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Sailing the farm tribe - Week 38 2010.

 

Dear wannabe sea-gypsies.

 

Late september 2010. We have been working on feeding the bees with

sugar, working on the barn and put seeds into the soil during last 2

weeks. Its also been raining a lot. Season is at the end for the bees

and they can happily hibernate (kind of) until spring again. Since its

so close until snow is coming we prioritize everything which have to

be done outside now. Hopefully will be back on boatbuilding by

october.

 

Thanks for many cool broccoli receipes. we try to have broccoli every

day. Not because its so healthy (which it is) but more because we have

so much of it! Only stuff we havent try yet is broccoli cake!

 

If you want to join our cool sea gypsy tribe, please contact us.

 

Pictures from last weeks:

 

 

Have no horse!, Feeding the steam-boiler to heat up sugar for bees, 3

birds on the barn-roof (which is 15 meter up). gallion-figure in clay.

 

 

Peace and love from

Sailing-the-farm tribe.

 

 

 

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Sailing the farm tribe - October 2010.

 

Dear wannabe sea-gypsies.

 

Late october 2010. Still no snow, which is kind of strange, but we are

happy. It has been a quite a busy october with more than 10 people

here almost all the time so it is a little crowded during dinner-time.

But ofcourse very nice. We have spent most of the time painting up

the barn and fixing the roof and we are now very close to finish up

this step.

 

But we are not always working, during weekend it has been apple

picking so the cellar is stuffed with yummy apple/cinnamon jam.

 

We will be back to serious boatbuilding when last part of the barn

roof is fixed so stay tuned.

 

If you want to join our cool sea gypsy tribe, please contact us.

 

 

Pictures from last weeks: Pretty crowded around breakfast table,indoor

fishing, the cat found a soft couch, happy workers on the roof.

 

 

Peace and love from

Sailing-the-farm tribe.

 

 

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Sailing the farm tribe - late November 2010.

 

Dear wannabe sea-gypsies.

 

Sailing the Farm late November 2010. The snow has arriwed, its -10C

outside but warm inside the farm-hosue . We managed to finish up the

barn just in time before the snow arrived, and we are back on the

boat.

 

These days we have been working on making a small scale sails in 1/10

with junkrig. Its cheaper to mistakes in 1/10 than in original

version. We are not really happy about the sail-construction yet so

the plan now is to put on on a model and see how it works, before we

start to sew up the big sails.

 

Also started the slow process of melding down lead to ingots. We

probably need 5-6 tonns of lead so its a long way to go.

 

If you want to join our cool sea gypsy tribe, please contact us.

 

Pictures from last weeks: The chinese eskimo-girl sorting out

scraplead for ballast. Sail-sewing girl is making model-sails for

testing. Painting bee-hives for next summer. All will be

green. The Boat with 2 mast and junk-rig.

 

Peace and love from

Sailing-the-farm tribe.

 

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Sailing the Farm tribe december 2010.

 

Dear friends.

 

Its been a cold november and december (coldest since 1919 they say) It

feels more like january with temperatures down to -25 C but work goes

forward as usual. We are still working with the sails model and still

not really happy with the construction so some time to go before we

scale up in real size and start to make it. 5-6 people have been here

last weeks. We managed also to melt some hundreds kg of beeswax out

of old beeframes which hopefully will be candles in future. Then we

also are working on the boat as normal.

 

Im sitting alone in front of the fire and writing up the last

Newsletter of 2010. Looking back, 53 people from all over the world

have been helping moving "Sailing the Farm" project forward in

2010. All more or less amateurs but they have all done a tremendous

work both on farm and on the boat. This adds up to 836 working days

or more than 6000 hours! Without this help this project will be

impossible to finish.. Im very grateful for all who have been

contributed, the laughter and jokes around the dinnertable and most of

all the good memories.

 

So when the fire slowly burns out and its time to go to bed, I wish

you and your loved ones a peaceful christmas and a happy new year and

hope to see you in 2011.

