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Come and help with gardening, construction projects and walking the dogs in area Skaraborg, Sweden
Autumn is here but there is still time for different projects. It´s getting a bit colder and days are getting shorter. The autumncranes are at the lake of Hornborga and will soon go south.
This year the outdoor tasks we need help with is constructing and finishing building on the greenhouse, taking care of the garden or making paths and painting if the weather allows it.
We also want to build a warm bed for plants.
It is also time for garden work like planting and weeding. When the weather is bad there is house work inside. We will also be fetching wood, chopping firewood and making the fire in the evening when it´s cold.
Do you like to take long walks with the dogs in all kind of weather? Maybe paint and build?
There is nearly always something to construct or paint.
Do you have previous experience with dogs? Some strength is needed and you need to know or learn how to act around huskys. It is good if your stay can be two weeks or more because of the dogs.
The small garden farm is situated in a nature reserve for birds in Hornborga by the Hornborga lake in the middle of Sweden. Every spring 10.000 cranes or more come to the lake before they take off to their nesting places. Hornborga is also full of historical sightings like Ekornavallen and Varnhem where some of the old Swedish kings are buried and there are excavations from both viking- and middle ages.
Close enough to go by bike or foot.
I am a painter and also do office work at home. I live with my dogs. We go on trips with the bikes or the car when the weather allows it.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn about ecological gardening, how we grow vegetables in spring and autumn, painting, bikejoring, aikido, Swedish history, wild birds
Help
We need help with finishing building on a greenhouse from mainly recycling material and an ecological bed to culture vegetables when the weather is cold. We do repairing and painting. There is always some project going on.
We are also putting down paths in the garden. But we only do outside tasks when the weather allows it. Sometimes there will be household chores inside. The dogs likes walks so this is a possibility. It´s very good If you are able to take part in the training and care for the dogs.
You will need good shoes, jacket and warm clothes.
It is essential that we have a common language.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Accommodation
You have possibility to use the kitchen and make your own food but we will also make food together. Many of the ingredients are local. I have two beds in alcoves in the studio upstairs for workaways. The house is small with two toilets and a big bathroom. Heating by wood and air/water pump. We have a temperature of about +19 degrees C indoors at winter and in the evening we make a fire.
What else ...
There are very few daily buses, but you can borrow a bike or travel with me if you need to go to town. We have wifi.
If you like to explore the area we have a lot of historical sites ranging from stone age to middle ages. The area is of geological and nature interest. Not far from the bird lake, the woods or the mountain of Billingen. (within 10 km)
We do not provide alcohol and do not agree to druguse.
Please see the calendar.
A little more information
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.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Host ref number: 283414823931
Feedback (18)
3 Sep 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Lucas)
Lucas spent tree weeks during the summer helping out in the garden with the crop cultivation and with maintenance, as painting on the greenhouse. A very good help with two strong and helpfull hands. Being 18 he still learned easely what needed to be learned.
A very valuable help with copping a lot of the winter wood!
He also went for day trips… read more
A very valuable help with copping a lot of the winter wood!
He also went for day trips… read more
(Excellent
)
19 Aug 2023
Left by Workawayer (Lucas) for host
I spent 3 very nice weeks with May and her two dogs Toto and Svea. It was my first workaway experience and as such all I could hope for. The work was varied but May made sure to give me tasks according to my interests. I painted wood, helped weeding, chopped wood, picked berries, walked with the dogs and much more ... Maj ensured that I had… read more
10 Jun 2023
Left by Workawayer (Liam) for host
l had an amazing time with Maj and her dogs Toto and Svea!
Maj is a really kind and easygoing person and I felt comfortable in her home right away.
She let me do a lot of different work that included weeding, helping with making fire wood, painting, sewing and taking care of the dogs. It was never too much work and she let me decide what tasks I'd… read more
Maj is a really kind and easygoing person and I felt comfortable in her home right away.
She let me do a lot of different work that included weeding, helping with making fire wood, painting, sewing and taking care of the dogs. It was never too much work and she let me decide what tasks I'd… read more
6 Jun 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Liam)
Liam spent 3 weeks in May in Hornborga with us. A very nice experience. A lot of nice conversations at the kitchen table.
