To do list

Maybe in this order, or in a different order.

- building an A-frame

- a drainage swale on the east side of the house, down hill of the forest there. The swale going down to the lake to the south of the house.
- or, a usual type of drain on 2 sides (east and north) of the main house.

- staking out the first swale for the food forest.

- planning the food forest

- building an outdoor toilet in/nearby the food forest
- building an outdoor shower in/nearby the food forest
- building an outdoor kitchen in/nearby the food forest

- building of several bucket compost toilets for indoor use

- building simple kitchen in the guest room
- painting/decorating the guest room, using old beekeeping boxes etc.

- building a natural ladder for climbing into the sailing boat



- building 1-2 swales behind the barn in the northeast of the buildings plot
- planting everything on ther permanent spot

- insulating the guest room walls from outside and replacing the outdoor wooden panels
- placing one or more new windows in the guest room
- making a door opening, placing a door viewing the water in the guest room
- building a 50 cm high terrace along the water and a few steps down from the door to the terrace
- new tiles on the roof of the guest room building

- building a sitting area/terrace in front of the sailing boat
- making a big outdoor table

- building an adobe ovn

- building a geodesic doom greenhouse

- insulating the main house; the walls from the outside; replacing the wooden panels or placing new ones.

- evaluating and building of 1 or 2 docks in the lake

- rebuilding the walls of the next door room of the guest room into a 2-room guest room; wattle and daub inside and wooden panels outside, insulation in between?

Foraging from the garden: dandelion, Malva Sylvestris (Apotekerkattost), 

Gresk oregano, red clover, Geitrams.

Helping

Would you like to come and help? Your help will be very much appreciated. Are you interested in learning from each other? You will receive free room and food for the day. During summer you can sleep in the guest room just meters from the lake (sleeps 2-4), or in my old sailing boat (a L22, sleeps 3-5) at the boarder of the food forest, with the nicest view over the lake possible. During cold periods you are welcome to use the guest bed room in the main house (sleeps 2). Or, if you prefer, you can put up your tent or camper somewhere on the property.
Already today there is the possibility to take a shower in the barn, just a few meters from the guest room.
During your stay you can use one of my kayaks or bicycles. I even have a spare pair of mountain shoes, size 41.

How to travel

If you want to fly, the nearest airport is Sandefjord/Torp airport (Oslo), only 35 km away. From here there are direct flights to Amsterdam (KLM), Krakow, London and more. Torp has a train connection with Larvik.
Oslo Airport is 2.5 hours by train from Larvik. On your way you can make a short or longer stop in Oslo. From Larvik you can take a bus.
The nearest bus stop is 900 meter from the house.
Larvik has a daily ferry to northern Denmark.
Sandefjord, 22 km north of Larvik, has a daily ferry to Gothenburg in Sweden.
It is possible to take a bus from Amsterdam/Rotterdam-Utrecht-DK-Kristiansand in S-Norway and a bus from there to Larvik.