 

Pictures from last weeks: The sailmaking model goes forward. Mr Cat

and boatbuilding dog share the couch after a hard day. Boathouse in

wintersnow.

 

Peace and love from

Sailing-the-farm tribe.

 

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[JGH]

Nice build! It`s not a lot of comments in this post, but I`m sure you guys have a lot of followers as we tend to love builingblogs on the net, and especially watching pictures.

 

Kan ein admin fikse bildelinkane?

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[zeyang]

Sailing the Farm tribe january 2011

 

Dear friends.

 

New year and new possibilites! I bet 2011 will be a good year for our

dream project. More and more people are joining to help pushing

sailing the farm tribe forward so sofar it looks good.

 

Last weeks we have been working hard on the boat project and farm. Its

5 people here now from different countries from all the world. The

farm has also got a few more permanent inhabitants - we found out that

its time to get self sufficient on eggs so now we have chickens -

hopefully there will be plenty of eggs in a few months time. The

indoor garden is growing slowly and wonder of wonder we have now 2 red

tomatoes! :-) That is really a slow growing plant!

 

Of more serious farm work we are cleaning 2500 frames in Sodium

hydroxide (NaOH) or better known as caustic soda which will be used

for next years beekeeping project. We made a 2x1 meter box out of 1 mm

aluminium for washing those frames, but suddenly found out that this

stuff was extremely corrosive. That box lasted only 2 days! Thankfully

there will be no NaOH on the boat! :-)

 

Pictures from last weeks: chickens under the green lamp, cleaning

beekeeping frames, a boatbuilding girl in front of the boat.

 

Peace and love from

Sailing-the-farm tribe.

 

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Sailing the Farm tribe march 2011

 

Dear friends.

 

The coldest months are behind us thankfully. Daylight get longer

every day and soon the springtime will be here. It has been maybe

10-15 very nice wannabee sea-gypsies here last 2-3 months and we have

made good progress.

 

We have been working hard on the boat and farm since last

newsletter. Since last time we are more or less finished with the

dieseltanks and watertanks inside the boat and also fixed the position

of the small engine we plan to install.

 

Making stuff for beehives is more or less finished. Cleaning and make

wax-moulds for 200 bee-hive boxes took a lot of time but only a few

days away finish up this step.

 

Of less serious business, as tradition on the farm goes - we made

another igloo this year and its a popular place to sleep during

night. Even if its -20 celcius its cozy and warm inside the

igloo. Skiing is also a popular pasttime.

 

When spring is coming we plan to grow potatoes, carrots and onion to

get more selfsufficient on food. Welding up the deck has also high

priority so until then - have a nice early spring (or autumn/winter

for those of you in the southern hemisphere!)

 

 

If you are interested in joining sailing the farm project please

contact us!

 

Pictures from last time.

 

1. The ladies are making wax-moulds for the bees.

2. Cutting wood for next winter.

3. A nice Igloo, very popular indeed!

4. Our birds are taking sun-bath.

5. Out skiing in nice winter weather.

 

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Artig prosjekt.

Trådstarter har vel halvveis gitt oss link til en annen og mer aktiv forumtråd.

[zeyang]

Sailing the Farm tribe early april 2011

 

Dear friends.

 

Spring is slowly coming and even if it is still snowing it usually

melt a little every day. We are into summertime so sun goes down after

2000 so we have long days ahead of us thankfully.

 

There has been many nice wannabee seagypsies last weeks on farm and

everyone talks eagerly about the future life of roaming the seas. We

have a huge stocks of sailingbooks on the farm so its easy to dream

about distance shores and nice sunsets.

 

The work goes forward as normal, we are melting lead for the ballast

keel (totally around 4500 kg). It will be in big V-shaped form,

with average weight of around 60 kg. It makes it easier to take them

out in emergency. Lead is quite poisonous so we are using masks and

work outside. It melts around 300 degress, so easy to use a wood

burning stove.