Liam has very good and useful skills like: remaking clothes and sewing witch was very helpful but also a good help in the garden, greenhouse and with the dogs. Liam is easy to spend time or work with.
He learns new tasks very… read more
Liam has very good and useful skills like: remaking clothes and sewing witch was very helpful but also a good help in the garden, greenhouse and with the dogs. Liam is easy to spend time or work with.
He learns new tasks very… read more
(Excellent
)
17 Jul 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Natalie)
Natalie spent 4 weeks with us in the summer. She was a great help around the house and in the garden. Helping with weeding, painting and maintaining outside and a good help in the house. We had many nice conversations and got along very well. And Natalie´s English is excellent! A good company and a enjoyable time when we went for trips to look at… read more
(Excellent
)
16 Jul 2022
Left by Workawayer (Natalie) for host
I spent four weeks with Maj, Svea and Toto and it was a really great time. I felt very welcome the whole time and Maj always made sure I had everything I needed. We had a lot of great conversations and while she was showing me around, she always had interesting stories to tell about the area. It was great to walk in this area with the two dogs.… read more
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3 Sep 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Lucas)
Lucas spent tree weeks during the summer helping out in the garden with the crop cultivation and with maintenance, as painting on the greenhouse. A very good help with two strong and helpfull hands. Being 18 he still learned easely what needed to be learned.
A very valuable help with copping a lot of the winter wood!
He also went for day trips… read more
A very valuable help with copping a lot of the winter wood!
He also went for day trips… read more
(Excellent
)
19 Aug 2023
Left by Workawayer (Lucas) for host
I spent 3 very nice weeks with May and her two dogs Toto and Svea. It was my first workaway experience and as such all I could hope for. The work was varied but May made sure to give me tasks according to my interests. I painted wood, helped weeding, chopped wood, picked berries, walked with the dogs and much more ... Maj ensured that I had… read more
10 Jun 2023
Left by Workawayer (Liam) for host
l had an amazing time with Maj and her dogs Toto and Svea!
Maj is a really kind and easygoing person and I felt comfortable in her home right away.
She let me do a lot of different work that included weeding, helping with making fire wood, painting, sewing and taking care of the dogs. It was never too much work and she let me decide what tasks I'd… read more
Maj is a really kind and easygoing person and I felt comfortable in her home right away.
She let me do a lot of different work that included weeding, helping with making fire wood, painting, sewing and taking care of the dogs. It was never too much work and she let me decide what tasks I'd… read more
6 Jun 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Liam)
Liam spent 3 weeks in May in Hornborga with us. A very nice experience. A lot of nice conversations at the kitchen table.
Liam has very good and useful skills like: remaking clothes and sewing witch was very helpful but also a good help in the garden, greenhouse and with the dogs. Liam is easy to spend time or work with.
He learns new tasks very… read more
Liam has very good and useful skills like: remaking clothes and sewing witch was very helpful but also a good help in the garden, greenhouse and with the dogs. Liam is easy to spend time or work with.
He learns new tasks very… read more
(Excellent
)
17 Jul 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Natalie)
Natalie spent 4 weeks with us in the summer. She was a great help around the house and in the garden. Helping with weeding, painting and maintaining outside and a good help in the house. We had many nice conversations and got along very well. And Natalie´s English is excellent! A good company and a enjoyable time when we went for trips to look at… read more
(Excellent
)
16 Jul 2022
Left by Workawayer (Natalie) for host
I spent four weeks with Maj, Svea and Toto and it was a really great time. I felt very welcome the whole time and Maj always made sure I had everything I needed. We had a lot of great conversations and while she was showing me around, she always had interesting stories to tell about the area. It was great to walk in this area with the two dogs.… read more
11 Nov 2021
Left by Workawayer (Célia) for host
I spent one month at Maj's place and I had a really good time there ! Maj is such a kind person, we had nice and interesting conversation at the kitchen table and lots of laughs. She knows so much about the region and about so many other subjects. It was also nice to have some trips together in the surroundings. The countryside is really beautiful… read more
8 Nov 2021
Left by host for Workawayer (Célia)
Having Célia for the month of October to stay with us was a very nice experience. She is very helpful and did a lot of working the garden and inside the house helping us to get ready for the winter.
Good hand with the dogs when she took them for walks.
