Autumn holiday
10.10.26 - 18.10.26
During the autumn half-term, we begin our preparations for winter.
The potatoes planted in spring have grown large and healthy, and now they must be harvested before the frost arrives. It is also time to stock the pantry with smoked sausages and cured ham. One of the pigs is slaughtered, providing meat and bacon for the cold months ahead.
The Friends of Karensminde will be in full swing with plenty of activities on Tuesday and Wednesday.
For the rest of the holiday, you can enjoy cosy times with outdoor cooking over the fire, potato printing, and harvesting potatoes in the traditional way. Come and share the peace and the beauty of autumn colours in nature with us.
Every day, 10–18 October, 10 am–4 pm
- Autumn crafts
- Museum hunt: Where is the milk bucket?
- Potato printing
- Living exhibition about apples
- Pine cone hunt for Christmas decorations
10 October: Exhibition opening – Three Generations, One Responsibility
- From 11 am
A cosy gathering with a little bite of history for everyone.
- 11.30 am
Speech by Margit Søgaard Nicolajsen, daughter of the last Karen from the Karensminde family.
- 12.30, 1.30 and 2.30 pm
Guided tour of the farmhouse: A Home for the Parish Constable.
Maximum 12–15 people per tour.
Harvest potatoes by hand in Karensminde’s potato field
Monday 12 October | Friday 16 October
- 11 am
Meet at the main entrance. Remember to bring your potato certificate from the spring and receive a bag of potatoes to take home.
Apple baking over the campfire (weather permitting)
Monday 12 October | Thursday 15 October | Friday 16 October | Saturday 17 October | Sunday 18 October
- 12 noon –1 pm
Make your own traditional turnip lantern
Monday 12 October - Sunday 18 October
- 1.30 - 3.30 pm
Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 October: Activities with Friends of Karensminde, 10 am–3 pm
- Horse-drawn carriage rides and lunch and waffles for sale
- Live demonstrations of traditional crafts
- Turnip lantern workshop and autumn crafts
- Wool working and traditional handicrafts
- Cooking in the old kitchen and over the campfire
- 10.30 am
Tuesday: A pig is slaughtered in the farmyard.
Wednesday: Poultry is slaughtered by the henhouse.
- 11.30 am
Preparing and cooking the freshly slaughtered meat.
Samples to taste in the old kitchen in the farmhouse.
- 12 noon
Pig race – vote for your favourite and win a T-shirt.
- 12.30 pm
Harvest potatoes by machine in Karensminde’s potato field. Remember to bring your potato certificate from the spring and receive a bag of potatoes to take home.
- 1.30 pm
Pig race – vote for your favourite and win a T-shirt. By the manure heap.
- 2 pm
Cleaning and sowing grain by the machinery shed.
- 3 pm
Activities begin to wind down.
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