 

The wax-melting process for the bees is finished thankfully. Now we

have 150 boxes with clean organic wax. We started this process in

october so it was a long and tedious work.

 

 

If you are interested in joining sailing the farm project please

contact us!

 

Comments to the pictures.

 

1: 3 hardworking seagypsies taking a rest on the couch.

2. the girl with the rooster. Look at the matching colors. The rooster

might think they belong to the same tribe.

3. Our Igloo got a nice shaped door.

4. Balancing on a line. A little cold without shoes.

5. Melting lead for the boat. Each weight 60 kg.

6. Time to hit the road again. Our professional hitchhiking girl

decide to go south after many month on farm. Deeply missed.

 

 

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pettersand

 

 

Innlegg: 3.542 Reg. 07.09.05 Gruppe: Medlem Aktiv: i går 16:49 Det er ikke så mange seilbåtfolk på dette forumet, og svært få langturseilere. Du kan heller prøve å presentere prosjektet på forumet "Sorgenfri", hvor det fleste langturseilere holder til, også de som har ambisjoner og lyst på en langtur. Lykke til.

 

 

 

 

Er Båtplassen.no ikke bra nok for det prosjektet? Koser meg med lesing her jeg!

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[zeyang]

Sailing the Farm tribe late april 2011

 

Dear sea gypsy friends.

 

Hard to believe but summer arrived early this year! it has been 15-16

degrees last days and we are still talking april! This looks good, our

sea gypsies even complain its a little too warm in the boatshed. How

fast we forget our frostbitten toes!

 

We are still into lead melting. Biggest problem is actually getting

scrap lead to a price we are willing to pay. It seems china is driving

up the prices so much so its hard to get scrap metal cheap anymore,

but we are more or less halfway through this process.

 

Latest news on farm is: We are now almost selfsufficient on eggs!! we

get one each day!!! just incredible. Will soon start to plow the field

and start planting potatoes, pacelia (for the bees) and raspberries.

 

Happy easter!

 

 

If you are interested in joining sailing the farm project please

contact us!

 

 

And as usual some pictures from the last weeks:

 

1. this girl is a serious sea gypsy. even have a fisherman anchor on

her left leg. so together with our 4 other fisherman anchor I think

we have enough!

2. second batch of chickens.Its incredible how fast they grow - almost

magic.

3. Yes, Spring time is here, cleaning and painting antofouling on the

small sailboat.

4. Easter dinner. What else than chinese hotpot! For those

landlubbers out there. this kerosene stove is stolen from the

boat to simulate that we have a real hotpot table.

 

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Sailing the Farm tribe mid May 2011

 

Dear wannabe sea gypsies,

 

Its been really nice weather for the last 2 weeks. The bees are busy

collecting pollen, and we have been working out on the fields for the

last days. The potatoe field is finished so now its just to wait

until october to see the result.

 

We found we probably needed mast for the sea gypsy community so we

started planting 700 small spruce-trees. Then its just to sit down and

wait - some 80 years. It is the sea gypsies of the future who will

appreciate this step - but its good to think longterm. who

knows. maybe it will be hundreds of boats roaming the seven seas some

time in distant future?

 

We are still working on the lead smelter, it will be some time until

this step is finished, but goes slowly forward. Finding good lead is

biggest problem.

 

If you think you have some skills who could be useful to us and wants

to become a part of our happy seagypsy community please dont hesitate

to contact us.

 

Minutes from last weeks:

 

1. two hardworking kiwi/aussie guys on their way to the field to pick

rocks!

 

2. Cooling down the lead smelter with water. the obligatory safetymask

is on. getting lead poison is no fun.

 

3. Preparing the potato field. quite good soil (you can see some

beehives in the background there)

 

4. Planting 700 spruce trees. The seagypsy dog watch the process

closely.

