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Hello!
We, Tessan and Peter, have a small apiary with 30 beehives that we run with organic methods, a really big garden and chicken and ducks. We have a very small forest with a mini-camping under construction, a garden that was once well-known for its herbs (but is now in a poor state due to the previous owners lack of interest), a workshop and sometimes we host courses or events for the local community as well.
More than ten years ago I (Tessan) was travelling as a volunteer myself, great experience staying with different people and doing everything from picking stones in Australia's outback to cleaning rooms in a NZ lodge. Now when I finally have a place of my own I want to contribute the worldwide community by hosting as well.
Accomodation: We have a small guest-cottage with a double bed that helpers can stay in. It has electricity but no water so toilet and shower can be used in the house. This is a cat-free area so those of you who get itchy eyes from our feline friends are also welcome to stay.
Food: Helpers are welcome to share meals with us and are asked to contribute to the cooking while staying with us so that we all help (if you don't cook, no worries, you can set the table or do the dishes). :) Nearest shop is 15 minutes away by car so we usually go together once a week. We eat everything ourselves but prefer locally or organic produce over conventional. We also harvest our roosters for meat in the fall, same with the ducks. They have a good life before that though so it feels nice, eating our own animals. We never ask volunteers to participate in the slaughter.
Surroundings: We live in the forest and the best season according to us is Swedish summer, May to September - tourist attractions are usually open July and some weeks or weekends in June and August. Then you can borrow bikes to explore the area, take a swim in a nearby lake, go visit coastal city Kalmar or tour the glass district that we are located in with a rich history in glass design och production. There is also a moose park, a James Bond museum and a dinosaur park as well as lots of small villages to explore.
Welcome to help us creating this meeting point for people and creatures!
PS. We are open to all kinds of people as long as there is a mutual respect, but queer folk and people on the spectrum are always extra welcome. <3 DS.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
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
We both speak English and Tessan is also fluent in Spanish. We are travelling people but no the general tourist kind, Tessan has been working abroad and Peter travel a lot with his present work. That way we have a quite high cultural awareness and we enjoy learning about how other people do things. We do enjoy food related ones a little bit extra ;) We also enjoy making food for others!
Help
We have a very, very long list of things to do here depending on the season and the helpers. Woodwork, garden work, helping with the bees, cleaning up outside, honey and bee work, painting, recycling, collecting wild herbs for te/marmelads/syrups or learning/helping with leather tanning. If you do other handcrafts, construction, are skilled with sewing or just wanna try pruning trees there is room for that too! Photography, webbdesign, permaculture - well, I think most people would be helpful to us! We expect 4 hours of help all days of the week for food and accommodation (3 meals per day) but are flexible on when they are carried out - if one wants to help less but every day we are fine with that too. Sometimes we will ask volunteers to reserve hours for a common project with us during the weekend, then other days will be free.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Accommodation
A 2-bed cottage normally , in rare occations a room in the house, always private accommodation. The house is big with 2 bathrooms so we generally don't have to wait for each other. There is a lot of nature around and we usually wake up to the sounds of birds and our chickens and ducks.
What else ...
If you want to explore Kalmar or Växjö we can normally arrange you to go with us when we drive there for work. If you are a safe driver you might be able to borrow a car too, to explore the area BUT we have had volunteers having damaged a car so we really want you to be carefull and drive safe.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We work from home ourselves sometimes and have a good internet connection. As long as you can be flexible and manage your tasks, we are flexible on when you do them and what you do.
Space for parking camper vans
Sure, we have had 2 couples in campervans. Its possible to stay next to our house.
Can possibly accept pets
If you live in a campervan, yes but since our ducks and chickens and cat roam the garden it's not ideal. Your dog would need to be on a leash at all times.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4 hours a day
Feedback (7)
I visited to learn about beekeeping and got to take part in the honey harvest! Both Tessan and Peter had a lot to share about the bees and the honey… read more
It was interesting to see all the different things they produced from the gardens on the property to sell.
Deane spent most of his time building a kitset cottage from scratch, some days with the help of Peter, which he thoroughly enjoyed. 🙂
We were able to help… read more
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I visited to learn about beekeeping and got to take part in the honey harvest! Both Tessan and Peter had a lot to share about the bees and the honey… read more
It was interesting to see all the different things they produced from the gardens on the property to sell.
Deane spent most of his time building a kitset cottage from scratch, some days with the help of Peter, which he thoroughly enjoyed. 🙂
We were able to help… read more
Our stay coincided with the honey harvest and we got to help with and experience the whole process, which was really one of the most interesting and amazing workaway experiences… read more
Welcome back at any time and good luck… read more
Hanka and Vojta were with us for 4 weeks and wow did we manage to get things done! Also we had to tell them to enjoy the surroundings and not work all the time - we tried to match tasks to their interest and… read more
Tessan and Peter were supernice to us, we spent almost all of the evenings together, sometimes discussing some interesting topic, sometimes just watching TV. Especially thank you for the Harry Potter marathon. :-D We appreciate their Netflix account, so… read more
He was honest about his skills and never hesitated to ask when something was unclear. When given clear instructions he was comfortable to work… read more
The work is varied and they truly make efforts to offer the choice of project… read more
