by Helene Zachrison | Aug 11, 2014 | In progress, Our blog: A city dweller takes over rural life
We at Herresta Lada are now celebrating and looking forward to our new website! We wanted to make a clearer, more accessible, modern, mobile-friendly and more attractive site - a better website simply. So here we are now! We hope that information about our services and activities ...
by Helene Zachrison | Jul 27, 2014 | In progress, Our blog: A city dweller takes over rural life
Yesterday we had a visit from two exciting politicians from Knivsta, both deeply involved in the sustainable society of the future. Extra fun that they represent C and M, which for me was more unusual (when it comes to sustainability issues). We found that there are so many ...
by Helene Zachrison | Jul 27, 2014 | In progress, Our blog: A city dweller takes over rural life
Our newly acquired hens carried on a secret; one of the hens has emerged as a rooster! That means 2 roosters in the hen house, one too many, especially as there are only 4 hens. Luckily we had extended the right to make a complaint at the time of purchase. So today we were and replaced one ...
by Helene Zachrison | Jul 22, 2014 | In progress, Our blog: A city dweller takes over rural life
This year's major effort with heavy ground work is now beginning to be completed. It is about creating cultivation areas on the south side of one of our three barns. It's a little too late in the season to start with the whole machinery, but some berry bushes, apple trees, some pre-cultivated ...
by Helene Zachrison | Jun 30, 2014 | In progress, Our blog: A city dweller takes over rural life
Finally they are here - the chickens. With great commitment, we together with the neighbors have welcomed our 5 "collective hens" and the little rooster. Already the first evening a couple of the chickens climbed up on me; Orpington is truly a rare good-natured and ...