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Spring is arriving and it will be much to do with houses, garden ad animals.
You will be living on a farm where we have horses, sheep, ducks and bees. In the park around the mansion there is an art exhibition, which is enlarged every year. 2018 there were approx 50 students from two art schools nearby who produce a exhibition. 2019 it was the school children in the nearby village. 2020 was an isolated corona-year, 2021-2023 we will make a big outdoor mosaic with marble. 2024 we will continue with new projects. The farm is 16 km outside Linköping, with good transportation (bus + train or bike).
This spring you will help me finish the Roman bath, work in the garden and indoors, a little work with the animals, paint and many other things that must be done on the farm.
Everyday life in my home
My workaways have their own room (with WiFi), in the main building. You eat breakfast and lunch on your own, but we eat dinner together during weekdays. All meals are included. We cook dinner every other day (or third, if you are two workaways). We agree on when the working day begins (some wants to start early, others late). You work five hours a day, which also includes time to cook dinner, when it's your turn. Usually you work for yourself (after instruction) but I try to be with you as much as I can. I try to vary the work as much as possible, so it want be boring.
I prefer if you are two, coming together, because some days I have to travel in my work.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn how to live on the countryside with animals and how to maintain a garden with art projects. You will make dinner every other day on weekdays or more often if you like to cook. I have had many interesting discussions and cultural exchange with my Work-a-ways, during the years.
Help
Help with gardening, fences, painting, building and preparation for art- and garden projects. Some animal care but the horses is cared by their owners. You decide your own working time.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Accommodation
You will have your own room in the main building, with a separate bathroom. We eat dinner together in the weekdays, but the other meals you eat when it suits you. You will make dinner every other day on weekdays or more often if you like to cook.
What else ...
The farm is situated 16 km outside Linköping. You can either bike to the middle of the city on excellent biking roads (approx 40 min), or take bus/bike and train to the city, approx 15 (bus/bike) + 7 minutes (train every 30 minutes). Linköping is a nice city with a university and lots of cultural activities.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
The wifi in the house is fast and reliable.
Space for parking camper vans
There is plenty of space for a van on the farm.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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I arrived in April and planned to stay for one month at first. Even though I was alone for my whole stay, I ended up leaving after over 2 months in the end.
I had the chance to meet his family during April, besides that it's always easy to borrow… read more
Tobias has been a very thorough and reliable workaway. He never hesitated for any work and did it with… read more
The work itself (cooking, cutting wood, painting… read more
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I arrived in April and planned to stay for one month at first. Even though I was alone for my whole stay, I ended up leaving after over 2 months in the end.
I had the chance to meet his family during April, besides that it's always easy to borrow… read more
Tobias has been a very thorough and reliable workaway. He never hesitated for any work and did it with… read more
The work itself (cooking, cutting wood, painting… read more
During our time there we cut branches, collected them and drove them away in a cool honda. We polished all windows in the house! We laid tiles, and helped with other things that needed to be done indoors and outdoors.
We shared the cooking, and when Magnus… read more
Besides he invited me to meet his wonderful friends ( I also had the chance… read more
All the best conditions are met to spend time with Magnus. We had some interesting discussions and good… read more
Magnus made sure that the work was varied. I removed weeds in the garden, planted beds, planted and watered flowers, cut bushes and hedges. I cleaned some of the numerous windows in the… read more
She has also made the dinner for us every day during this period, because she is a vegan with special preferences.
One of my tasks was working in the garden, for example removing weed, cleaning windows or painting a fence with the typical red Swedish colour.
Magnus is often working in town but it’s very important for him to eat dinner together… read more
He also worked with different jobs at the farm and learned how to handle a chain saw and cut firewood’s, even in minus 13 degrees Celsius.
Main task incluyed:
:asterisk_symbol:️Helping by cooking
:asterisk_symbol:️Cutting wood
:asterisk_symbol:️Reparing windows
:asterisk_symbol:️Collecting leaves
:asterisk_symbol:️Others
What I gained was a real cultural exchange. I… read more
