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Help with collaborative home projects in North Karelia, Finland

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 1 month

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  • Description

    Description

    I am Mick 46 years old, a carpenter and passionate natural builder from Ireland, I have two kids Leo 11 and Luna 8 years(9 in July) they live with their mother very close by, so you will be seeing them around.
    I live in the countryside in North Karelia 20 km from Joensuu city center.
    We had a big project of building a natural, straw bale insulated roundhouse, that is now finished and my kids are happily living there.
    I live next door to the fields of Pjotr's (Leo and Luna's grandad's) organic vegetable farm and there are four families which cooperate with growing our food there.
    I like to live a simple life in the countryside, close to nature and growing most of our own food. In season we pick lots of mushrooms and berries for preserving.
    You will be sharing my large farm house . Where I"m living is a 500 meter walk through the forest to the vegetable field which has a nice little lake to swim in, and there is another bigger lake just across road from the house.
    There is no running water in the house which means carrying in drinking and washing water.
    I work part time away from home so people happy to be sometimes independent would be great.
    If you have interest in crafting, natural building, organic vegetable growing, being in nature, following natural seasonal cycles, berry picking, mushroom picking, getting or staying out of the rat race I'm sure we will get along.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Learn how to provide yourself with a healthy, beautiful soulful shelter, which you will not need a thirty year bank loan for! Experience living more simply using local food and resources.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

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

  • Help

    Help

    I am looking for people with a keen interest in craft projects, or an interest in gathering berries in season and planting, harvesting and processing vegetables.
    The tasks will be varied over the length of the project, but may include peeling trees for building wood, carpentry, general help such as collecting firewood, digging and moving earth, preparing the garden and many other things.
    I have learned from the last years that the longer people stay the better it works out for all involved, and am hoping to have people for a minimum of one month.

    I am looking for helpers for a few different kind of help, here I will try to describe them as well as possible so that you know what to expect. Please read the descriptions well.

    Help with on the house, doing some light carpentry type projects together, clay work, painting.

    General tidying up in my yard, moving some sand, preparing firewood etc.

    Green fingered people who are happy to get their hands and feet in the soil! Growing many different vegetables, herbs and salads in our communal garden. I would also love to get some more berries growing in the house garden this Summer.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Finnish: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    I am a native english speaker so can help with your practice of that.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    There are two bedrooms available in my traditional Finnish farm house. We eat mostly vegetarian food. We have all food together, simple, local wholesome mostly organic food.
    For the Summer camping is another option.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Free time: we live by two lakes to swim in, we can give you bicycles to go for a cycle and you can cycle to Joensuu 20km, there is a restaurant in the local village! You can do berry and mushroom picking later in the summer, walks in the woods, we have regular sauna.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    I have a fiber-optic internet connection but no Wi-Fi. So if you have a laptop or something with a data cable connection the internet is free to use.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    Lots of space for a camper van and you can run a cable for electricity.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    must be under voice control.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 722448694749

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