A nice company at the dinner table and we had a lot of laughs. We also had some nice trips in… read more
Good hand with the dogs when she took them for walks.
A nice company at the dinner table and we had a lot of laughs. We also had some nice trips in… read more
(Excellent
)
3 Oct 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Maik)
Maik spent time with us at the end of the summer. He is a great help in the garden and around the house and helped me with many things. A person who is very meticulous and accurate in his work and very helpful. I am very happy he helped me with the painting of some of the buildings since he did an excellent work.
We had good and giving… read more
We had good and giving… read more
(Excellent
)
3 Oct 2020
Left by Workawayer (Maik) for host
I couldn't have had a better first workaway experience than at Maj's place! From the first second I felt very welcomed at her house with the beautiful big garden. Maj always took her time for conversations, for showing me things that needed to be done, for driving around the beautiful surroundings in the Hornborga area or taking the dogs out for a… read more
14 Jun 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Lea)
Lea stayed with us for three weeks in May. She was a great help in the garden and with the weeding and lawnmoving. A good help with the transports of wood and other things with our small trailer. A nice company at dinner and for short outings.
Got along nicely with the huskys, too. I wish her many nice future travels.
Got along nicely with the huskys, too. I wish her many nice future travels.
(Excellent
)
7 Jun 2020
Left by Workawayer (Lea) for host
I stayed at Majs place for 3 weeks during corona. The countryside where she lives is just beautiful and also the cute little house with garden. The two huskies are very energetic and I loved to go for long walks with them. Besides that I did some gardenwork. On the weekends Maj joined me, we went for a trip or I had an off-day. The work was never… read more
11 May 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Sarina)
Sarina spent the month of May with us in Hornborga. She was a great help with the dogs, not only taking them for walks but developing a good relationship and taking very good care of them since one of the had to have an operation she even helped me at the vet.
Sarina is a very reliable and sincere person. She also helped me a lot around the… read more
Sarina is a very reliable and sincere person. She also helped me a lot around the… read more
(Excellent
)
9 May 2020
Left by Workawayer (Sarina) for host
I spent the month of April at Maj‘s and I really enjoyed the time I spent with her! Maj is a really open-minded and calm person, that I felt really comfortable being around. As the weather was starting to be better during my stay in early spring, most of the tasks I helped her with were outside in the garden. They were never the same so it never… read more
9 May 2020
Left by Workawayer (Johanna) for host
Hi,
I spent a couple of weeks with Maj and had such a great time! I could learn a lot about handling and train huskys. It was great to spend much time with Toto and Svea, to walk them and to train them.
Maj has a lot of interesting projects for her house and garden. It was a pleasure to help her and to learn how to build or to fix things.
In my… read more
I spent a couple of weeks with Maj and had such a great time! I could learn a lot about handling and train huskys. It was great to spend much time with Toto and Svea, to walk them and to train them.
Maj has a lot of interesting projects for her house and garden. It was a pleasure to help her and to learn how to build or to fix things.
In my… read more
25 Apr 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Johanna)
Johanna spent three weeks at our place in the early spring. It was a nice experience to learn to know her and she was a great help. She got along very well with the dogs and took them for long walks. Helped out in the garden and in the house. Never afraid to offer her help with anything. She is well scilled and good with tools.
Many nice… read more
Many nice… read more
(Excellent
)
27 Apr 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Melissa)
Melissa stayed a while with us during the spring and a little longer because of the problems to travel during the corona virus. She was a good help with putting up nets in the dogyard and stones around the greenhouse, moved a lot of plank when we build the veranda among many other house and garden tasks. Strong and persistent, always in a good… read more
(Excellent
)
25 Apr 2020
Left by Workawayer (Melissa) for host
Hello everyone,
I had a really good time during my stay with Maj. I really enjoyed walking the dogs and helping around the garden and the house. Maj helped me over and over again and let me stay longer when I couldn't leave because of the corona virus. I am so very grateful to her for letting me stay and helping me so much. And during all that… read more
I had a really good time during my stay with Maj. I really enjoyed walking the dogs and helping around the garden and the house. Maj helped me over and over again and let me stay longer when I couldn't leave because of the corona virus. I am so very grateful to her for letting me stay and helping me so much. And during all that… read more
12 Jan 2020
Left by host for Workawayer (Alessia & Enrico)
Alessia stayed three week with us in november/december and was a good help around the house and with the dogs. Taking the dogs for daily walks and runs and befriending them. A good cook, even educated so and with at lot of knowledge of Italian cooking of course. Improving her English a bit every day. She really worked hard with that.
