Help at our small family farm in the forest close to the city in Tønsberg, Norway

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  Description

  Couples or single workawayers are welcome.
  
  From mai we have a big size caravan for you to stay in. The caravan have one double bed and to singel beds. Its to separate bedrooms.
  
  You will shower, wash clothes, eat all meals in the house together with us. You are always welcome to be as much you want in the house with us. 🥰
  
  There is a toilet in the caravan that you can use, but the shower and the kitchen in the caravan we dont want to be used.
  You can eat easy food that does not need cooking in the caravan. We also have a nice outdoor bathtub with space for to people that you can use. We also have a Lay-Z- Spa bathtub. My parents have a big and nice swimming pool we can use sometimes with heated water.
  
  This year we would be greatful if you could help us out with the animals. Its a very easy task. All you need to do is to give them food morning and evening. And wash the water container once a day, and refill it with water. You will let the birds out from they're house where they stay in the night. Some days you will give them new bedding/ straw. And when its starts to get dark you will have to close the birds into theire houses for the night to protect them from foxes. Our birds goes in to their house mostly by themselves when it starts to get dark. And its really easy. We will of course learn you everything. 🥰
  
  Normally i use 30-45 minutes in the morning if i want to be quick. But if i do exstra tasks like give new straw, clean water containers and fill change water in their swimming pool i use up to 2 hours in the morning.
  
  In the evening i normally use 30-45 min.
  
  On our hobby farm we have many muscovy ducks in all colours, and we are expecting ducklings soon. It will be a lot of ducklings here all summer.
  
  We also got 7 geese, some Guinea fowls, some fue chickens and 3 Peacock. 8 cats and 11 goats.
  
  The goats is starting to find their own food in the forest now, so there is not much work with them.
  All of our animals are very friendly and have never behaved badly to anyone. So you dont need to worry about that. 🥰
  
  You dont need any experience with animals from before, we will learn you everything you need to know.
  
  There is many task we do on the farm. It could be we need help with taking out and clean old bedding some fue days.
  Otherwise we would be greatful if you some days want to help a bit with some other tasks in the greenhouse where we grow tomats, cucumber and herbs.
  
  This year we are planning to have a lot of fun and relax a bit more. But still we have some tasks to do, and if you help us with the animals, that would help us a lot.
  
  We will make most of the meals, unless you want to make some food.
  Our meals are made of mostly organic food. We get some vegetables from another organic farm, where we also get organic milk. We make our own youghurt and some cheese from this milk.
  For dinner we use mostly meat from ducks, goat and pork. Sometimes fish.
  
  So be prepared to eataway and not only workaway. 🤣😊🥰 All the food is free for you. We will also bring you around to the closest citys and be you're guide.
  
  If you are a couple we can help you to get a busscard so you can go around and explore all day after finishing the animal care tasks.
  
  We will do everything we can to make you feel at home, as apart of our family. Bring you around to see and experience Vestfold and the City Tønsberg, Sandefjord, Larvik, Horten.
  
  We hope you can stay a minimum 3 weeks. Because when you learn how to take care of the animals, it will go faster for you to do it.
  
  We look forward to meet you soon.
  
  Our normal profile:
  About us and our small farm life:
  Me (June) and my houseband (Andreas) have a small private farm east in Norway not far from the coast.
  We have an adult daughter who recently moved out. We are both 43 soon 44 years old and have been together for 23 years and married for 19 years.
  Our dream and goal is to becoming self-sufficient in food and most of what we can from our farm.
  We do not run any business. But sometimes we sell chickens, ducklings or some eggs. Mostly to help us a little with the cost of food for the animals. Its expensive to have animals and since its a hobby we dont expect to earn anything.
  
  June is a a educated farmer and have experience from work on various farms in Norway. She is also educated behavior consultant for companion animals at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
  There is still much to learn.
  
  We eat meat. We also eat meat from our animals. It could be a to much challenge for us if you are vegan at this point. But we are open to learn. If you are a vegan you will have to help more with prepering meals.
  
  Andreas is a educated electrician and automation engineer. He work as an engineer at an office. Sometimes he has to travel to North Norway to work from Monday to Friday, but its not very often.
  
  We bought the farm in autumn 2021. Our water is groundwater from 80 meters below the ground. Its almost offgrid. But we have electricity.
  
