Experience Farm Life
Our farm is not just a petting zoo. We run a working farm and don’t cater to clichés, but instead allow our guests to participate closely in the diverse and demanding daily routine of agriculture.
The work on our farm is seasonally oriented according to nature’s conditions. However, there is always something to do here. We are always happy to have helping hands.
We show you the connections between nutrition, agriculture, and our environment in an exciting way directly on our farm.
Daily from 5:00 PM, the farmer goes to the barn: First, the cows are driven into the stable, then all animals (cows, calves, goats, rabbits) are fed with hay, and the small calves additionally receive fresh milk. All children are welcome to help feed the animals with hay or give milk to the calves.
Or is tractor riding with the farmer on today’s schedule?
Animal birth: Maybe you’ll even be lucky enough to witness an animal birth? Then you can immediately think of a name for the newborn…
A tip for early risers: Where does the breakfast egg come from? How about a tour through the chicken coop with the farmer’s wife and subsequent egg collecting, daily at 8:00 AM or by arrangement again at around 1:00 PM.
Of course, all animals are particularly happy about a few caresses, especially the little goat kids, the rabbits Strolchi, Blacky, and Punkti, and especially our cat Mitzi. The rabbits can be fed dandelions, lettuce, and vegetable scraps at any time.
On hot summer days: Maybe it’s time for the hay harvest? Each field is mowed 2-3 times in summer (from late May to late September)… Then there are particularly many tractor rides today… All children are welcome to ride along or help out in the field with a rake, as the hay still needs to be raked away from the fence by hand…
What does the life of an alpine farmer look like? The day trip with a hike to our own alpine hut at 1700 meters (if possible, once a week in July and August) brings you closer: After a 1-hour drive to the 27 km distant alpine area of Saalhof in Hinterglemm to our base hut at 1380 m, a beautiful hike to the high alpine pasture at 1700 m through untouched alpine terrain awaits us. On 150 hectares, about 110 head of young cattle (young animals and dry cows), 6 to 8 Noriker horses (Pinzgauer horse breed), and our goats graze here. Here you learn more about how the alpine pasture is managed and what work the alpine summer brings. The tour of the rustic high alpine hut with cheese kettle and butter churn, and of course without electricity, is an exciting journey through time for young and old: How did the farmhands and maids manage the alpine pasture, produce cheese and butter 100 years ago?
Help with the fun fruit harvest: Early July for cherries, in August for currants (= redcurrants) and apricots, in September for rowanberries, plums, apples, and pears. Delicious jams are cooked from these for the self-service refrigerator. The surplus is used for schnapps production: 100 kg of fruit yields about 7l of schnapps. Of course, every diligent helper may snack as much as they want!