She is really… read more
She is really… read more
(Excellent
)
15 Oct 2019
Left by Workawayer (Janika) for host
I spent a few weeks in the beginning of fall with Maj and helped her making the garden ready for the cooler seasons. Maj is warm and welcoming and maked you to feel at home right away. We had nice and interesting conversations at the kitchen table and good times while working in the garden together. I loved preparong the meals with her from the… read more
14 Oct 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Janika)
Janika spent time with us during days of late summer and beginning of autumn. Got along very well with the dogs and took them for long walks and even went running with them. She was a very good help in the garden and in the greenhouse with a great understanding for growing plants. A very nice company for work and conversation. Made wonderful food,… read more
(Excellent
)
16 Sep 2019
Left by Workawayer (Kata) for host
I've spent a perfect month with Maj, Svea and Toto.
Maj has multiple skills, I could learn a lot from her. She could be a role model for anybody.
She encouraged me to keep balance in working hours and breaks and she always made it sure that I'm OK. And I felt comfortable all the time.
We had many creative ideas together and had a lots of fun also… read more
Maj has multiple skills, I could learn a lot from her. She could be a role model for anybody.
She encouraged me to keep balance in working hours and breaks and she always made it sure that I'm OK. And I felt comfortable all the time.
We had many creative ideas together and had a lots of fun also… read more
15 Sep 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Kata)
Kata visited me in august and was a really good help during her stay. Got along great with the dogs and took them for long nice walks. She was an access in the building of the greenhouse. Having great ideas on how to solve problems. She was also good at designing, painting and giving a nice finish to the interior design.
Many nice conversations… read more
Many nice conversations… read more
(Excellent
)
8 Jun 2019
Left by Workawayer (Venla) for host
I spent 3 weeks with Maj, Svea and Toto and had an incredible time. I learned a lot about huskies, gardening, aikido, cooking,.. the list goes on and on. Maj is one of the most welcoming, kindhearted people I've ever met. She has knowledge about almost every subject you can think of and she is happy to share her life experience with you.
I really… read more
I really… read more
28 May 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Venla)
Venla spent tree weeks with us in april-may. It was a nice experiense to learn to know her. A very hard working girl who knows alot in many subjects.
She became a good friend to me and the two dogs and she took them for long walks nearly every day.
Nice conversations at the dinner table, many new vegan recipes and a good company in the atelje… read more
She became a good friend to me and the two dogs and she took them for long walks nearly every day.
Nice conversations at the dinner table, many new vegan recipes and a good company in the atelje… read more
(Excellent
)
17 Apr 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Michele)
Michele spent two months with us in Hornborga in the early spring. He is a very capable and helpful person always ready to give a hand both at looking after the plants, making the paths in the garden, helping with the painting and constructing the greenhouse. Interested to learn about the training of the dogs. Nice company when in the kitchen and… read more
(Excellent
)
13 Apr 2019
Left by Workawayer (Michele) for host
Terrific!
One of the best place I have ever been in my life.
I miss Maj and the two really energic Toto and Svea, the Huskies.
The place is wonderfull and with a lot of thing to see and to do, and the work isn't so heavy.
Maj is a perfect Cicerone, knowing very well the surrounding and also the cities arond (Like Göteborg and Falköping).
She can… read more
One of the best place I have ever been in my life.
I miss Maj and the two really energic Toto and Svea, the Huskies.
The place is wonderfull and with a lot of thing to see and to do, and the work isn't so heavy.
Maj is a perfect Cicerone, knowing very well the surrounding and also the cities arond (Like Göteborg and Falköping).
She can… read more
24 Jan 2019
Left by Workawayer (Florian) for host
I stayed for around 5 weeks with Maj, Toto and Svea and I've had such a good time with them. In this time I learned a lot about the country and the culture!
We made good progress on the projects and it was really nice to see the house and garden become even prettier and complete.
The dogs were good to handle and it never got boring to take a walk… read more
We made good progress on the projects and it was really nice to see the house and garden become even prettier and complete.