 

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Sailing the Farm tribe mid August 2011

 

 

Dear wannabe sea gypsies,

 

Still pouring down, last night it rained 50 mm/m2, which makes the

potato field a little wet, but still some time until we have a

beachfront at 400 meter above sealevel

 

Its been 5-6 hardworking seagypsis from Malaysia, New Zealand, USA,

France and Sweden here now for a long time and . We have spent time

painting the barracks which looks really cozy and nice, then we have

been working out on the field and also slowly preparing for winter.

 

When it comes to boatwork we got hold of 1 tonns more lead and will

continue making ballast for the boat.

 

If you think you have some skills who could be useful to us and wants

to become a part of our happy seagypsy community please dont hesitate

to contact us.

 

Minutes from last weeks:

 

a. Kiwi-girl painting the barracks inside.

b. Directly arrived from Jordan. A mix of norwegian winterclothes and

traditional jordan wedding costume maybe :-)

c. Biking to the lake to go swimming. Whopping 16 degrees C in the water.

d. Painting the barracks outside.

e. As usual on thursdays - swedish peasoup and waffels.

 

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Sailing the farm tribe mid sept 2011

 

 

Dear wannabe seagypsies.

 

The first real frostnights have been visiting us, so winter is slowly

coming our way. we have had quite a lot of asian volunteers this month

and celebrated the full moon with moon cake some weeks ago. (chinese

tradition)

 

Last weeks have been mostly used to harvest and prepare for

winter. Jam-producion is up to full speed and hopefully we will have

enough homemade jam for the whole winter. The bees have got their

sugar so they are also ready for a long winter. Most important step

now is finish up the roof and also make a new shower/bathroom which

will be warm.

 

So until next newsletter, have a nice autumn!

 

Minutes from last weeks.

 

a. A seagypsy girl from Taiwain

b. two proud seagypsies just waiting to launch their home!

c. Apple harvest. We got 72 kg of jam!

d. Lingon-berry harvest. that was totally 26 kg sofar, and still more berries out there.

e. The roof had to be fixed. We are getting there!

f. Cleaning out the barn for making winter bathroom.

g. Wood cutting. We are not sure but we think we got around 20-30 m3

of wood ready for winter.

 

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[Fanafjord]

Sailing the Farm tribe mid August 2011

 

...

 

Its been 5-6 hardworking seagypsis from Malaysia, New Zealand, USA,

France and Sweden here now for a long time and . We have spent time

painting the barracks which looks really cozy and nice, then we have

been working out on the field and also slowly preparing for winter.

 

When it comes to boatwork we got hold of 1 tonns more lead and will

continue making ballast for the boat.

 

If you think you have some skills who could be useful to us and wants

to become a part of our happy seagypsy community please dont hesitate

to contact us.

 

...

 

 

What are you Sea Gypsies? A traditional farm? A communist cell? A Norwegian-style Kibbuz? A religious sect? A covert slave-camp? A brilliant business idea to get a free boat? An hippie community? Seems fun anyhow. Tell us a little bit more about your plans with the boat you are building.

[zeyang]

cross between a hippie community and a secret slave camp located in the outback somewhere.

 

ze

[zeyang]

Sailing the Farm Newsletter

 

October 2011

 

Dear Sea Gypsies,

 

The snow is almost here! September and October have been productive

months here on the farm, as we have been working hard to prepare for

the coming winter. The roof on the main house is nearly finished

(with lines so straight it is almost sea-worthy!) The trench for the

winter bathroom has been dug; once the pipes are in, these

hard-working WWoofers will have no more excuses not to shower! All

that’s left will be to install the wood-burning heaters in the

barracks, and then it will be so toasty warm it wont even feel like

winter. We even have a homemade hot tub, nicknamed "The Potato Pot",

and once the sauna is built, our luxury spa will be complete! What

better way to watch the Northern Lights, than steaming in a hot tub

(that was once a milk storage tank, heated by the magic of a Swedish

potato cooker)? Especially when (to the delight of some, and horror

of others) we discovered that it is possible to measure the volume of

its occupants. Maybe life is getting a little too easy on farm and we

have too much time on our hands?

