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THE CURRENT TASK AT HAND
we're doing fences, we will be cleaning barns, cutting grass, collecting wood, walking the dogs and cleaning the farm. Wer're aticipating building an addon to the house, so there will be some construction work soon.
The Farm/work
We are a couple farming goats and growing vegetables in Norway. Our goats are a mix of south-african Boer meat breed and norwegian milk goat. They are extremely friendly, and everybody has a name.
Big part of the farm is a dog hotel.
The farm have several buildings that need maintaining or reconstruction. Most important this year is to build some new fences.
In the summer there is never ending supply of work that needs to be done while winter is mostly just feeding the goats. ,
On the farm, a lot depends on the weather.
Some workawayers want to work 9-5 with a strict schedule. That is not how the days go on our farm, we do the work due but our timetable is flexible.
We want to teach the Workawayers to be problem solvers. There's a lot of different tasks, and sometimes we will let people find the answer themselves.
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Us
We enjoy company, arts, singing and creativity. Jonas plays ukulele and sings, Gosia paints, knits, weaves and does other grandma crafts.
Jonas grew up in a cult in Sweden. No longer a cult member, he can tell you some crazy stories if you are interested. He has two youtube channels. One (goatlike personality) deals with the aftermath of leaving a cult. It is also the platform he uses for his human rights activism. He speaks up for the children being brought up in cults closed environment. He is a language nerd, and is happy to speak with Workawayers in native language. He's a fast learner by doing. He speaks Swedish, Norwegian, English, Spanish and Russianand a little Polish, understands a lot of French, Portugese, and German and would like to learn more.
Gosia have worked as a scientific advisor in an animal welfare NGO on topics of animal welfare and has a lot of experience with different modalities of farming ans and is more than happy to share her knowledge.
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Social life - Free time
It's great if you love to cook! We always welcome somebody to inspire us with their cooking. If you're vegan or vegetarian we will make it work, we're omnivores.
There are huge areas of wilderness and hiking possibilities in the mountains. There are berries and mushrooms for picking. There are many lakes and seaside spots to fish.
If you're a dog person you can take the dogs from the dog hotel for a hike.
There are some caves wit ice age paintings within day hike.
Jonas always asks the Workawayers if they can do oil painting. He loves if they paint a goat on canvas for him. Any style is ok as the paintings make him happy :)
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In case of emergency we recomend al Workawayers to install the "hjelp 113" app on their smartphones before coming to Norway. It might come in handy, in case of emergency, the app automatically sends your GPS coordinates to the emergency service. It's very helpful since it might be a bit of a challenge to pronounce Norwegian names and places.
We ask Workawayers to buy health insurance before hey arrive.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
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 can teach you a lot about agriculture especially animal welfare related topics. There is a lot to do in the local area. I can teach you anything about goats or we could go fishing. We have beautiful surroundings and there is always possibility of hiking in the mountains.
Jonas plays ukulele and sings baritone. Sometimes we sing together or go out dancing. You can learn knitting, embroidery, weaving.
Help
In summer we need help preparing hay for the winter, tending to the goats and dogs in the dog hotel. We do a deal of fixing and building fences and construction projects.
In the winter we need help feeding the goats, and building activities.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
Russian: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Accommodation
We have two guest houses, one just for the summer, and one that can be used in winter.
What else ...
There is an airport called Ørland (OLA) very close. The other airport is Trondheim (TRD)
From trondheim to Gjølga you can find busses at . Ask the bussdriver for "Mr Gustavssons Farm" and he knows were to drop you off.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have good enough internet, and nice living space.
Space for parking camper vans
There is parking space, and any size will fit.
Can possibly accept pets
The more animals the merrier. We have a super friendly cat Gustav, so if you have a dog that is not cool with cats you'd have to keep him/her on the leash.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
It’s fluid, sometimes there is more work, sometimes its less - MAXIMUM 25 HOURS A WEEK
Feedback (7)
My tasks on the farm were taking care of the dogs and goats,… read more
I am 100% certain her dreams will come true
Thanx for your help Vivi
Jonas and Gosia are nice couple and really welcoming, I liked the whole atmosphere there, even it was whole month rainy, be prepared, Jonas has a ‘rain forest’ over there 😂.
Goats are cute and some of them more cute, especially Barbara.
We were more workawayers… read more
I spent around 2 months at the farm with Gosia and Jonas. I felt very welcome, both by the host and the other workawayers, it felt as if we were a big family.
The work is very phisical, but it's not too many hours so you have pretty much the whole afternoon/evening for you. The evenings are usually very fun, we would watch movies… read more
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My tasks on the farm were taking care of the dogs and goats,… read more
I am 100% certain her dreams will come true
Thanx for your help Vivi
Jonas and Gosia are nice couple and really welcoming, I liked the whole atmosphere there, even it was whole month rainy, be prepared, Jonas has a ‘rain forest’ over there 😂.
Goats are cute and some of them more cute, especially Barbara.
We were more workawayers… read more
I spent around 2 months at the farm with Gosia and Jonas. I felt very welcome, both by the host and the other workawayers, it felt as if we were a big family.
The work is very phisical, but it's not too many hours so you have pretty much the whole afternoon/evening for you. The evenings are usually very fun, we would watch movies… read more
we were 4 weeks on the lovely goat farm of Jonas and met his girlfriend Gosia. We had a good time there. The house was full with other workawayers from all around the world, so we were a big international family, working, cooking and eating together. Gosia is such a nice person and she took good care of us. Jonas was telling… read more
The cultural exchange has been very interesting with a lot of different countries represented Poland, Sweden, Germany and Maroco.
We spent half time in a spared house close to the main house that was very fine and a bit more quiet, and half time in… read more
