@brittarnhild
Now is the perfect season for farms to open up for the public. We live close to huge areas of farmland and farms, and Høstadsand Farm, 20 minutes by car from us, had an open invitation today. Terje and I went there with our daughter in law and three of our grandchildren. Høstadsand is a dairy farm, and we could meet the cows and their calves, there were chickens and rabbits to feed, and a lot of activities going on. One of them was the ability to grow potatoes, dig them into the soil today, come back in autumn to claim the growth. Very popular.
We had such a lovely morning and afternoon. The children having fun, the sun shining, picnic on the lawns, eating homemade ice-cream, chatting, playing with the grandkids.......you get it.
I took quite a few pictures of the grandkids, which I don't want to share here, but I also took pictures many of the lovely flowers, like the irises and poppies you see here.
Farmers are under great pressure these days. In Norway, and probably all around the world. Partly because of politics, partly because it is hard work, but may be mostly because we, you and me, don't want to pay enough for the food we eat. Open days like this, where children can learn by experiencing where eggs and milk come from, where they can grow potatoes and let the newborn calves lick their fingers, well, do we really understand how important they are?
