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We are a animal friendly community engaged with farming, fruit growing and forestry. My agro-partner Leonora joined me in April and in June joined us Sara and Alex with friendly dog Art and lovely cat Loki. Their animal companions on the farm are five chickens.
We are almost in the centre of sLOVEnia, near Litija. We should soon become self-sustaining because we have two springs of water, 12 ha of forest, a lot of healthy fertile land. We have also a big green house.
You may join me for the ride from Ljubljana on Friday afternoon.
Sara and Alex or our neighbors are also helping us with transportation but I can not promise you to pick you up and drive you to the farm.
Independently from Ljubljana you may take a train to Litija and (only on a workdays catch a bus (or hitchhike) to Cerovica (direction Gabrovka) at 12.23, 14.28, 15.38 and 17.18. From Cerovica you continue 300m and walk uphill for 2km or hitchhike. Hitchhiking is easy.
I usually drive back to Ljubljana on Sunday evening or Monday around 10am.
Since we are planning to do renovation of one of the buildings in autumn-winter we would appreciate a help mostly in construction.
We may provide you accommodation and food for three meals a day and expect from you to participate in the help up to 5hours a day.
We are eating mostly plant based food and is desirable that you don’t bring any meat or meat products or alcohol. At the moment may accept also a long time residents and somebody who will takeover a farm after few years...
So far i traveled almost 150 countries, 76 on a bicycle, run 10 marathons and hosted more than 1000 guests in Ljubljana and on the farm in the last 22years.
I speak Croatian, English, Italian, Spanish and a bit of French, German, Portuguese and Bahasa.
DOBRODOŠLI - WELCOME - BENVENUTI - BENVENIDOS - BIENVENUE - WILLKOMMEN - BEM VIDNO - SELAMAT DATANG to our place!
Looking forward meeting you on our farm!Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practiceGardeningFarmstay helpHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceHelp with Computers/ InternetUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We look forward to sharing experiences, as well as socializing during conversations, sharing experiences, board games, hiking and cycling.
Help
We ask you for help with gardening, mowing, watering, clearing the forest, picking harvested and forest fruits, storing and preserving crops, cooking. It can also help rebuild buildings.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Croatian: Intermediate
Italian: Intermediate
German: Beginner
French: Beginner
Indonesian: Beginner
Portuguese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Would like to improve all foreign languages I spek.Accommodation
There are currently two apartments available. Three-room and two-room. It is also possible to camp, but we do not have the equipment for it.
What else ...
Public transport is two km away and 11 km away is the train station. From there it is a half hour drive to Ljubljana. A few km away is Bogenšperk Castle, and the Sitarjevec mine is 10 km away.
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
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The… read more
We also cooked the vegetables from the garden with Leonora. Both cook very weel!
We had some interesting discussions and discovered some things about permaculture. It was a pleasure… read more
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The… read more
We also cooked the vegetables from the garden with Leonora. Both cook very weel!
We had some interesting discussions and discovered some things about permaculture. It was a pleasure… read more
Robin is very calm, friendly and good man and a good host.
Tasks were various, simple, not monotonous and in general working there wasn't hard. Also, a very good thing is on a famr is a company of the other workawayers, as house can have more of them, which definetly enriches general experience on… read more
We did lots of different types of work- cleaning the greenhouse, watering the gardens, harvesting crops, collecting wood from the forest, chopping wood, making tomato sauce for winter, etc.… read more
Thanks a lot Callie and all the best!
How nice it… read more
He was very hardworking, especially in the forest, where we collected wood as many as three times. In addition, he also cut it into wood on a saw and carefully put it… read more
Robin is nice and takes good care! He is a good vegan cook and has many stories to tell. He also gave me a… read more
It was my pleasure to have them on a farm and do not hesitate to accept them.
Sometimes they don't agree with each… read more
The farm is a little bit of paradise nearly at the end of a 2 km climb. Stunning views. Work was varied and interesting. Learnt a lot about gardening in general, and the… read more
Vielen Dank… read more
But there were several communication problems, because he didn't clarify or changed his mind after we finished the task, which was a little frustrating after a long work day. Nevertheless I met… read more
He helped me a lot also to improve my Italian and he cleaned the house very well. I think really enriched and grateful for his presence and all… read more