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2016 was our first year with workaway. We had a wonderful time with wonderful people and learned a lot - even about ourselves.
With this experiences we continued with workawayers. So still we are looking for help and exchange of knowledge and culture for our very small permaculture farm in the East Vättern Scarp Landscape Biosphere Reserve, South of Sweden.
We live in a huge house with our cats Missan and Molly. Outside we are surrounded by goats, ducks and hens - and forrest. We are growing organic vegetables just for ourselves and our volonteers. We make biochar to improve ours soil and we are trying to enhance biodiversity around us.
Here we try to live in a sustainable way to contribute our part to save the future of humanity.
After work we really like to sit down and eat together with workawayers and discuss thoughts about all items we can find. That makes all of us wiser.
Welcome to contact us and please, ask questions!
Robin and Petra
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
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
Interests
Technology
Politics / Social justice
Farming
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Pets
Writing
Plant care
Books
Animals
Nature
Fitness
Yoga / Wellness
Outdoor activities
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Your can learn together with us to make biochar, how to grown organic vegetables, what is permaculture and how to take care of animals. We can discuss about live, future and what’s important, what counts?
We can show you our countryside and the next town (20 km away).
And - we are open for new peoples and cultures. Let's learn together! Welcome!
Help
We always need help with cleaning up all branches that our goats have stripped off and make bio charcoal off it.
Help us to grown vegetables and prepare the beds for next year. We need help with all needs in the household. Just that someone is in the kitchen is a very important help for us. There is so much more: painting, fighting weed, cleaning the stables.
We change the electrical fences for the goats, we prepare the winter stables for them and give them hey and fresh water.
And meet our wonderfull animals like Tuva the mind-reader, Sowilo the sun, Vynja the wild (the goats) and har doughter Maggy (the wildest of all).
The chickens like Uschi, Astrid, Rauti and the roosters Mix, Karl and Jules. The ducks like Kajsa, Nina, Daphne and Vera and the male named Magic.
Last but not least; our young cats Missan and Molly, wild and cuddly.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We always need to practise English and Spanish.
Accommodation
We live in a little village with four houses and great neighbors.
You get your own room in the house we live in.
We eat vegetarian season food, are open for vegan food. Normally, we eat together with our volunteers and have discussions and a great time after the work is done.
The bus stop for the bus 121 to Jönköping or Gränna is about 2.5 km from our house. You can also use one of our bicycles or we take a trip together by car.
The cats are living both inside and outside the house. That means unfortunatly we can not have guests with allergies or bringing there own cat or dog whit them. The goats are even afraid of dogs.
We have great Wifi, but bad TV.
What else ...
The biosphere reserve has lots of places to visit, like the lake Vättern, the island Visingsö and the picturesque town Gränna.
You can go out for a walk in the forests around us or take a bath in the lake Landsjö down the hills. We live about 20 km from Jönköping, in the middle between Malmö in the South of Sweden and Stockholm, the capitel of Sweden.
Or we can visit friends or neighbours for a cup of coffee or tea and only chat for a while. As you understand, this is not place for big party’s. Here you can hear nature.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
You can have your own room with chairs and a table. Our internet-connection is stabil and fast.
Space for parking camper vans
Lots of space.
Can possibly accept pets
No pets, please.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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I spent a lot of time with Petra which was lovely. I really liked that she was so honest and would share her thought… read more
The tasks during my stay mainly consisted of taking care of the chickens and ducks, refilling water for the goats, planting… read more
The farm has a really peaceful and nice atmosphere, surrounded by beautiful countryside landscapes.
The work I did was varied and interesting and there were many opportunities to learn more about biodiversity and environmental… read more
She helpt us a lot in the garden and taking care of chicken, goats, the cat and ducks.
She was even very diligent in the household.
We even had interesting conversations together.
Milena is an reflecting person, easy to be with and easy to like.
We just can recomend here to other hosts. You´ll… read more
We enjoyed wonderful conversations, learned about Swedish… read more
Dear Petra, dear Robin
Nice that you exist and that I got to know you!!!
And that you wrote to me Petra!
Now, exactly 7 weeks later, I am writing to you in your guest book from the North Cape island of Magerøya with a view of North Cape Horn.
The most important sentence of my inner voice at your place was not! I… read more
We learned a lot of new things about sustainability and working with animals. The family was super nice and welcoming and we had a lovely time together, talking about pretty much everything :)
We'd really recommend staying there to everyone who loves nature, animals… read more
Petra has a lot of knowledge about trees, garden and especially permaculture. The talks with her and… read more
We felt welcome from the first minute and immediately had so many nice conversations with Petra and Robin! We had everything we needed and more, the best food (also, being vegan was very easy!) and funny barbecue evenings with Mohammad and his girlfriend Malva. Our time… read more
Petra, Robin and Mohammad took us like a part of the family, they are always smiling, if you have any problems just talk to them and you will find a solution together.
We learned a lot about permaculture, about how care with animals, we weeded, made hay, cooked,… read more
Daniel did what's have to be done: dishing, cooking, weeding, woodworking, taking care of the animals, taking down the laundry when it… read more
I spend my working time in varied ways. Taking care of the animals was one part I really liked, especially with the three goats, amazing animals. There were also… read more
They are very sympathetic and nice people. I felt right at home from the beginning. They live in a beautiful countryside and also the house is lovely.
The food was healthy and delicious.
Thanks for the unforgettable time. I miss you already. I hope we'll see each other again… read more
This time was my first time with workaway and I will never forget it. My stay there was wonderfully uncomplicated, interesting and relaxed. For me it was like Holidays. I worked 5 hours a day (never more, sometimes less), and the work was never to hard. The rest of the day… read more
In this workaway I learned swedish culture, language, permaculture, immigration politics, and tons of… read more
And your cooking!!!
We hope you'll do your… read more
The main tasks were to take care of the animals, weeding, preparing the soil for the springtime, picking apples, cooking, and… read more
