Help us with gardening and simple constructing projects in beautiful nature in Billinge, Sweden

Description

Hi! We are a family living on the countryside in the south of Sweden. We live in an old house with a fantastic garden. We grow vegetables and every summer we try to have a music event on out stage that we built. Me, Karin is working teaching gardening, self sufficiency, and cooking skills. I dance contactimprovisation and is very interested in building and renovating old houses. Max is a musician and like computergames and programming. He is studying to become a music teacher. We have two really smart and fun little children. The surroundings are great, with beautiful nature and a big community. It is easy to get here by train and bus from Malmö and Lund.

Types of help and learning opportunities

Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals

Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

You can learn about gardening and building and get the chance to hang out in the swedish countryside with us, our children and our friends.

Projects involving children

This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

Help

We mostly need help with different projekts in the garden. We grow vegetables and some flowers and trying to make the garden more cozy and nice to hang out in. We are also slowly renovating the house. I´m thinking of renovating windows this year. We are also collecting materials for building a sauna! Its also always nice to be more adults around the children. This year we want to build a greenhouse.

Languages spoken

English: Fluent
Sami: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent

Accommodation

We have a guesthouse that needs to be prepered for sleeping in. Its very spartan and is also right now a workshop and storage space. So, the most comfortable and privat way to stay here is in a tent. We can provide tent and som madrasses. Compost toilet outdoors and watertoilet in the house. In the house is also shower and kitchen. We cook and eat food together. We eat mostly vegetarian food.

What else ...

We are looking forward to having more people around as we have been living in collectives before we moved here. I, Karin really enjoy common projects and doing stuff together. As mentioned before there is beautiful nature around here, especially the national park at Söderåsen. And it is easy to go by train to Malmö.

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

Space for parking camper vans

This host can provide space for campervans.

How many Workawayers can stay?

Two

Hours expected

Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week