Help around our place and explore city in Jämsänkoski, Finland

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  Description

  This is a small organic garden at the small lake, motor boat is not allowed. Here you can hear birds singing and see the beautiful sunsets. For workers away after 5 hours working/day, 5 days= 25 hours per week is what rules says in workaway, but if you get interested in more, it is ok, because I will do anyway more, because of our climate, when it is period without snow and minus degrees, that is time I need to do. and around at least once week also we make hot Finnish sauna. Lake is daily shower. My place is open only from spring /April until end of September. I have a cat, some chickens and cocks and 2 goats. About working, my opinion is it is more hobby or lifestyle, like do it your self (DIY,outsider). So what I do here: it can be almost a part of environmental art. Recycling things and to create something new from old. About small garden there is time to time to do things, I´m interested in permaculture. Also I collect firewood from near by forest around lake. This is drug-free area. From here is 9 km to railway station and long distance busses stops from 5 km from this paradise. There is buss stop at road E63/9 from Tampere to Jyväskylä, called Himos. At my place, u can use also bikes and boat for rowing.
  From city of Jämsä we can borrow a boat for paddling. Water is so clean you can drink it, but I also have spring water. Recommended initial stay for volunteers is around one week, also less is ok.
  
  And about myself, I´m 53 years old lady. I hope you are around my age, if this "old" are here. I go around midnight to sleep and wake up around 10 am. I don´t know nothing about routines, what I do here , comes up step by step.
  
  Very often you can meet some new peoples also, if you want.
  I hope person is motivated to help me/to do things. I have experience of to be a host. And also I have made a lot of voluntary work, so I know both side. If it match well, you can stay longer, hope so, and we can develop each other and to be also friends.
  In permaculture garden and repairing chicken house, or many small things, you know, places have always something to repair, good if you have skills (technical, or be interested in to repair in creative way.
  
  So, specially I look after like strong knowledge about permaculture cardening and other what I ask, you need to understand about building and be like artist to get way out with me to done things. So 2 types of people im looking for that they could help me.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Person, who are planing some day an own eco farm they can experience and then compere to keep freedom or have like "taking care" non stop life. Sauna culture is perhaps new thing for people. Here in Jämsä is Sauna-village what belongs to Unesco system. Here you can fishing and row a boat in lake, perhaps this is something new for someone. Here also can understand which kind of people we Finns are, how clean and silence nature we have. I have good network around Finland. We could travel during summer theatre Ihmisyyden tunnustajat (They are theosophists).

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  Help

  and it depends what we do together, whats going on. Communicate and planing and sharing ideas about project including for that time, and it seems to take also time.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Finnish: Fluent
  English: Intermediate
  Swedish: Intermediate
  Arabic: Beginner
  Russian: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  I am interested in to get my Russian language much better order,also it is not bad to communicate in Swedish or English or Finnish what is my mother language.
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  Accommodation

  Here is 2 small houses, traditional outbuilding for sleeping during summer time and we can get electricity also there, and sauna house where is a small room.

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  What else ...

  Here people used to say, here is a beautiful nature and good connections to visit for example Jyväskylä, Tampere and Lahti.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  You need bye your own prepaid card or use wireless Internet you can get free from our library.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  I have space for car, if that is your way to travel. Please take also a bicycle with you, if you like to use it.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Please ask before me if you travel with pets. Case by case we make a deal.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  5 hours/5 days a week