  The house is old and we want to fix it up. But we want to do it over many years. The task we want help with is mostly outdoors. Gardening, greenhouse and plants, fenceing, take care of the animals with us. Or small building projects like duckcoop or chicken Coop. Cleaning the animals house.
  On a farm there is always different tasks. And what we do is very different from day to day. (2025 we mostly need help taking care of the animals)
  
  We are expecting ducklings, goslings and a lot of baby animals in the spring.
  The most important work we do is to give our animals a good life and let them enjoy outdoor as much as possible.
  
  We also grow a lot of tomato. We have around 30 heirloom types of tasty tomatoes. Last year we planted fruit trees and we want to grow more food this summer.
  
  We live in the forrest, but its only 15 min to drive to Tønsberg. Tønsberg is Norways oldest city.
  
  In retur for youre help, ideas and company we want to give back nice experiences. You will have the opportunity to visit the viking museum to see replica of Viking building, Viking graveyard from year 800. See replica Viking ship that is found in this area, and experience the nearest towns of Tønsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik.
  How much of this you get to see depends on how long you stay.
  
  We think 2 workawayers is enough at the same time.
  
  We would like to welcome you and hope to form a wonderful friendship.
  We look forward to meet you and get to know you as a good friend.
  
  Since we have animals. Its really important that you try not to be in contact with animals in other countries the last weeks before you visit us.
  
  Work per day will be between 2-5 hours. And 2 days free to do as you want. We will be helpful if there is something you want to do. As to get to the city or other things. Sometimes we go with you as a guide.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Self development

  

  Pets

  

  Farming

  

  Plant care

  

  History

  

  Gardening

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Carpentry

  

  Art & design

  

  Architecture

  

  Animals

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Nature

  

  Beach
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We want to provide a pleasant experience.
  
  We make our own handsoaps and can teach you.
  
  Please tell us up front what you want to learn and experience. We will try our best to give you an experience for life.

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  Help

  It is an advantage if you are creative and know a little about farming, animals, building maintenance. But it is not necessarily with experience. You will also learn from us.
  It is good if you have experienced living off-grid or want to try it.
  I would love to learn from you and work together with gardening, taking care of our animals. Work with wood, fencing and other tasks with you.
  
  We give the goats hay 2 times a day and powerfeed(pellets) only to the goats with kids. We clean water buckets some times a week. And give new water morning and evening.
  
  The birds we fill up whit powerfood(pellet), fill up water and in the summer we clean water container every day, but the rest of the year when its colder sometimes a week we clean the water container. If necessary we take out old bedding and give new. Sometimes we just give new bedding sawdust or straw from oat production.
  
  In the summer all our goats are outside 24/7. We only give new water. They find their food themselves.
  Our birds we let them go outside all day and take them inside before the night.( Because of predator like fox.)
  
  Normally we use 15 - 30 minuttes in the morning on feeding animals.
  After we eat breakfast.
  After breakfast we fill bags with hay, take out bedding if needed and give new. Or other tasks. Like clean water containers, gardening, tiding, or other tasks.
  
  In the evening we normally use 15- 30 minuttes to feed and give water if necessary.
  
  In the winter the animal care takes more time than in the summer.
  
  We also pick up eggs 2 times a day. In the morning and the evening. In the spring som eggs we hatch in hatching maskin and some we sell as hatching egg.
  
  The rest of the year our eggs are used as food.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Norwegian: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  We offer a big size caravan.
  It is 4 beds in the Caravan.
  
  Our house is small and old. We done the best of it. And to make sure we offer the best for our workawayers we live now in the house and let the workawayers live in our very nice caravan.
  
  The surroundings around the farm are great. We will do our best to ensure that you are comfortable and have a pleasant stay.
  
  We pay for the food.
  To make meals is a shared responsibility.
  Or if you help with the animal care June will love to make you some Norwegian traditional dishes.
  
  We have washing maskin for clothes and you can use it as much as you want.

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  What else ...

  We live in the forest only 15 minutes drive to the nearest town Tønsberg. In fact, Norway's oldest city. We drive weekly to Sandefjord and Larvik and will be helpful in driving to various cultural experiences. The kind of cultural experiences can vary slightly with the seasons and how long you stay.
  
  There is a lot of Viking history in our county. There are two Viking and medieval museums nearby in addition to other museums. In the summer months, cultural life is alive in the area.
  
  Youre welcome to Google Tønsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik. If you find something you want to see or experience we will help with that.

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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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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have space if you want to bring a car or a Campervan.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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