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Sledding in the Harz on a self-made sled is a very special experience. At this time of year it is also good to know what helps with colds: Marlies Schloh swears by her elderberry soup, Grandma Göllner makes cough syrup from her sugar beets! Subscribe to the channel: https://goo.gl/dVj1aZ To the entire playlist: https://goo.gl/FovXop It is cold, icy and dark - in January snow and frost move across the Landlust region. In the highest mountain range in northern Germany, the Harz, the Göllner family with their daughters Annika, Paulin, Emily and youngest Paul are looking forward to the first snow of the year. Papa Manfred wants to surprise the children with a self-made sled. Living with and in nature is the motto in the forester's house in the Oder Valley - in the middle of the Harz National Park, where lynx and red deer say "goodnight" to each other. Käthe Göllner is the family's vegetable expert. Whether cooking or pickling: The sprightly 80-year-old not only cooks what is particularly seasonal in January in northern Germany, but also knows how to make cough syrup from winter fodder beet. And Rita Landsberger, Kerstin Göllner's mother, dyes her hand-felted slippers with the juice of a beetroot. What does an asparagus farmer actually do in January? The Schloh family from Hellwege are now the second generation to grow their asparagus. On their idyllic farm from 1835, tradition and quality determine the family's everyday life. Even at the start of the year, when the farm slows down a bit. The family knows how to outsmart the cold winter days with small, colorful and personal touches: The proud, thoroughbred asparagus farmer Thorsten and his son Christian prepare the fields for the coming season, Thorsten's wife Friederike and grandmothers Marlies and Gerda sew special placemats from old pillows, arrange an old wash kettle with "Jelängerjelieber" plants, cook a warming elderberry soup and winter asparagus mousse. We also visit Ernst Kaase in Barkhausen, who "builds" very special dog leashes, the bird-framed house builder Mittag from Winnigstedt and the couple Gudrun and Rolf Greeven from Loquard near Emden, who make tiles in the old tradition. In Immenrode, Harz cheese producer Mathias Gröne reveals the secret of where the low-calorie specialty was invented and explains how you can make it yourself. Produced by Medienkontor Movie