The red timber house and an older outbuilding on a mown lawn, forest and the river just behind

Nederberga Valley

a small piece of the Swedish forest, off the grid

Grow food build things repeat.

Nederberga Valley is a red timber house on a river, with a handful of outbuildings, a garden, some animals, and a forest on every side. There is no mains power. Everything that runs here — the lights, the pumps, the freezer full of our own meat — runs on sun, generator, batteries, and firewood.

Grow food, build things, and repeat — writing the software to keep track of it all.

Aerial view of the house and outbuildings in a clearing beside a dark forest river
The land. A clearing on the water, cut into the spruce.
The red timber house in autumn light, a birch turning yellow beside it
The house & buildings. A 19th-century cottage, a workshop, sheds, a new barn, a kitchen fitted over one winter. see all →
A timber-frame outbuilding going up on a concrete slab in the forest
Build. Always something half-finished — outbuildings, a barn, a loft staircase, cut and fitted by hand. see all →
A small flock of sheep and lambs grazing in long grass beside a red timber cabin
The animals. Cats, dogs, sheep, and the neighbour's horses over the fence. see all →
A wooden board laid with home-made charcuterie, eggs, pickles and bread
Food. Grown, raised, caught, or made — sausage and ham from our own animals, vegetables from the garden, the rest put up in jars. see all →
Aerial view of the fenced garden with a greenhouse, polytunnel and long rows of vegetables
The garden. A greenhouse and polytunnel, raised beds, rows of roots and greens — enough to carry us through to spring. see all →
Midsummer sun setting over the river behind the house, seen through birches
Nature. The forest, the river, and the light — midnight sun in June, deep cold and stillness by December. see all →
Point-of-view from a paraglider harness, feet dangling above a hairpin mountain road
Paragliding. Mountains, flat-field tow launches, trips further afield. see all →
Wall-mounted Victron inverter, charge controller and DC distribution in a pine-panelled cupboard
Energy. A 48-volt off-grid system — solar, Victron inverters, a lithium bank, a generator for the dark weeks, and a dashboard I built for all of it. see all →
The MQTT house dashboard in a browser — weather, temperatures, solar and battery data
Code. Everything on the network here is local-first and off-grid: the house dashboard, a server dashboard, audio tools. see all →