Help maintain a retreat for well being, self-sustaining lifestyle, hop production and a festival in Torrskog, Sweden

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    What is it about? Well our place has become some kind of a retreat for well beeing, an experience vacation stay, a hop cultivating farm and a place filled with self-sustaining projects, food courses, youth empowerment, as well as a place for mental developent and not at least we are a small but great festival site.
    After a couple of years with great people, projects, experiences, success and fun, I have decided to change some things that year. My mum will retire and want to spend this summer in one of our houses here and I will travel a bit more my self and even focus on some other stuff than just our beloved Torrskog.
    So what will expect you?
    In the beginning of spring (April and May) we will together prepare our hop field, the gardening as well as some minor carpenting work. And we will have some party.
    After that (from June) starts something exciting for you (I am sure) if you like. You will have your own cabins, you will have your own kitchen and quite a lot of your own life. Your "duties" will mainly be to check the the garden and the hops (not very difficult ;)), the animals (chicken and rabbits), looking after and maintain the houses and helping my mum if she needs some help (like I wrote, she has her own house and kitchen). You will have some (minor) responibilities but a lot of fun and I think a good time!
    Then in the beginning of July I plan to have this years festival and in the end of august starts the harvest and the taking-care-of of all the heriloom varieties, the hops and much more (like somking fish for the winter,.... ;))

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    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
  • 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

    A list makes it maybe easiest to tell what you could expirience:

    You will learn about circle economy, sustainable living and (heirloom) food production

    It's the best place to find your inner calm, to find resiliens, to be yourself

    You may have some great parties, maybe you will be here during the festival and help me with
    that

    You will learn and improve your skills in how to cultivate a lot of things in the most natural way

    You have the possibility to learn a lot about nature, medicin herbs and much more

    Small trips to the westcoast, Gothemburg, depending on weather, time and what's possible

    The trips to the nationalpark Tresticklan are amazing!

    Fishing, being on the lake Lelången

    Making great scandinavian food on the outdoor kitchen or on the cast iron stove

    I can teach or help you (if it feels right) in some spiritual skills

    You will learn a lot about things you don't know yet... tobacco fermentation, craftwork,.....

    EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE TIME OF THE YEAR! ASK WHAT KIND OF POSSIBILITIES THERE ARE AT YOUR STAY!

  • Help

    Help

    It would be fantastic if you had some skills or at least some feeling for gardening and carpenting.
    And that you like to work independently with the other workawayers... and maybe that you love to take responsibilities.... But in the end it's important to remeber that our maxime is fun and joy!!!
    The work itself is probably not difficult. The hop garden needs its spring preparation and summer maintainance as well as the garden. The chicken needs you every day - even just for a short time: water and food and from time to time cleaning the stable.
    The other part will be to maintain the old loghouses. Its not difficult if you have some basic skills in woodwork and using tools. In any case, you will learn how to manage most of the task during the time I'm on the farm site and later you can always call and ask! So no panic, it will be chill and fun :-))
    ! Whats important: Be sure that you love to be physical active! You will move your body a lot. Then be sure that you can stay focused and remember tasks correctly! And: Be sure about your skills and what you need help with, so we can do the best out of everything!
    Social interaction is another very important aspect! If we for some reasen don't cope, we will talk about it directly to keep an honest and harmonic balance!

  • Languages spoken

    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Swedish: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    There are several older buildings ("Stuga") made for separate accommodation, but bathrooms are shared by everyone . We cook everyday and the meals are the daily come together. In connection to completed projects we celebrate at home or we drive to the west coast for a weekend

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Under your time off you can hike and go fishing around the corner. There is even the possibility to use a canoe. In a bit more than hours by car you can visit Gothenburg or Oslo. In 1 h you can reach one of the small cities at the west coast. And 45 min away there is an amazing nationalpark!

  • 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

    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

    Space for parking camper vans

    Basically it`s good to park your vehical but please inform me anyaway in advance because it could be that there are reasons why its temporary not possible.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    As long as they can cope with chicken, sheep and other animals and not hunt in the forest there are very welcome!

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

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

Host ref number: 857742268212

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