Join us in our permaculture garden and homestead in Pälkäne, Finland

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  Description

  Hi & thanks for looking at our profile! We are in a three-hectare homestead in the countryside of Finland. It's a permaculture garden and education centre in the making. We have some forest, lots of berry bushes and fruit trees, a traditional no-till vegetable garden and an old house and other buildings, and always lots of projects to work on!
  
  This is a small place, so we only have projects for one or two workawayers at a time and for no longer than about one week at a time.
  
  We, Lumia and Dominik, are a finnish-german married couple, no kids, one cat. We live in a rural area, no neighbors in sight here, so you really get to enjoy peace and quiet, sauna, nature... welcome!
  
  We are vegetarian and can host vegan guests and do our best to accommodate other dietary needs, too - just strict gluten free we can't accommodate, and there's no meat cooking in the kitchen.
  
  Preferred hosting time: from a few days to maximum of two weeks. Internet access is available.
  
  Welcome!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Vegetarian or vegan

  

  Culture

  

  Art & design

  

  Music

  

  Photography

  

  Blogging

  

  Carpentry

  

  Nature

  

  Books

  

  Plant care

  

  Gardening

  

  Sustainability

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Charity work
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  If you are interested in permaculture, natural lifestyle and chilling out in rural Finland, welcome! We enjoy talks about everything in Finnish, German and English.

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  Help

  Current projects: We need help with all kinds of projects depending on the time of year you visit us, such as
  
  -planting and sowing
  - weeding
  - working on a food forest
  - transplanting trees
  - harvesting herbs, vegetables and berries
  - maintaining our old farm buildings
  - cleaning up the old farm buildings
  - building new raised beds
  - conserving produce
  - helping with the courses (prep and during)
  - helping in the house
  - and so on.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Finnish: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  Accommodation: you will be sleeping in one of the outdoor buildings we also double as a classroom during rainy weather. It's dry, private but does not have heating or water toilet (composting toilet about 10 metres away), showering is done in the sauna building. There's a water cooker, coffeemaker and a fridge for you to use, but main meals we'll eat and prep together in the main kitchen. You can also come with a campervan, bring your own tent or stay in our Tentsile tree tent!

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  What else ...

  The homestead is in rural Finland in the village of Laitikkala. We will pick you up from the nearest bus stop.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have space for a campervan.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

  

  Miss Sophie

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