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Hi there!
We are a couple Nena and Kai with a one-and-a-half-year-old boy living on a small homestead in southern Sweden.
We've been living on our property for almost 5 years now and our ultimate goal is to live as self-sufficient as possible, inspiring and inviting community where we are as well as sharing knowledge and skills .
We grow as much of our veggies as we can, but also forage wild berries, herbs and mushrooms.
We mostly eat game meat from the forest that Kai hunts, but also eggs from the chickens and the chickens themselves.
We grow our gardens as biodiverse as we can using cover cropping sourcing woodchips from our forest and meadow hay/grass clippings together with compost mixed with biochar.
We mix old small-scale farming knowledge with “modern” automation technology for a life not bound by too many daily chores
The food forest project is naturally still in the early stages, as this takes decades to reach full bloom, but there is indicator plants already planted to find out where the plants thrive and where they do not, and there is hundreds of walnut, heartnut, hickory, hazelnut, berry bushes etc to plant out as well as fencing to put up.
And so the tasks we need help with revolve around all of the above and
Since the previous owners did not do much maintaining of the place there is renovations/modernization going on, and there is the infrastructure for a progressive homestead in the making as well as landscaping to be done in favor for biodiversity
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you would like to spend time in a calm forest environment, this is for you! We will take care of the garden and the forest together, you have a wonderful chance to enjoy Swedish nature as well as spend time together in a nice community
Help
We live on a small farm in the South of Sweden, 15 minutes drive from the city of Älmhult (IKEA's hub)
Right now we have 13 chickens, and a garden as well as 7ha of forest land.
We would love to get help with the daily tasks in the garden, like planting and maintaining the veggies. We will also be planting fruit and nut trees so help with that is appreciated. We need a lot of help with managing the forst as well, we will be planing a new forest.
Building, painting, and renovating around the house is also an option if that is of interest to you.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Macedonian: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Finnish: Intermediate
Accommodation
Room in a shared house, access to sauna and pond, bikes and canoe
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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.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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My tasks were varied: I took care of the wood, picked raspberries and blueberries, took care of their large garden, painted and… read more
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My tasks were varied: I took care of the wood, picked raspberries and blueberries, took care of their large garden, painted and… read more
Although she came at the time of the year when there is not much to be done and besides we have a newborn baby at home she was extremely helpful to have around.
She helped us a lot with cleaning, laundry, and organizing. She also did a few trips to the store. She is very neat and quiet at times… read more
Nena is a super welcoming, relaxed, interested, funny person and a chef cook. Kai is a relaxed, nice, easy person and super good handyman.
The dayli tasks was woodchipping, cleaning, weeding, and… read more
His help was so valuable. He was quick to learn and contribute. Sam just kept on going not counting how many hours he has worked or what day of the week it is. We… read more
Nena & Kai are both extremely welcoming and will make you feel at home near instantly. They have a host of interesting and unique perspectives that have helped to shape my own personal viewpoints.
Whilst in this beautiful enclave, I helped with a number of different tasks and genuinely enjoyed contributing to… read more
As they stayed for a short time we couldn't give them more interesting tasks than painting the living room but they did so great at it, which we are so so happy about!
They were lovely girls who were great at communal living and took responsibility for the cleanliness and order in the house. It… read more
All the tasks she was helping us out with were done wonderfully. She painted a whole room on her own and did a great job at it. She also helped us in the garden a lot, planting new seeds,… read more
Their beautiful house is surrounded by a huge garden, with chickens, a vegetable garden, a pond (and a sauna!)… read more
Such a bright, kind, and intelligent young woman. From the very start, she was quick to pick up and find tasks for herself, she was very self-going and the tasks we assigned to her were done exquisitely.
I really appreciated her help… read more
I had a great time at your place and it feels like leaving friends, not hosts.
It's difficult to say what a typical day looked like, as we did so many different things... :) But so to say, that the work was not too hard at all. Sometimes I was together with Nena and… read more
