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Description
We are a family with four boys, 6, 8,10 and 12 years old. We have several different kind of animals - sled dogs, cats, hens, lambs and goats. In the summer we also have pigs and turkeys.
We live in the middle of the forest, 34 kilometers from a small town called Lycksele. We spend a lot of time outside; training the animals, fishing, walking in the forest, picking berries in the autumn, fix things at the farm, build things, saw wood, etc. Right now we shovel snow, almost every day.
We like to make our own bread in our kitchen, hunt moose to get meat and pick berries ourself instead of buying everything at the supermarket. We also make cinemon rolls, muffins and pie and sell to people.
We have a saw and likes to cut some of our trees down in the forest and make wood that we can build things with.
All the month looks very different here, depends on what time of the year it is.
We prefer if workawayers who arrives here will be able to stay at least 1 month.
We drive our dogs 5-6 days/week with sleds in the forest.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They will see things about this way of living.
They will see a different life style.
They will spend a lot of time with animals.
Projects involving children
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Help
The one who wants to stay at our farm dont have to help with everything. But it will be possible to help us with things that we do every day or every week like:
Feed the animals
Build/fix things at the farm
Play with the children
Train the sled dogs
Go for walks in the forest with the dogs
Clean for the animals
Give the animals water
Shovel snow on the farm in the winter
Renovate an old house
Work with wood
Cut grass in the summer
Etc.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Finnish: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Accommodation
We have a guest cabin with space for three people. The person who will stay here can have breakfast, lunch and dinner in the house with the family.
What else ...
We live in the middle of the forest! =)
There is no transport, except for our own car.
Workaway who stays here can follow us to town, when necessary.
We only accept workawayers who are not smoking.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
It depends on what kind of pet you would like to bring with you!
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
max 5 hours/5 days
Feedback (3)
The… read more
He learned our routines really fast. He has been helping with feeding our animals (horses, dogs, goats and hens), driving our sled dogs in the forest, cleaning dog yards, shovel snow on the farm, making dinner for our family, playing with our boys (4, 6, 8 and 10 years old) etc.
He has been a… read more
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The… read more
He learned our routines really fast. He has been helping with feeding our animals (horses, dogs, goats and hens), driving our sled dogs in the forest, cleaning dog yards, shovel snow on the farm, making dinner for our family, playing with our boys (4, 6, 8 and 10 years old) etc.
He has been a… read more
