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We are a family with four boys, 8-13 years old. We have several different kind of animals - sled dogs, cats, goats and hens. In the summer and autumn we also sometimes have sheep, turkeys, pigs, horses and ducks.
We live in the middle of the forest, 34 kilometers from a small town called Lycksele. We spend a lot of time outside; training the animals, fishing, walking in the forest, picking berries in the autumn, fix things at the farm, build things, saw wood, shovel snow almost every day during the winter, etc.
We like to make our own bread in our kitchen, hunt moose to get meat and pick berries ourself instead of buying everything at the supermarket. We also make cinemon rolls, muffins, bread, cookies and pineapple pie and sell to people.
We have a saw and likes to cut some of our trees down in the forest and make wood that we can build things with.
All the month looks very different here, depends on what time of the year it is.
We prefer if workawayers who arrives here will be able to stay at least 1 month.
We drive our dogs 5-6 days/week with sleds in the forest during the autumn and winter.
We live in the forest = no supermarket, no petrol station, no other houses close to us - only forest! :)
Write to us for more info! :)Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practiceGardeningDIY and building projectsAnimal CareFarmstay helpBabysitting and creative playCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceHelp with Computers/ InternetCultural exchange and learning opportunities
They will see things about this way of living.
They will see a different life style.
They will spend a lot of time with animals.Projects involving children
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Help
The one who wants to stay at our farm can help us with different things, different days.
It will be possible to help us with for example:
Feed the animals
Build/fix things at the farm
Play with the children
Train the sled dogs
Go for walks in the forest with the dogs
Clean for the animals
Give the animals water
Shovel snow on the farm in the winter
Renovate an old house
Work with wood
Cut grass in the summer
Etc.Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Finnish: Fluent
Swedish: FluentAccommodation
We have a guest cabin with space for three people. The person who will stay here can have breakfast, lunch and dinner in the house with the family.
What else ...
We live in the middle of the forest! =)
There is no transport, except for our own car.
Workaway who stays here can follow us to town, when necessary.
The nearest supermarket and petrol station is in the town Lycksele, 34 kilometers from us.
When you stand on our farm, you can only see our animals and forest, there is no neighbors who lives close to us.
We only accept workawayers who are not smoking.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.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours/day x 5 days
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I was supposed to stay for 5 weeks as it was requested a long stay but after one week Sara asked me to leave and gave me one week more to… read more
Phil can both… read more
Sara, Pasi, I already told you in person how much I liked staying at… read more
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I was supposed to stay for 5 weeks as it was requested a long stay but after one week Sara asked me to leave and gave me one week more to… read more
Phil can both… read more
Sara, Pasi, I already told you in person how much I liked staying at… read more
During the autumn he helped us to feed hens, goats, pigs, dogs, cats, sheep and turkeys, to cut trees down, make wood and build a tipi. Together with Pasi, Twan helped us with hunting moose and taking our pigs, turkeys, lambs and a goat away and to cut all the… read more
She is happy, positive, listens well to instructions and takes good initiative.
She has been helping with:
* feed hens, give them water, pick eggs and clean for them
* feed goats and lambs
* drive sled dogs, clean dog yards, give the dogs food and water
* play games with our… read more
The… read more
He learned our routines really fast. He has been helping with feeding our animals (horses, dogs, goats and hens), driving our sled dogs in the forest, cleaning dog yards, shovel snow on the farm, making dinner for our family, playing with our boys (4, 6, 8 and 10 years old) etc.
He has been a… read more