 

Harvest season is over and we are enjoying the bounty of home-grown

potatoes, lingonberry jam and apple sauce. Our honey is jarred and

stored for the winter, and it makes a delicious accomplishment to the

morning porridge. There has been a spate of biscuit making, which is

definitely helping us to gain some well-needed winter insulation

around the stomach area! However we are already looking forward to

next spring, and are busy making plans, dividing the fields into

potential orchards, turnips, peas, maybe even pumpkins. There is talk

of installing both a greenhouse (for those of you who cannot seem to

do without a few tomatoes) and a heated space for growing mushrooms.

If you know anything about permaculture, we are very anxious to hear

from you, because we need all the help we can get!

 

Finally, we want to welcome six new babies to the farm. Chicks "

three white, one brown and two black" have arrived and are giving us

constant entertainment. Turns out, chicken TV is much more addictive

than the normal kind! Four of the chicks are currently living in the

girls' barracks, the last arrived this morning with the first snowfall

and we are calling him Tuff, in the hopes that he is tough enough to

survive the winter.

 

That's everything from the Sea Gypsy tribe this month. We hope

everyone out there is well, and enjoying the autumn! Please take a

look at our photos and remember, if you have some spare time, there's

always room on our farm for an extra WWoofer or two. The cold is

coming, and that means work is about to begin again on the boat. She

has been much neglected over the summer, and requires some

well-deserved attention!

 

PHOTOS:

 

a.The epitomy of a Sea Gypsy farmer, wearing a stylish hat and riding

a 52 model Massey Ferguson tractor.

 

b.Making apple sauce with our steam heater.

 

c.The trial run of our machine of the month, an old-style food

processor (acquired for free and in perfect working order, although

there was a long evening of head scratching before we realized we were

using it upside down).

 

d.Two happy WWoofers, boiling in the Potato Pot.

 

e.Moving home the grass in the fields.

 

 

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[zeyang]

Sailing the Farm Newsletter

November 2011

 

Dear Sea Gypsies,

 

November has been an exciting month here on the farm. We've had

Americans, Australians, Spaniards, French, Dutch, English... all of us

wwoofers staring at the sky, waiting for the snow to come! It has

been unseasonably warm, and we are still working hard to finish all

the things that need to be finished before winter arrives. It's

already snowing on the mountains, so skiing, ice-fishing and igloo

building are just around the corner.

 

The roof is not quite finished, although we hope that by the end of

the week we will be eating "Roof Cake" to celebrate its completion.

Turns out a 100-year-old roof is hard to fix! But once all the tiles

are straight, we will move onto the winter bathroom and then the boat.

Other projects this month have included fixing up the chicken coop,

turning it into 5 star luxury accommodation. Only the best for our

chickens! We have also tried our hand at plowing, which is

surprisingly difficult. Maybe there's a reason farmers decided to

swap horses for tractors... although we definitely prefer the horses!

It might just take a bit of practice to get those furrows straight.

 

Other news... the northern lights have been putting on quite a show this

month. Wwoofers have been busy, hunting for trolls in the forest and

sending each other on scavenger hunts around the farm. One brave

wwoofer attempted to walk along the ancient pilgrim trail that runs

through the farm, back to Oslo.

 

If you are interested in coming to help us out here on the farm,

please let us know. There is always space, just send us an email if

you want to try your hand at roof tiling, giant igloo building,

welding, plowing... and of course boat building!

 

We hope all of you are well and looking forward to winter!

 

Check out our photos from this month:

 

a.Slowly scaling down the farm, this English girl worries about life

without diesel for our tractor... this guy works best on grass and

plenty of oats.

 

b.Wrestling with giant snakes in the trench!

 

c.Safety regulations are by the book. Everyone is wearing earmuffs

these days.

 

d.Happy sea gypsies feasting (Australia, France, US, England).

 

 

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Newsletter December 2011.

