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Nina Sointu
Финляндия
Добавлен 13 янв 2022
After travelling the world, I finally found my roots in the countryside of Finland. Me and my family moved in 2019 to our 2 ha (or ~5 acre) homestead and now we are learning the skills needed to garden and grow our own food, to maintain our heritage manor house from ~1696 and to live a more sustainable life.
We live in Raasepori, Southern Finland.
We live in Raasepori, Southern Finland.
Start of a new gardening season! | Garden restoration project in Finland
Gardening season is about to start! But what is our garden like? In this video I will tell everything from our gardening conditions and settings to my gardening philosophy.
Our garden is located in USDA hardiness zone 6. How about yours?
›› ABOUT ME
I live with my family on a 2 ha (~5 acre) homestead in Southern Finland. Our home is over 300-year old heritage-listed house, marked as a museum in property register and we are learning the skills necessary to restore and maintain it. When we moved here from the city, we fell in love not only with the house but with the overgrown, wild remnants of a garden. Half of our property is a wildlife protection area and in 2023 we're starting maintanence...
Our garden is located in USDA hardiness zone 6. How about yours?
›› ABOUT ME
I live with my family on a 2 ha (~5 acre) homestead in Southern Finland. Our home is over 300-year old heritage-listed house, marked as a museum in property register and we are learning the skills necessary to restore and maintain it. When we moved here from the city, we fell in love not only with the house but with the overgrown, wild remnants of a garden. Half of our property is a wildlife protection area and in 2023 we're starting maintanence...
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Upkeep of a 300 year old timber house in Finland? | The cost of electricity, water, insurance, etc.
Просмотров 4 тыс.Год назад
In this video I talk about what are the maintenance costs of a 365m2 (or 3,928sqft) timber framed house that is 327 years old? What is our electricity and water consumption? What are the biggest challenges in taking care of a heritage-listed home? What are your thoughts? Did the amounts surprise you? Are you having similar numbers in your home? Let me know! _ ›› ABOUT ME I live with my family o...
What to expect after 6 years of ice bathing | The art of being cold | Story #3, Life in Finland
Просмотров 8 тыс.2 года назад
I have been swimming in cold water for as long as I remember. Going out from sauna to roll in snow or to swim in icy lake in winter is something we did already as kids. I started to swim more regularly 6 or 7 years ago. Going swimming in ice cold water was a hobby for retired ladies back then. As I watched these 70 ladies calmly swimming through a frozen landscape, I thought that would be a coo...
It's not even cold! (-12°C) | Living in 300 year old house in Finland | Story 2
Просмотров 21 тыс.2 года назад
We are often asked if it is too tiresome to live like this, taking care of a big old house? We honestly don't think so. When we lived in the city, we were incredibly busy all the time but felt like the things we did, didn't really add any true value to our life. Now, all the effort we put in here, contributes in multiple ways to our well-being. In the end, I will take you to a cross-country ski...
We live in an over 300 year old house in Finland | Story 1
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I live with my family on a 2 ha (~5 acre) homestead in Southern Finland. Our home is over 300-year old heritage house and we are learning the skills necessary to restore and maintain it. When we moved here from the city, we fell in love not only with the house but with the overgrown, wild remnants of a garden. We are building the garden up again and making it an edible, flowering garden with lo...
Soapwort, a useful flower worth to grow (Saponaria officialis)
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Soapwort (Saponaria officialis) is a sweet smelling flower with many cleansing properties. Pick its flowers or leaves fresh and wash your hands or dry them to make a herbal hair bath to reminiscent summer during dark winter months or to wash your extra delicate woollen clothes with. Instagram: @nina.sointu Website (in finnish) : www.ninasointu.com
New gardening season starts! Apple trees and winter pruning | Countryside living in Finland
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It's still winter in Finland - snow is knee deep and days are short, just 8 hours of daylight in Southern Finland in the beginning of February. That doesn't stop me from starting my gardening season by pruning apple trees in the middle of a snowstorm. What can you do - when the inspiration strikes, you must act. Have you already started your gardening season 2022? ▪️▪️▪️▪️ I live with my family...
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I treat my wooden kitchen countertop with MILK! | Countryside living in Finland [ENG SUB]
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For two years, I have treated my wooden kitchen countertops with milk! Milk seals the wood naturally and makes them easier to clean - the countertop feels smooth as silk afterwards. I use whole milk, but any milk will work as long as it has casein (proteins usually found in mammalian milk). 5 easy steps for using milk in treating your countertops: 1. Remove everything from your counters 2. Wash...
Frozen hot composter bin - how I got it started again | Countryside living in Finland
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A functioning hot composter bin is essential in our homestead. We have a eco-friendly, waterless toilet that separates the liquid waste from the solids and we need to compost all of that in our garden. This winter all of our bins froze and now I need to get them started again! I live with my family on a 1,5 ha (~4 acre) homestead in Southern Finland. Our home is a 217-year old heritage log hous...