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Greetings from Adam, Erika, and Saulyte.
We are building tribe from our regenerative permaculture farm in a small village at the north of Lithuania. During all seasons we enjoy hosting people from all over the world, everyone is welcome to join.
Adam is from Australia, he is very passionate about ancient wisdom, he always has some interesting stories to tell.
He loves gardening, crafting herbal medicines and is a living library about medicinal mushrooms. Adam always enjoys having fire by the river with good company alongside deep conversations. He is very hard working, and his head is always full of ideas for which he usually needs a hand.
Erika is from Lithuania and she loves her home country, her lands and traditions, she is the one who can also teach you some Lithuanian.
Most of the time she is looking after her daughter. She loves cooking nourishing meals as she is very passionate about ancient diet, and she spends a lot of time in the garden. Her interests revolve around growing food, foraging herbs, making natural medicines, natural parenting, arts and crafts.
Saulyte is our daughter, she makes the farm a fun and alive atmosphere, she is truly hilarious. I think she would definitely enjoy having more kids around.
Bella is our dog and she is super friendly, she has a little community built up here with neighbours dogs which is really fun to observe.
Here we grow our own food using permaculture principles. We forage herbs, dry them and make tinctures and various balms. In autumn we love going mushroom picking since we live not far from the forest. We respect Nature and we expect the same from people who live alongside us.
OUR MINIMUM STAY IS 7 DAYS - We find that this is the bare most minimal requirement to give people a taste of what permaculture is ultimately about.
Our garden includes 46 x 20 m garden beds and multiple greenhouses. We usually need a hand in this area though we always have some fun projects happening such as planting trees, foraging, natural building, cooking, babysitting, making hot compost, seeding, transplanting, doing art among other activities.
We follow the rules of nature in our garden. Our teacher is nature and we follow the natural processes. We focus on highly intensive soil quality because that is the foundation of growing your own food.
We do not use any pesticides or herbicides.
Our farm style is finding long term solutions for problems which does not mean fast solutions which is usually simple as is nature. Our main focus is to have a large biodiversity of microorganisms in our soil, because that is the food for the plants.
Working with the soil for us is true alchemy.
This is a zero alcohol policy farm. 🌱
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in the very north of Lithuania and have a unique Landscape since we are located in Birzai regional park.
We have peaceful nature and river running through our property and a few natural springs very close by, you will be able to enjoy the wonders of such magical nature here.
We are an international couple. I am Lithuanian, and my husband Adam is Australian we are very interested in ancient methods of herbcraft, foraging, medicinal mushrooms, self-sustainability, ancient diet, cooking, permaculture, native history and also we love learning about other cultures.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are a Permaculture farm and focus on growing various vegetables and increasing biodiversity upon our land. We usually require help with maintaining the gardens, creating art projects, planting trees, DIY projects, and giving care and attention to the landscape.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Lithuanian: Fluent
Russian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
During the seasons we have few options regarding accommodation. There is a summer hut which has a double bed and bell tent on the river by the fire and we always welcome others to bring their own tent or hammock and even a campervan.
There is separate shared kitchen, shower, washing machine and outside compostable toilet which is shared by volunteers.
We provide some essential foods.
What else ...
Our farm is a nature retreat, we have a lot of hammocks around the property to relax in and have a read or listen to the song of birds. We have a 330 ft long zipline for those who like a little breath of adrenaline and a boat on the river.
We live close to the beautiful town called Birzai there is little old town to explore, big lake, countless rivers and the longest pedestrian bridge in Lithuanian to go for a walk, many nice cafes and little cute shops.
Birzai regional Park we live in is famous for sinkholes, there is plenty not far from our property to explore. We have one of the biggest Springs in Lithuania (Smardones saltininis) and a spring just a 3 min walk from our farm.
Nature around us has a lot to offer and there are a lot of abandoned Lithuanian homesteads to explore around also..
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
We have a dog and 2 cats so we welcome all friendly pets.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (21)
We welcomed her into our home and will keep the door open for her in the future.
Rach is an extremely outgoing, optimistic and very hard worker.
We had so much fun with you and we wish you all the best. ❤️
We are in contact with them after their stay and feel that we created an authentic bond with them.
This is a couple that you can trust in your own home, as we trusted in our own home.
This is 2 people that… read more
We are grateful to them both for indulging our curiosity and thirst for knowledge. Adam’s… read more
He was extremely interested in our farm and culture and he always communicated his plans and made it very easy to work with him.
