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COVID-SITUATION UPDATE: We´re pretty much at home all the time in these times and prefer longer stays and preferably vaccinated guests. Life is still great here at our place!
Hello! We are searching for people who are willing to join our life and live on and off a small vegetable-farm. Longer stays are possible.
We enjoy ecological farming and grow microgreens, strawberries, vegetables, chickens (for eggs). We also pick berries in the northern parts of Sweden every summer. We spend most of our time at home since we also work from home with our webshop since we sell seeds for vegetables, plants and flowers for a living.
Our hands are never enough and there are to many possibilities for a life on the farm not to share them with more people, and everything is more fun when shared! We have had around 45 volunteers so far and enjoy it, but we feel that we would really enjoy to to work more long term and have permanent people living with us, or at least one more long-term-stayer and some short-term-stayers as well to mix it up.
So who are we? We are a family of five, Daniel age 41, Maria age 31 and three kids 3-6 yrs.
Plus cats, a small dog, sheep, bees and chickens.
Five years ago we bought a house with 40.000 m2 land and an old barn with a dream of being able to live on and off the farm in one and another way in the future. I guess we have a dream of this place becoming a place were we and our visitors can thrive, be creative in all possible ways, grow food and have good fun close to nature! Far away from pretty selfies and nice looking surfaces.
Organic farming is our main interest but we also like to pick berries and mushrooms in the forest in the late summer/autumn. We like to learn by doing, learn to build things (we are currently building a cabin in the trees and are into eco-building, recycle design (youtube is our guru, haha) which is a way to reduce waste and consumption and create something new. With the help of workawayers we managed to fix a chicken house so we now have some chickens for eggs. We also built an amazing greenhouse from mainly pallet-wood and old windows which can provide a lot of veggies and fruits. We also planted hundreds of berries, fruit trees last year. We have a 160 m2 greenhouse-tunnel were we grow tomatoes and other veggies!
Our simple home is located on the countryside with our open land/small fields and a forest surrounding it, no neighbors are visible although other farms are in the area. The small river "Lidan" is close were you can fish and take a swim (if you're feeling adventurous and there's enough water). The area is called Ballstorp, a very small village between the cities Falköping and Vara. Gothenburg is only an hour away with train and we go there sometimes by car to visit second-hand-markets or friends and will start working on farmers-markets. (Not during Covid-pandemic though)
We have many plans and projects we want to do and make but time is not enough especially not with three small kids, and also before we bought this farm we liked to travel and meet new people so this is a way to travel and be at home at the same time! We try to be easygoing, open-minded and do not like to make more plans than necessary but have a lot we want to get done for this place!
The to do list is long, but there´s also possibility for recreation and fun. We have a wood-heated outdoor-hot-tub to make the weekends nice!
Please come and join us, make things happen and have fun!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn by doing is our "motto" so we try to learn on the way about new things that needs to be done and interests us at the moment and we will involve you in a way that fits you :)
LIVING ON AND OFF A FARM!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Looking for someone for permanent or long term stay with us in our daily life.
We need help with a lot of different things like gardening, painting and simple renovating & building, help with childcare, cooking, taking care of chickens, picking berries and loads of other things.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Accommodation
A bed in a room upstairs in the house, shared if other volunteers are here. Simple standards but clean sheets and cats that like to cuddle ;) We are close to finish a tree-house for visitors to stay in!
What else ...
Easy to get the train to a bigger city like Gothenburg or Stockholm to spend the day or a night or two. During the pandemic we prefer people to stay here instead of visiting the cities.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a lot of space on the farm and if you are traveling by van or camper feel free to stay here and use our facilities in the house.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours/day 5 days/week
Feedback (4)
If you get the chance to host this family, take the chance! They are very easy to work with, friendly and hard working. They take initiative… read more
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If you get the chance to host this family, take the chance! They are very easy to work with, friendly and hard working. They take initiative… read more
I felt like a part of the family, Maria and Daniel are so welcoming, they tried to make me feel at home right from the beginning. They're such open, friendly and accepting people and I'm glad I got to stay there and help them with their wonderful project and their great kids (unbelievably cute little guys! ;)). We laughed a… read more
Kyle is a great guy, his stay of 6 weeks was way to short, we wish had had stayed longer!
He helped out with whatever needed to be done, building, cleaning and painting as also he is very good with the kids! If you have the chance to host him, do so! He is good at talking and can teach you proper English! A very nice, calm,… read more
When I arrived, I immediately felt like home. The hospitality from these guys is something else.
The food, the nature, the relaxed atmosphere and the company...
I am definately coming back one day.
Juho was the help we needed with heavy lifting and extra hard work :) We got a lot done on his stay with us.
We really hope you´re jurney around Europe going well and hope that we se you on you´re way back to Finland!
Hugs from Sweden!
