Couple, to stay on a small farm near Östersund (middle Sweden), and help with carpentry, gardening and animals.

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We, Margareta and Lasse, are living at a small bioorganic farm in a very nice small village with ca 40 recidents. The farm is beatifully located by the lake Locknesjön/Lockne Lake, 35 km east from Östersund, Jämtland.

On the farm you find 2 horses, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 5 hens and a lucky couple with a lot of friends.
The Lockne Lake is a big crater and have very clear and clean water. Sauna and boat by the lake.

We are interested in nature, nice people, gardening, horses, music, good healthy food (not vegetarians, but only eat meat from wild living animals). We both work fulltime/parttime in the town Östersund.
Type of help
Gardening
Building
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Farmstay
Other
Help in the house
Animal care
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our guests/workaways have the possibility to join us on every event , exhibition or parties that we will visit.
Help
Help with joinery, building, processing fire wood, gardening, painting, cleaning and reparing, taking care of animals.
Languages spoken
swedish, english, little german
Accommodation
- nice big caravan with kitchen, WC. Separate bedroom. Shower and bigger kitchen in our house.
All meals together with us in the house - if you want.
What else ...
The ideal workawayer for us, would be a relaxed creative couple, with an interest in building and renovation, animals, gardening, nature and fishing.
Skills in carpentry, painting, horticulture and cars are very welcome, but we basicly most of all need friendly people who are happy to roll up their armsleeves together with us and help us make our nice and friendly farm even nicer.

Please note that we are not a company or institution with insurance for volonteers. Although we will of course make every precaution to prevent accidents, but we recommend you to buy a travel insurance that covers manual work, from World Nomands or similar.

Volonteers can borrow our car or boat in their freetime. We also have bicycles, tent and sleepingbags. There`s a lot of opportunitys like trekking, fishing or relaxing in the nature.
We are friendly persons and if you have questions we will be happy to answer by mail or telephone.
Welcome to us and our small part of the universe!
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Margareta

view from the sauna

part of garden and some horses

Stable

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inside stable

Month of May at night, on the Lockne Lake

our house

Typical summer dinner by the lake

Lasse

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12/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Max & Sharie)

Sharie and Max stayed by us for 2,5 weeks. They are great workaways and we can highly recommend them. They helped us about everything that needed to be done in and around the house, such as building a henhouse, painting, some gardening, cleaning up the mess in the garage a s o. They can really work independently with good iniatiative! Thank you –… read more

(Excellent )

03/06/2019

Left by Workawayer (Max & Sharie) for host

Tack for two great weeks at your lovely small farm. We were able to make a lot experience when we worked on your farm (you have such a great henhouse now) and met very welcoming and interesting people. Börön is a really nice village and the view from your farm is by far the best. Thanks for all the opportunitys you gave us (when it came to… read more

(Excellent )

12/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Theresia & Stefan)

Theresia and Stefan stayed by us for 2,5 weeks and time did run so fast. They are great workaways and we can highly recommend them. They are two very nice and easygoing people with good skills, a very good attitude, work independently with good iniatiative and has come so fast and easy into our family and tasks. They have helped us with different… read more

(Excellent )

12/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Theresia & Stefan) for host

Margareta and Lasse are really amazing hosts. It was always a relaxed atmosphere, even though there is always something to do on the farm.

They have shown us the whole surrounding and told us a lot of stories about it. We could join trips to Östersund, a concert, friends and family.
We also got a lot of tips for trips on our own.

We helped in… read more

(Excellent )

02/10/2018

Left by Workawayer (Leon & Kamilla) for host

We stayed at this lovely farm for 6 weeks during the summer months and this was the very best experience we could get.
Margareta and Lasse are super nice and welcoming people, inviting us to spend time with them and their family.
The farm is great, the animals super lovely, the work was definitely fun and the view to the lake just incredible.

We… read more

(Excellent )

08/06/2018

Left by Workawayer (Stefan & Vanessa) for host

Margareta and Lasse are the best workaway hosts we have met so far. They are very open-minded and open-hearted, and it was a great pleasure to work (also with them) on their farm, chat for hours, and helping each other out by discussing also very personal life aspects.

The work was adjusted to one's personal pace with no pressure at all -… read more

(Excellent )

08/06/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Stefan & Vanessa)

Very very nice people, with a lot of skills. Always helping and always with a smile.
Thank you very much for all the nice "talkevenings" and for givings us our nice wine- and beercellar. Hope to be your "workaways" in sept/oct at your house.

(Excellent )

16/06/2017

Left by Workawayer (Warren & Stéphanie) for host

Lasse and Margareta are very nice people, we have learnt a lot about Swedish culture Thanks to them. We felt like at home from the first day. They make us so comfortable. The place where they live is incredible with this amazing lake. The work we had to do was nice, no stressful at all. We shared many great moment with them and their friends. We… read more

(Excellent )

05/06/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Warren & Stéphanie)

A nice and friendly couple. Extremly good in making desserts, cakes and taking care of the kitchen. We will miss french desserts!
They helped us with woodchopping, clean and paint stable and barn, and also do gardening work.
Warren is a very responsibly and relying person with a big smile and a "no problem". Stephanie is easy laughing and very… read more

(Excellent )

16/07/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Matthew & Joanne)

Jo and Matt are the most amazing couple and have been a pleasure to have with us on our farm. They are such wonderful, lovely and caring people. Both are very considerate and helpful in every way. We have especially appreciated their many talents and "allroundness", nothing was ever a problem and they helped out with a great deal of variated… read more

(Excellent )

24/06/2016

Left by Workawayer (Matthew & Joanne) for host

We had an amazing time staying with Margareta and Lasse. They are two of the nicest people you could hope to have as workaway hosts. They are incredibly generous, friendly and considerate and it was a pleasure living with them and helping them with their garden and various enjoyable projects.

Our caravan was really comfortable and was ideal so… read more

(Excellent )

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