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Gary, the roof is made of long straw, that are bundled tight together and tied with metal wires. Its an old house. In its current form it is from 1765. It was made from spare parts from a larger and much older farm, that was positioned a mile from here.

Jeanette, Yes its our current home and hopefully will be for many years to come. We have lived here for four years, that we have spend on restoring and remodelling the house and garden ... there was no garden, when we moved down here. Just a barren field bordered with a few trees and bushes :) Here is a recent picture from December.

What a lovely home, you brother have had. Are you from the UK? I am as crazy with their cottage houses as with the old danish Houses. I have only seen english gardens on TV in documentarys and of cause in one of my favorite series 'The Somerset Murders' that takes place in an old english cottage.