Scything and hay-laying
Join this workshop in order to experience how hay production was practised in pre-industrial farming culture.
You will learn how to cut grass with a scythe, drying it by hay-laying and sharpening a scythe.
Bøensætre can offer old hay meadows with diverse plant communities.
Egil is the owner of Bøensætre.
Egil Kortnes
Bøensætre is a unique example of crofter farming culture in Østfold.
By practising traditional farming methods Hedda og Egil Kortnes manage to maintain an open, intact cultural landscape with pruned trees, livestock and abundant flower meadows.