 

Dear Sea Gypsies,

 

Things are looking very Christmassy now, as the snow falls and we

prepare to delve into the forest on the hunt for the perfect Christmas

tree. Snow isnt quite at head-height yet, since its been a tropical

December. Today shows a toasty -10 on the thermometer. Woofers are

holding their breath, waiting to see some proper winter-conditions,

thus facilitating giant snowmen, igloo-building, skiing, and perhaps a

model sailing ship crafted from snow and ice? Anything is possible on

the farm!

 

This month however has been a sad one. Our friend and one of the

seagipsy family, Casper, died a few weeks ago. At almost 14 years

old, he was happy, eating many waffles, until the end of his life. We

buried him in a peaceful spot overlooking the raspberry patch. He was

a beautiful dog with a beautiful heart; we know many of you loved

Casper and he will always be remembered.

 

Other news is that, after a much-needed trip to the Canaries for some

of us for some serious sailboat spotting, we are back and working hard

to...yes, you guessed it, work of the roof which is now thankfully

finished! Otherwise we have been trench-digging, honey-stirring,

shed-cleaning and wall-painting, trying to finish everything that

needs doing before our beards and toes start to freeze. All of us are

itching to get back into the boat shed however, desperate as we are to

start sewing the sails, melting the ballast, carving the mast and

welding the deck...only a few more steps until our beautiful sailboat

is ready for her maiden voyage!

 

If you want to join our happy sea-gypsy tribe, feel free to drop us a

line.

 

Have a good Christmas everyone, and remember to put out a big bowl of

porridge for the Fjosnisse. This gnome lives in the barn and he can

get cranky if he doesn't get his fair share at Christmas!

 

Pictures of the month

 

a: Finding a nice christmas tree in the forest.

b. two pretty mermaids painting the storage shed inside.

c. Casper, our beloved sailboat dog passed away this month.

d. and again, merry christmas to all of you from all of us!

 

 

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Newsletter February 2012. .

 

Dear Sea Gypsies,

 

Spring is slowly coming our way, This winter has been really nice

compared to last winter. It has seldom been below -15, which is quite

out of normal.

 

We had a really nice christmas on the farm, with lots of friends and

seagypies. This year Santa Claus had an australian accent. We tried to

teach him the only one and important centence in norwegian - "Are

there any nice children here" but in last minute he forgot - but the

"kids" still got their presents. The small ones got proper

vikinghelmets and dress of course.... What else for seagypses?

 

Else we have been doing regular winter maintainance on the farm and

been looking forward to the spring. The boat project is going forward

working on small and big pieces on the boat. We have been doing some

work on how to make a furnace to melt all that scrap aluminum into

more useful stuff like portholes. Casting is not something new. People

have been doing thise for ages. Hopefully we manage to make something

out of brick run on propane or better firewood which we have plenty of

up here. Any foundry and casting experience out there?

 

Anyway, its quite busy up here now but dont forget to enjoy the early

spring folks! .. and if you want to join our tribe please contact us!

 

Pictures.

 

a. Enjoy christmas dinner with friends and seagypies.

b. A young seagypsy quite happy whith his christmaspresent - proper

viking helmet!

c. Out walking the mast. Even a mast need some fresh air these days!

d. We want to duplicate these guys! Anyone with casting/foundry

experience out there? We want to learn!

 

 

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b: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112601&stc=1&d=1330274091

c: http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=112611&stc=1&d=1330274096

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Newsletter April 2012. .

 

Dear Sea Gypsies,

 

Still some time until we are ready to put the seeds into the soil. Its

more or less -5 degrees C during night last weeks but daytime is above

zero.

 

The days have been spent welding and welding and when we havent done

welding we have spent time troubleshoot welding machines. They have a

tendency to break down unfortunately. So we bought 2 more big

machines. We also got hold of another ton of lead. There seems to be

no end to how much lead we need for ballast.

 

Ahh yes. We got more chickens on the farm. one of our hens found out

we need some easter chickens this year and she missed by 2 days. Not

bad. The small one is a little shy so its hard to take a picture

without getting attacked by the angry mother.

