yet we live just 1.5km from a small town with great facilities (e.g. indoor pool, tennis, fishing, canoeing).
Staying with us, you have your own, separate apartment complete with kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedroom (for two). The living room also has a large sleeping couch with room for two. We offer to have dinners together and we will provide you with what you need for other meals. All of our meals are home-cooked from organic or biodynamic sources and we are happy to accommodate vegetarian, vegan or other dietary restrictions.
We try to keep our place smoke-free, and therefore cannot host smokers.
There are many tasks, you can take part in, depending on the season and your skills, wishes and ambitions. We would prefer to work out the details individually and are quite flexible with time.
One thing, a bit out of the ordinary perhaps for an organic farm is that we would love to have a website made. If you are the one who can help with this, please reach out.
Farmwise, to give you an indication:
We have sheep, ducks and chicken to care for. Fences to maintain or set up. Old rubbish to be removed from the old growth forest and hedges. Woodwork (anything from frames for vegetables, to new barn doors), masonry, refreshing painted surfaces and more. Grass is cut, hay is made, weeds are pulled, produce is dried, stored and preserved, wood is cut and made to firewood, chips made, and animals need to be moved around.
In Spring and Summer much time is spent on planning and tending the growing vegetable gardens where Karen has various beds, a greenhouse and a straw bale garden. In Autumn, we prepare for the Winter and the next season.
We are working towards establishing several hectares of nuts, berries and fruit trees during 2026.
Children are welcome, provided they are respectful and NOT fearful of dogs (this would apply to adults too ☺️).
All our fields are currently pasture, save 8 Ha (app 20 acres) which we have returned to forest and lakes. We are integrating ideas from regenerative, organic and biodynamic agriculture, perma-poly culture as well as agroforestry.
Educated foresters, Karen works mostly at the farm, offers body awareness and energy psychology sessions and occasionally fits in pottery, abstract painting and other creative pursuits. Tim works on adaptation to climate change internationally (though he mostly works from home) and is a keen volleyball player.
Our son and daughter (born 2007 and 2011) help along but also focus on their education and other activities (horse riding, volleyball, singing, guitar/ukulele, tennis and more).
Supporting characters are our two big dogs (Kenyan shepherds) our 4 rabbits and our queen-cat Sunshine.
Our town has a well stocked grocery store, an indoor swimming pool, sauna landscape and mini-waterworld, as well as soccer, tennis and padel courts and a train station.
In biking distance, you will find 650 Ha of state forest (2km) Hastrup skov, which connects with Tinnet Krat and the springs of two of Denmarks rivers flowing West and East respectively (7km); Rørbæk Sø (10km) with hiking trails and canoeing trips of a day or more on a gentle river and lake-system; Harrild Hede & Nørlund Plantage (15km) with 3000 Ha of heather landscapes and forests easily accessed by bike and hiking paths.
Denmark has incredibly good access to all state-owned nature areas, and some private estates, with excellent paths and signage.
Other places of interest within a 30 min drive include:
Økolariet (also 30 min train ride) - https://www.okolariet.dk/en
Legoland - https://www.legoland.dk/en/
Lalandia Day trip - https://www.lalandia.dk/en/billund
Deep Forest Art Land - https://www.deepforestartland.dk/en/
Jelling Home of the Viking Kings - https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/kongernes-jelling-home-of-the-viking-kings/
We are happy to provide bikes during your stay and to take you on some excursions. The train station just 1.5km away gives access to larger cities (Vejle & Herning 30 mins, Århus & Odense 1.5-2 hours and Copenhagen 2.5 hours).
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Poultry farming
Sheep or goat farming
Forestry
Wild foraging
Seed saving or production
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Bakery
Methods or systems
Biodynamic agriculture
Holistic management
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Rotational grazing
Host type
Production farm
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Hectares
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116.1
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