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Come and help with gardening, construction projects and walking the dogs in area Skaraborg, Sweden
Winter is still here but there is still time for different projects indoors. It´s getting a bit warmer and days are getting longer. The first cranes have arrived at the lake of Hornborga.
This year the outdoor tasks we need help with is constructing and finishing building and painting on the greenhouse and taking care of the garden or making paths. There is some painting and repainting 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, maintain 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 do art exhibitions and projects. 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
Contact me about this.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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A very valuable help with copping a lot of the winter wood!
He also went for day trips… 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
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
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A very valuable help with copping a lot of the winter wood!
He also went for day trips… 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
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
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
We had good and giving… read more
Got along nicely with the huskys, too. I wish her many nice future travels.
Sarina is a very reliable and sincere person. She also helped me a lot around the… 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
Many nice… 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
She is really… 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
Many nice conversations… read more
I really… 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
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
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
I wish you happy travel and many more nice workaway experiences.
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
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
Wish you luck with your travel!
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
