Hi & thanks for looking at our profile! We are in a three-hectare homestead in the countryside of Finland. It's a permaculture garden and education centre in the making. We have some forest, lots of berry bushes and fruit trees, a traditional no-till vegetable garden and an old house and other buildings, and always lots of projects to work on!
Beyond Buckthorns is a small place, so we currently only offer stays of no longer than maximum two weeks at a time. We can host one wwoofer, or a two if you are willing to share a room.
We, Lumia and Dominik, are a finnish-german married couple, no kids, one cat. We live in a rural area, no neighbours in sight here, so you really get to enjoy peace and quiet, sauna, nature... welcome!
Organic methods: We are a home-sized farm/homestead, not certified in any way. We do not use any pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilisers on our premises. We are a permaculture paradise in the making and also have a rather large organic, no-till annual vegetable garden where we mulch and crop rotate.
Certifications: We are a home-size farm without commercial production, so not certified in any way.
Education: we run courses at our place on topics like permaculture and biogas.
Current projects: We need help with all kinds of projects depending on the time of year you visit us, such as
- planting and sowing
- weeding
- working on a food forest
- transplanting trees
- harvesting herbs, vegetables and berries
- maintaining our old farm buildings
- cleaning up the old farm buildings
- building new raised beds
- conserving produce
- helping with the courses (prep and during)
- helping in the house
- and so on.
Preferred hosting time: from one day to about two weeks. Internet access is available.
Accommodation: you will be sleeping in one of the outdoor buildings we also double as a classroom during rainy weather. It's dry, private but is very simple and does not have heating or water toilet (composting toilet about 10 metres away), showering is done in the sauna building. There's a water cooker, coffeemaker and a fridge for you to use onsite, but main meals we'll eat and prep together in the main kitchen. You can also bring your own tent or stay in our Tentsile tree tent, or come with your own campervan/RV!
Welcome!
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Wild foraging
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Seed saving or production
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Bakery
Traditional crafts
Renewable energy production
Food justice / sovereignty
Methods or systems
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
3
Hectares
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7.4
Acres
