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Description
We are Jessica and Rory, a Belgian-Irish couple in our mid 40's. After travelling for years (often as Workawayers) we found home in the middle-north of Sweden, population density 3p/km2. Our small farm (14ha) is surrounded by forest and located on a 4km long peninsula in one of the biggest lakes of the area.
We have 2 dogs, Ben & Louie, 3 cats of which one might have babies this summer, 6 sheep and 14 lambs, ten chicken and a bunch of chicks in the making.
Summer of '23 our little community will expand when another Workaway host will move in the cottages: Petra, her daughter Mathilda and their friend Annie, all three from Germany, together with Maila the Danish dog and two Islandic ponies.
We're going to be busy with running a summer café on the lake some 20 kms away, so we can always do with a helping hand on the farm!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Of course you will experience and learn a lot about animals and gardening. Rory is very much into bushcraft, and Jes into growing and making her own food things (wine, sourdough bread, and other fermented stuff) so if that's your thing, you'll love it here.
There is a ton of material and loads of space on the farm. So if you have any ideas for a new project, shoot!
Help
Our main focus is always the animals.
Ben and Louie need big walks and lots of cuddles. We think couples / duo's are best because our boys are big and strong. We believe that it is more fun if each walks one dog. Louie is a lot lighter and easier to handle, Ben is quite heavy and stronger. But if you have experience with dogs and you're confident you can handle two big boys on your own, then we'd love to hear from you too.
We have sheep and chickens, who don't need a lot of care in summer, but are fun to watch :-)
And... this summer two Islandic pony's will be added to our community!
Furthermore we have a big vegetable and strawberry garden that need a lot of love (and weeding).
And this summer we are planning to do some small renovations, painting jobs and ... build a sauna :-)
Consider that we have a simple diet. We eat porridge. We bake our own sourdough bread. We eat lots of eggs (from our own chickens) and potatoes (from our land) and vegetables (not always from our own land as the growing season is short). We eat meat maybe twice a week, preferrably from our own animals. We don't buy fancy ingredients. We don't usually buy organic (we would like to, but we live on a tight budget). We would like you to eat like we do (meaning: in the same price range). If you are attached to eating certain expensive foods, we would like you to pay for those yourself.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Accommodation
The workawayer's den will be in 'Emma', the cosy caravan. There is a small kitchen and dry toilet in there. You can take a shower in the main house.
What else ...
If you have your own transport, you will have more freedom to discover the wider area. If you don't mind spending your freetime at the farm, in the surrounding forests or at the lake, then you can get here by plane + train (Ånge station). We can pick you up at the train station.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (3)
We contacted them one night as we had to leave a workaway family ahead of schedule and we didn't know where to go or what to do, they replied us the following morning… read more
Ben and Louie, the two dogs we were looking after, were quite hard to leave after the good times we had on our daily walks. All the animals grew dear to our hearts very quickly.
Even though we didn't have a car with us, there were plenty of things to do around the area. For… read more
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We contacted them one night as we had to leave a workaway family ahead of schedule and we didn't know where to go or what to do, they replied us the following morning… read more
Ben and Louie, the two dogs we were looking after, were quite hard to leave after the good times we had on our daily walks. All the animals grew dear to our hearts very quickly.
Even though we didn't have a car with us, there were plenty of things to do around the area. For… read more
