{"id":4639,"date":"2016-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/2016\/06\/22\/guerrillla-land-art-farmer-style\/"},"modified":"2016-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T00:00:00","slug":"guerrillla-land-art-farmer-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/?p=4639","title":{"rendered":"Guerrillla land-art, farmer-style"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today we\u00b4ve made some seriously large art! Outdoor, we made a hay-piles, in the traditional, Norwegian style called \u201chesje\u201d. Between fence-rods you suspend rows of wire, and on each wire you hang fresh grass to dry. I\u00b4ve been thinking of this for a couple of years now, and this year everything came into place.<\/p>\n

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On the west-coast this was used a lot, since there is a lot of wind and rain. The top layer of grass acts as a shield that leads the rain down on the sides, but not so much inside to the rest of the grass. &amp;nbsp;Step one is to cut the grass. Then, mount the fence-rods, or better yet,&amp;nbsp;poles made from young trees into the soil. Third, suspend five rows of&amp;nbsp;wire between each pole, from one end to the other. Then the \u201chesje\u201d is ready for the grass.<\/p>\n

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When I was young, the whole family would gather for the haymaking days, and as kids we took part of the work, even though I think we mostly ran around, disturbing the grown-ups. It\u00b4s a dear memory, none-the-less, and today, with 10-11 people working together, I was almost reliving part of my childhood. This is the traditional haymaking way, but very few farmers still use this labour-intensive method. Now it seems much easier to just make hay-balls with a machine.<\/p>\n

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However, I did expand on my childhood-memories! Then, I was just raking the grass, today I got to drive a tractor! Oh, what fun! And what a work-out! Who needs to go the gym, when you can heave hay?!<\/p>\n

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The best part is still the mid-break. Going into the mid-point of the labyrinth, with homemade juice, jam and pancakes, we had a peaceful pause, with the sounds and scents of nature all around us. Delight! This is too good not to share! On Saturday or Sunday (depending on the weather) we\u00b4ll arrange a picnic for the public on the field & in the labyrinth. Eating, drinking, playing, running\u2026 This is what good childhoods are made of, if you ask me!<\/p>\n

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The square labyrinth. Progress, step-by-step:<\/p>\n

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It ended up so big, I can\u00b4t even squeeze it into a photo! It\u00b4s about 150 meter all together (almost 500 feet).<\/p>\n

Thank you, Birgitta and Terje, for being open-minded and art-friendly farmers! Thank for the instructions and all the help to make this dream come true!<\/p>\n

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Today we\u00b4ve made some seriously large art! Outdoor, we made a hay-piles, in the traditional, Norwegian style called \u201chesje\u201d. Between fence-rods you<\/p>\n

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