 

Today it will be traditional easter-dinner here on the farm with

people from near and far. Wish you all fair winds and following seas

and hope you all have a peacful easter.

 

picture from last weeks.

 

a: our chickens are enjoying longer and warmer days.

b: two more welding machines arrived on the farm.. It seems we cant

get enough welding machines.

c: Our easter chicken arrived 2 days before easter.

 

 

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Newsletter May 2012.

 

Dear Sea gypsies

 

Spring has come to the farm! And then came summer, and then a few

blustery days of fall, and finally last Friday and Saturday it snowed

again. But that will be the last snow of the year, we hope - the mild

weather seems to have returned, the trees are leafing out, the

wildflowers are springing up around the river, the bees and the

neighbors have come out of hibernation (again), and we are hard at

work.

 

This week we mixed a few tons of lovely manure compost into the soil

of the north field, and planted eleven rows of potatoes - by hand -

which should give us about 300 kilos of potatoes in the fall to feed

hungry sea-gypsies all next winter. Next week we'll plant carrots and

onions, and move some tender warm-weather starts to our new greenhouse

- radishes, bok choi, spinach, parsley, beets, and sugar peas so tall,

they might start climbing us if we don't get them out of the kitchen

soon.

 

Work on the boat has really picked up recently. We've been distracted

with planting, and replumbing the bathroom, and building coldframes

and the new greenhouse - but now that the potatoes are in the ground

and the sea-gypsies are in the bath (phew), we are back in the

boatshed all the time. Our resident woodworker is about to start work

on a wooden dinghy from a traditional Norwegian design, just as soon

as he gets the greenhouse finished. And we cast two tons of lead

ballast, a very medieval process involving a wood-fired furnace in the

yard. The boat will eventually carry five tons, so there is more

casting to do as soon as the scrap yard has more lead for us.

 

Inside the boat we're sealing off the keel with aluminum plates - the

bow is nearly done, and then we can put in the last of the bow ribs.

In the stern, we're wrestling with engine placement - it needs to be

high enough to fit the cooling system and the primary diesel tank

underneath, but low enough that the propeller clears the stern.

Hmmmmm. Fortunately there's plenty to do while we're thinking about

it - like put on the deck! The boat will start looking dramatically

different very soon and we're all pretty excited.

 

As always, there's room for more in our big sea-gypsy tribe - so if

you like planting, weeding, shoveling, soldering, sawing, nailing,

welding, grinding, sewing, cooking, drilling, knitting, routering,

getting headbutted by chickens, watching 2-hour sunsets, measuring,

cutting, re-measuring, thinking, re-re-measuring, making bread,

reading sea books, eating waffles or knot-tying, drop us a line!

 

 

Picture from last weeks.

 

a: Sea gypsy girl making psykedelic chair-protection for the chairs.

 

b: Shaping wood with router

 

c: Potato-planting.

 

d: lead melting girl finished melting 2 tonns in one week.

 

 

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Newsletter June 2012.

 

 

 

Dear Sea gypsies

 

We're back to a full farm - the current crew of sea-gypsies hail from

Norway, Germany (times two), Finland, France/Belgium, the UK and the

US - it makes for lively, er, discussions in the evenings while we're

watching Euro Cup matches.

 

It also makes for rapid progress - in the last few weeks we've picked

the entire farm clean of rocks, planted two fields in a mixture of

cover crops (including phacelia, whose blue flowers are a favorite bee

snack), built and painted a fence around the yard, re-plumbed the

basement, fixed our fleet of bicycles, put in almost a kilometer of

fence around the biggest field, dug up half the far field looking for

a pipe leak, refinished a beautiful old door... and then, in our spare

time, built a model for the boat's dinghy, biked all over the area,

hiked down the river, spent a weekend in Oslo, foraged local plants

for dinner, built a campfire spot overlooking the valley, installed a

swing under the barn ramp, given each other mohawks, and baked about

forty loaves of bread.

