Skyggnissteinn in English
Dagný Guðmundsdóttir and Sigurður Jónsson live at Skyggnissteinn, a homestead in Bláskógabyggð close to Geysir in the south of Iceland. Dagný is a visual artist and teacher and used to work at Árbæjarsafn outdoor museum. Siggi studied Icelandic and has a background in IT for education. Then their common dream of returning to nature knocked on the door. We keep a few chickens, grow vegetables, berries and herbs for our own use as well as foraging wild plants. We preserve the crops in a variety of ways for use during the long winter. We try to learn from experimenting along the lines of organic agriculture and permaculture. To the north of Skyggnissteinn extend the vast Icelandic Highlands while across the river Tungufljót lies the ancient manor Haukadalur. In the middle of the 20th century Haukadalur had become seriously endangered by erosion until the Dane Kristian Kirk bought the property and handed over to the State Forestry for soil preservation. Skyggnissteinn ha