Till Daling

When you buy an old farm in Norway, you know it’s going to be hard work to get it running again. But I don’t think you ever quite grasp the extent of it until you hit your biggest projects—and the calendar starts threatening you. Late summer on our Norwegian farm  is the busiest period of the year for one simple reason: Norway doesn’t negotiate. You never know if the first snow comes in January or in the beginning of October, so you build your year around one rule—get the critical things done...

The first real spring day always feels a little unreal here. One week the land is quiet under snow, and the next you’re standing outside in double digit temperatures, noticing details you forgot existed: the smell of wet earth, the light changing, the soundscape returning. After months of slow days, spring doesn’t arrive gently—it arrives like a switch. The rhubarb is already pushing up, stubborn as always. Willow leaves are just starting to come in. And even though the garden still looks...

We bought an unused farm in the middle of Norway to stop treating nature like a weekend destination. Spring is back, the cranes have arrived, and our three big goals are clear: build a traditional skigard fence, renovate the pig barn for future chickens, and plant the first 30 fruit trees. The reality? Funding paperwork, heavy lifting, and moose that don’t care about your plans. Watch Episode 1 to see what this season really looks like.