The dogs were good to handle and it never got boring to take a walk… read more
15 Dec 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Florian)
Florian spent time in Hornborga with us and was an excellent help with the dogs, taking them for long walks and getting along very easily. He is very helpfull with most tasks and I wish him good travels and many nice workaway experiences.
(Excellent
)
15 Dec 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Peter & Issa)
Peter and Issa spent time with us in Hornborga. It was a very nice experience to learn to know them. Very handy and good at many tasks. Nice and fun conversation at the dinner table. They also helped me with the dogs,took them for long walks and got along nicely with them too.
I wish you happy travel and many more nice workaway experiences.
I wish you happy travel and many more nice workaway experiences.
(Excellent
)
10 Apr 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Urko)
Urko stayed with us this winter for about four weeks. He was an very good help around the house and had a good hand with the dogs. Quickly learned about training the dogs and bike-joring/mushing.
He also had good ideas about solutions for constructing some furniture and is an excellent chef in the kitchen. I was able to learn about some Spanish… read more
He also had good ideas about solutions for constructing some furniture and is an excellent chef in the kitchen. I was able to learn about some Spanish… read more
(Excellent
)
9 Apr 2018
Left by Workawayer (Urko) for host
Hello potential future workawayer!
I've stayed with Maj, Toto and Svea for a little bit than a month, and it has been such a good experience. I highly recommend you to go and enjoy your time there.
I've been in the winter season, so there are not that amount of tasks to do, and also there is the Swedish Winter (something I really like). I've… read more
I've stayed with Maj, Toto and Svea for a little bit than a month, and it has been such a good experience. I highly recommend you to go and enjoy your time there.
I've been in the winter season, so there are not that amount of tasks to do, and also there is the Swedish Winter (something I really like). I've… read more
11 Nov 2017
Left by Workawayer (Sen & Meytar) for host
Maj was an excellent host and a wonderful friend, always up for conversation and willing to share her knowledge about the area. She always made sure we were comfortable and that we remembered to take breaks. Swedish country side is gorgeous and peaceful, there's always something beautiful to see. Helping with the greenhouse was interesting and… read more
7 Nov 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Sen & Meytar)
Sen and Meytar spent time in Hornborga during the autumn and early winter and was a great help with building the greenhouse, working in the garden and caring for the dogs. Many nice conversations at the dinner table took place and we exchanged recipes for cooking nice vegeterian meals. I hope you have a nice travel and good luck with the future… read more
(Excellent
)
5 Sep 2017
Left by Workawayer (Joel) for host
Stayed with Maj for a month and it was awesome! She was really flexible with work timings and was hospitable at the same time. We managed to catch some great sunsets and she also brought me to a awesome lake for a swim! I felt home and comfortable with Maj all the time! She even prepared awesome food for me and a workawayer and had her family… read more
5 Sep 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Joel)
Joel spent time in Hornborga and was an excellent help with both garden and the building of the greenhouse. Full of ideas and solutions for the construction. He had a good hand with the dog too.
Wish you luck with your travel!
Wish you luck with your travel!
(Excellent
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28 Aug 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Sangmin)
Sim spent time in Hornborga helping with the building of the greenhouse and other cunstructions. It was a very good experiense to lern to know him. He is a very orderly and neat person and it was a great help to have him staying with us.
(Excellent
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24 Jul 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Ria)
Ria stayed with me for three weeks and it was a really good experience. Part from an excellent help with the constructing of the greenhouse, she showed me many new ways of making vegan food, and had a good hand with the huskydog. We also made trips in the surroundings and had a good time together. - Hope to see you again some time!
(Excellent
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24 Jul 2017
Left by Workawayer (Ria) for host
I stayed 3 weeks in Maj’s house, and I had a fantastic time.
The work was diverse and interesting.
We did the first stage of building a Greenhouse - digging, levelling the ground and renovating old windows.
Side to that I did long walks with her beautiful husky dog, and worked in the vegetable garden.
Maj is fantastic host and we had great time… read more
The work was diverse and interesting.
We did the first stage of building a Greenhouse - digging, levelling the ground and renovating old windows.
Side to that I did long walks with her beautiful husky dog, and worked in the vegetable garden.
Maj is fantastic host and we had great time… read more
