We are a large family with four children and two grandmothers and live on about 2 hectares of land in the Thuringian Forest. Anastasia's dream of living on a "country estate" where people can create their own space for love moved us very much.
We have years of experience in various areas of life.
Simon, as the father of the family, was able to gain a wide range of experience in a country estate in Russia for a while. He realised how little he actually knew about a life back to his roots. The apprenticeship he went through at that time was all the more exciting and sometimes hard. He learned to solve many problems outside of his acquired knowledge in an unconventional and unusual way. If a spare part for a technical device was missing, you couldn't necessarily just order it - you had to use your imagination and often come up with unusual solutions.
Luckily for us, Luisa, as the mother of the family, is a great organizer. She looks after the children for the most part, runs the household - even when everyone else pitches in - and she keeps an eye on the finances. She is also still studying and helps wherever support is needed. She is also very good at mediation.
Iris and Christa – the grandmothers – have a long experience in growing vegetables and fruit and even in self-sufficiency. They have also both gained a lot of – and very different – knowledge in the areas of nutrition, health, spirituality and general quality of life.
We have been on this land for almost six years now and we have always faced new challenges - even today. We have now learned to include the natural beings in everything we do here in nature and our wealth of experience is growing from week to week. We are now happy to pass this on to people who also want to make this dream come true for themselves and who do not yet have such diverse experiences.