Animal care and gardening on our little farm in the heartlands of Sweden

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  Description

  We are Jessica and Rory, a Belgian-Irish couple in our 40's. After travelling for years (often as Workawayers) we found home in the middle-north of Sweden, population density 3 people per square kilometer. Our small farm is surrounded by forest and located on a 4km long peninsula in one of the biggest lakes of the area.
  We have 2 dogs, Ben & Louie, 4 cats, 15 chickens, 4 mama sheep and a happy bunch of lambs.

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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

  House sitting
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Of course you will experience and learn a lot about animals and gardening. Furthermore, Rory is into bushcraft, and Jes is a professional cook who loves growing and making her own food things (wine, sourdough bread and other fermented stuff) so if that's your thing, you'll love it here.
  There is a ton of material and loads of space on the farm. So if you have any ideas for a new project, shoot!

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  Help

  This summer, there's a bit of everything to do at the farm. There is always the vegetable garden that needs love and attention. We have a couple of big paint jobs coming up (newly build veranda among them). Some forest maintenance. Fixing, building, fencing tasks. Picking strawberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries, blueberries, lingon berries, cloud berries... And weeding, weeding, weeding. But our main focus is always the dogs.
  Ben and Louie need big walks and lots of cuddles. We think couples / duo's will thrive best here because our boys are big and strong. We believe that it is more fun if each walks one dog. Louie is a lot lighter and easier to handle, Ben is quite heavy and stronger. But if you have experience with dogs and you're confident you can handle two big boys on your own, then we'd love to hear from you too.
  We have sheep and chickens, who don't need a lot of care in summer, but are fun to watch :-)
  
  We both have jobs that require us to get up at 4:20. After work, we take care of the animals, eat dinner, read our books and go to bed at 9 (yes, 9!) That is also why we think couples will do better here: we are not very social during the work week :-)) But if you like being on your own, solo travelers are welcome too.
  
  Consider that we have a simple diet. We eat porridge. We bake our own bread. We eat lots of eggs (from our own chickens) and potatoes (from our land) and vegetables (not always from our own land as the growing season is short). We eat meat maybe twice a week, preferably from our own animals. We don't buy fancy ingredients. We don't usually buy organic (we would like to, but we live on a tight budget). We would like you to eat like we do (meaning: in the same budget). If you are attached to eating certain expensive foods, we would like you to pay for those yourself.
  Note to vegans / vegetarians: we don't buy you daily meat replacement products as we find them expensive and full of crap (mostly cheap oils). Once or twice a week is fine, but look for protein rich recipes based on legumes, mushrooms, seeds,... or ask Jes for advice.

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  Languages spoken

  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  Swedish: Fluent
  Spanish: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  The workawayer's den is most often 'Emma', the cosy caravan. There is a small kitchen and dry toilet in there. You can take a shower in the main house. During the work week you can use the house freely.
  There is also a guest house that we rent out on Airbnb or use for family visits. But if there is no guests, workawayers can use it.

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  What else ...

  If you have your own transport, you will have more freedom to discover the wider area. If you don't mind spending your freetime at the farm, in the surrounding forests or at the lake, then you can get here by plane + train (Ånge station). We can pick you up at the train station.

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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

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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