 

And we're going to be parents! Kind of! One of our chickens has very

motherly instincts, and she's been incubating thirteen eggs - some

hers, some laid by the rest of our flock. We're expecting chicks in a

week or so.

 

All the farming hasn't left us much time for boatbuilding, but we

still managed to make some progress this month: the keelbox has been

welded shut in bow and stern, the last ribs are being bent to shape

and welded in, and the calculations for the curve of the deck have

begun. This week we'll finish the ribs and begin the wood patterns

for the deck frames.

 

We've been eating like royalty - everybody has learned to bake, and

the spring plants are out in force, so we feast on nettles, milkweed,

chaga mushrooms, dandelions, wood sorrel, and our own bread. After a

long winter of turnips, potatoes and carrots, it's wonderful to have

the green leaves that come with warm days, and the new dishes that

come with new comrades.

 

 

So, enjoy summer folks, and if you want to join us, just send us an

email.

 

Pictures from last weeks.

 

a: Sea-gypsy girl busy planning the route with help of the world-map

in background.

 

b: Fence-banging guys!

 

c: The Fencing-crew on the way to the field.

 

d: Enjoy a short rest after hours of rockpicking in the field.

 

e: Welding up the keelbox inside the boat.

 

 

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Newsletter July 2012.

 

 

Dear Sea gypsies

 

The summer has been good and productive to us. Mostly nice and warm

weather for whole june which is more than you can expect up here.. The

potatoefield and carrot field grow nicely. The sugar peas in the

small greenhouse is now blooming and soon we will be self-sufficient

on sugar-pies (that is, if we dont eat more than one pea a day each)

:-)

 

Mid summerday arrived with nice weather and as normal we had a the

traditional midsummer party sitting around the camp fire eating burned

marshmallows and dreaming about life out on the deep blue sea...

 

Talking about dreaming.. We have been discussing the deck curve for so

long that we started to get nightmares about this.. but in the end it

looks pretty good. The deck ribs are bent in, and we are in the stage

of plating the deck. Sofar the curve looks really nice! The deck area

will be around 40m2 totally, means we will have space for a hammock or

two between the masts!

 

Ok, that was all for this month,, if you fancy join our constantly

bigger sea gypsy tribe, please drop us a line. Whish you all a warm

summer and hope you enjoy our pictures below.

 

a: Mid summer party with camp fire and burned marshmallows.

 

b: British metalworker. Carpentry is for kids! Big boys only work with

metal!

 

c: Our french plating crew.

 

d: Two pretty mermaids (US/Germany) working on deck ribs. Hard hat is

mandatory when you work under the boat.

 

e: Fishing from the pier behind the boatshed. One of these days he

will hopefully get a fish!

 

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Newsletter Late August 2012.

 

 

Howdy Sea gypsies

 

 

August has been a good one.... The weather was much nicer than july i

must admit. even some of those wwoofers start to complain about too

much sun!

 

We have had quite an invasion from volunteers lately, and majority has

been from US, so now we have a distinct texas-slang around here.

 

Boatbuilding is going forward with the speed of light kind of... The

deck is on. The deckhouse is fixed. Even with the possibility to

remove to store big stuff inside. We are now working on

interior. Space for six bunk beds, kitchen and toilet/shower needs

some thinking...

 

We got some cool news lately. two volunteers (french/american) who met

less than one year ago here on farm, got married... even after

struggeling so hard to keep those girls and boys in separate barracks!

... some stuff must have been happening after dark... hmm. :-)

 

 

That was big and small news from our coolest sea gypsy tribe this

month. If you fancy joining us, please drop us a line...

 

 

Some pictures from last month.

 

a: happy volunteers eating lunch

b: Deckhouse is soon on.

c: two pretty mermaids taking care of the raspberry field.

d: forehatch girl cleaning up inside boat.

e: wedding picture...

 

 

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Love from

Sailing the farm - a sea gypsy tribe of tomorrow.