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Hej!
Welcome to my place!
Well, I could write quite a lot about me and my site, but I'll try to make it short,
Now it's already quite some years ago that I started everything here. Initally it was a family retreat for many generations. Then out of joy i started cultivating an endemic hop variety, something I still do. Now plenty of years later it is my home and has become a self-sustaining place, where I cultivate heirloom vegetables, breed chicken, have an annual festival, teach about and do cheese, traditional scandinavian food processing and beer brewing (with our hops). I tan leather, make herbal medicine and much more. I made as well lot of carpentry and restored our old log cabins from the 18th century. All together my aim was and is to provide, create and teach about how life and lifestyle could continue into a new, resilient and better future out of our current disrupting world. Its basically processing utopia. That’s why I even extended the spiritual part of me. Something that I have carried since ever and I am pretty good at
So, that’s why every year is different; the setting of people and circumstances, the challenges, the tasks, the possibilities. But, it's always great and every year we have great stories, new ones about the future life paths, and older ones of former workaways.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Sustainability
Charity work
Farming
Events & social
Yoga / Wellness
Hiking
Nature
Camping
Drawing & painting
Hitchhiking
Carpentry
Animals
Music
Art & design
Cooking & food
Plant care
DIY & crafts
History
Gardening
Performing arts
Blogging
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Here is a list of things you might experience and enjoy whilst staying with us. However, everything you do depends on the time of year you visit, so please ask me what kind of opportunities there will be.
For example, you might:
• Learn about circle economy, sustainable living and (heirloom) food production
• Find your inner calm, build resilience, and become your most authentic self. The farm is in the heart of nature so is the perfect opportunity to escape the pressures and intensity of day-to-day life.
• Have some great parties! If you are here when we host our festival you can help me with that.
• Learn to improve your skills in cultivating things in the most natural way.
• Learn a lot about nature, medicinal herbs, and how to use them in teas, or balms and creams.
• Take a bath in the beautiful lake.
• Take trips to the West coast and Gothenburg. Dependant on the weather, we can have all sorts of adventures.
• Take trips to the national park, Tresticklan is amazing!
• Fish in the lake, Lelång, and try some delicious fresh fish for.
• Enjoy great Scandinavian food in the outdoor kitchen or on the cast iron stove.
• Embrace some spirituality. I can teach or help you with some spiritual skills if it feels right.
• Learn about different mushrooms to pick and cook in the local environment.
• Take a trip to our sauna to enjoy the many health benefits of sauna bathing.
• Learn about a lot of things you might not even know existed… for example tobacco fermentation, craftwork, vegetable preservation, cheese and yoghurt making, bread making and lots more!
Help
It would be fantastic if you had some skills or at least a feeling for gardening.
It would be great if you had interests, skills or hobbies that you could implement!
It’s important to remember that our goal is to have fun and enjoy yourself!!
It would even be great if you like to take responsibilities and initatives, like problem-solving - and of course - beeing social is important.
The work itself is not difficult. Its mostly giving an helping hand with the daily tasks that occure with living on the countryside having some animals, veggies, hops and other daily stuff.
Everything else we do are projects that we decide together with you and other workawayers would be fun to do.
Yea,and of course: Be sure you like beeing in the nature and that you are openminded to everything. This is a place that challenges ourself, gives a lot and heals.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Accommodation
There are several older buildings ("Stuga") made for separate accommodation, but bathrooms are shared by everyone. There is a shower, and a washing machine. You can also take a bath in the lake whenever you want to. It’s the perfect place to wash and relax. Breakfast and lunch you will cook for yourself, or you can help yourself to left over food. Every evening, we cook a big communal meal for everyone to come together and share time to catch up and chat. If we have completed a project, we might celebrate at home or even to the west coast for a weekend.
What else ...
In your free time, you can hike and go fishing around the corner. We also have a canoe. In a couple of hours by car you can visit Gothenburg or Oslo. In 1 hour, you can reach one of the small cities at the west coast. And 45 min away there is an amazing national park! There is also loads to do in and around the farm so you will definitely not be bored!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is pretty good Wifi at our place supported by glassfiber 100/100 and there are several workplaces for homeoffice.
Space for parking camper vans
Basically it`s good to park your vehical but please inform me anyway in advance because it could be that there are reasons why its temporarily not possible.
Can possibly accept pets
We have a small poodle lady
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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Erik and his mother Helise live in a real little haven of peace on the edge of a lake where peace reigns. The scenery around their home is splendid if you dare to walk a little!
They have two adorable little dogs,… read more
Hope to see your place again!
During her stay she worked partly with the cultivation of vegetables and hops, later she was a great helping hand with our annual festival ( # 5). She… read more
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Erik and his mother Helise live in a real little haven of peace on the edge of a lake where peace reigns. The scenery around their home is splendid if you dare to walk a little!
They have two adorable little dogs,… read more
Hope to see your place again!
During her stay she worked partly with the cultivation of vegetables and hops, later she was a great helping hand with our annual festival ( # 5). She… read more
I learned so many new things in Torrskog. For sure more than in other workaway places. It is good if… read more
The place next to the beautiful lake,… read more
Personally, the stay offered me everything I was in need for.
Work is simple and chill, I got to do many garden task, that were easy and enjoyable and meanwhile I learned a lot. Erik has a natural teacher in him and he always explained how and why things work the way… read more
Our daily start was relaxed and the work we did was every time a great experience with an interesting story from Erik. It was more a living together and doing things which are simply to do in the day, then working… read more
We are a place that both cultivates different corps, especially an endemic hop breed, and offers retreat vacations with a various number of do-it-your-self and well-being workshops, focused on traditional and… read more
We shared everything with him, work, fun and great food.
The work was not difficult and Erik explained and showed us accurately how we should do it, always asking our… read more
I have spent two months at his place, sharing the daily life with 2 other workawayers. There was always good vibes in this place. Also, it was not rare to have the visit from friends, family or volunteers… read more
Due to the circumstances, it was only me and him in that time, and a lot of stuff had to be done in this rather short time, which made the days maybe a bit longer than expected. The work in the hop garden as well as on the furniture was very interesting and I learned a lot… read more
The work is interesting and very diverse, ranging from home renovation to gardening, berry picking and… read more
His work areas were wide ranging and included among other things the spring preparation of the hop field and its maintaining during the vegetation period as well as the professional renovation of an old log house and the installation of a new… read more
I spent three weeks at Erik place, and it was an absolute blast!
I immediately felt welcome thanks to the sympathy of Erik and everybody else that visited or was living at his place. Those people are all really amazing and open persons. Might you be with only Erik or with also members of his family and… read more
The work was very nice and always in adequacy to your own physical possibilities and your preferences. It is always made for you to feel good and involved in what you are doing during the day.
I did a lot of painting and worked in the hops garden what was very good for me.
I… read more
Also Erik really appreciate the… read more
To work in the hop garden was a great experience. I learned myself a lot about gardening and even building wood structures.
Living in the outback of… read more
You will be welcomed very friendly and openhearted by him, his family and friends. The work in general was super pleasant and not too hard. Erik always tried to included your personal wishes according… read more
