Since the last post was so wordy, I didn’t include any photos. Now, I shall make up for that lack! The days are often grey and damp right now in Copenhagen, so I very much enjoyed looking back and editing these sunny photos.
Gardens at Højagergård
Their composting system was elaborate and well-thought out. Six bins of rotating compost with board-slats that you add as needed as the pile grows. The slats also served as ramps for wheelbarrows to dump into the center of the pile... Cosmos and chickens... Greenhouses made of simple lumber and plastic... Garden beds we prepared for winter and the last of the season's Brussels sprouts and kale... A sunset over the sea to the west of the Farm...
Walking in the countryside
The farm was right next to a large area of protected land: Ulvshale Skov (translation: wolf’s tail forest). There’s a lot of cattle grazing land in the park and beautiful grasses and coastal oak trees. Also, one of the major crops grown on the island (pictured in first photo) is sugar beet. There’s a processing factory for the beets on the island that has been in operation for a really long time.
The island is a winter home for hundreds (thousands?!) of Norwegian and Swiss geese. Watching them soar overhead in rippling bands of lofty air with cackles and squawks was pure delight.
Huset og spirehuset
The house was a traditional 1-story, 4-sided house with an interior courtyard and a traditional thatched room. Bjarke and Emilie also built a greenhouse (affectionately known as “Spirehuset” - the Sprout House) on the side of the barn. In We had many of our lunches in Spirehuset. I loved the pepper plants lining one end of the greenhouse. And, also loved this giant bushel of dried, harvested coriander seed.
Møns Klint
The fmaily let me borrow the car so I could revisit Møns Klint, where my mom and I had ventured on our first couple days in Denmark. It was gorgeous in its autumn glory and I got to take another tour of the cliffs and a more thorough look of the beachside. Look at those anticline/ syncline formations in the limestone!!! Here’s a decent, although not very in-depth description of the geology there for all you rockhounds.
Bounty
Every meal we pretty much had similar things… Cheese, homemade sourdough bread, fresh veggies, spreads, and cold well water. Basically all my favorite foods/ normal diet! And, Annemarie loaded me up with so many goodies on my way back to Copenhagen. So grateful for the bounty of beautiful food and more so, of new friends.