He left the space very clean and was always grateful of what he had.
We… read more
I also had the opportunity to be a part of a group, or "tribe" as Adam liked… read more
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We welcomed her into our home and will keep the door open for her in the future.
Rach is an extremely outgoing, optimistic and very hard worker.
We had so much fun with you and we wish you all the best. ❤️
We are in contact with them after their stay and feel that we created an authentic bond with them.
This is a couple that you can trust in your own home, as we trusted in our own home.
This is 2 people that… read more
We are grateful to them both for indulging our curiosity and thirst for knowledge. Adam’s… read more
He was extremely interested in our farm and culture and he always communicated his plans and made it very easy to work with him.
He left the space very clean and was always grateful of what he had.
We… read more
I also had the opportunity to be a part of a group, or "tribe" as Adam liked… read more
We have hosted a plethora of workawayers and we can't remember ever having someone working so hard.
There were multiple occasions we told him to take a day off to do some exploring or just to… read more
Erika, Adam and her daughter are very kind and I always felt comfortable. They invited my often to have dinner and lunch, sometimes I had to do it on my own but they gave me everything I needed.
Very tasty vegetables all the time.
The work was very easy for me and I really enjoyed to work… read more
Their dog was a real representation of who they were. Very calm, very friendly and very warming energy. Both such a creative couple and will all be welcome to come here whenever you come back again this way.
Nothing was a challenge for group of 3 and we really loved… read more
Her space was always very clean and she still holds the award for best cleaner of our communal space 😜
We wish you all the best with your remaining travels and many… read more
It was really exciting to be part… read more
Awesome little family to host and many deep conversations had.
They were very hard working whenever we would give them tasks they would get them done in their own time everyday. They always kept their word. They left the space tidy at all… read more
We had everything we could need in the little cabin including a high chair a baby bed and even cosy clothes for our daughter. The cabin felt like home to us for the… read more
Alessio is one who loves a… read more
Overall we enjoyed having them stay and we welcome them… read more
We had lots of great conversations around the fire and she just wanted to know so much about how to apply something similar on her own home land.
She fell in love with our town… read more
First of all they’ve been so welcoming from the first day, they have so much knowledge on herbs, mushrooms and organic and sustainable life.
They were checking on us every day, even the days when we… read more
She held great conversation, and really became a part of what we are doing here and helped wherever and whenever she could. We hope to see you next year,… read more
I am not sure how many laughs we had together but we had some fun times and we were blessed to have him cooking some meals that were a favourite to many.
He rode from Belgium to Lithuania and arrived on a bike with a broken seat which… read more
We had great conversations and she helped a lot whilst she was here.
She was very tidy and clean, and often was the one in her group making sure everything was in order. She held a complete respect for everyone around her and we would definitely have her here again without question.
She was here just for… read more
Adam, Erika and Saulyte welcomed me with an open heart and a lot of knowledge about various things.
I stayed in the little hut where I felt really comfortable. The volunteers had their own kitchen with everything we needed. If something was missing we could always ask Adam or Erika. We cooked… read more
Timo is an incredible craftsman. Zoe was much the same. Everything they helped build together was done with great attention to detail… read more
We were glad having such a great workaway experience. Both of them were aware of giving us the most comfortable time as possible. The working hours depended on the weather and mood. So we felt very flexible and not stressed at all.… read more
What instruments didn't they come with?
We sat by the fire and had so many deep shared conversations.
Very clean, respectful and caring nature. One of the greatest additions to any thriving… read more
There was a bubble of joy surrounding them at every moment; such a beautifully moulded couple.
They were a great help around the farm and got along so well with everyone else during their stay. No work was too much for… read more
We had… read more
We really enjoyed having them around us and they always made sure everyone around them were feeling good. That to us was the biggest part of our… read more
The work I did at the farm was simple and relaxed - there were no strict schedules or anything so you kind… read more
A very open, kind, trustworthy sincere person. She loved cooking delicious cuisine for a sizeable group of people and she really was so helpful with nurturing the gardens and other things we needed assistance with.
Very clean and very respectful of the space and people around… read more
I was staying from July to August. And I went to see around other places in Lithuania, so I've been there for about three weeks.
There are:
Humorous and caring hosts, Adam and Erika. Their attractive two-year old daughter, Sarita. A friendly dogs Bella and Rūdės.
There are also very nice… read more
