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We are a family of two parents and four children aged 11, 9, 4 and 2. We live on a 0.75 hectare homestead in southern Sweden. It contains three houses: One big where we live. One fairly big suitable for a family and one small suitable for a single person or a couple. All houses have kitchen and bathrooms. We welcome families, couples and singles.
We grow our own fruits and vegetables, we also have a botanical garden.
We cook once a day. You decide to what degree you prefer to share our meals. During most of the year our fruits and vegetables are home-grown.
We speak Swedish and English well and German, French and Spanish less well. We are very interested in humans and like to meet people from different locations and backgrounds.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Farming
Technology
DIY & crafts
Carpentry
Blogging
Architecture
Books
Languages
Writing
Gardening
Fitness
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
People who volunteer at our place can participate in our daily homesteading work. We hope to learn more about cultures and living conditions of foreign countries. In particular we would like to meet other families with children who might want to interact with our children.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Volunteers are welcome to join us in our daily chores. We run what amounts to a very small family farm which means that the type of work we do is very varied and volunteers have a wide range of options to choose from.
Most of our time is spent growing fruits and vegetables. This includes everything from very simple tasks like mowing the lawn (we use the cuttings as cover in our vegetable garden) to more complex tasks like grafting new fruit trees. Other types of chores we do in our garden are planting, weeding, watering and harvesting. As a volunteer you are free to try out what interests you.
Apart from the above tasks there are many smaller tasks that we also welcome help with. It is everything from cooking and cleaning indoors to repairing and maintaining our buildings outdoors. Even playing with our children would be helpful to us since it frees up time for us to do other things.
The main point here is that we have plenty of things we need help with and everything you as a volunteer want to contribute with is helpful. We also have significant experience in gardening and construction and we are more than happy to share our knowledge and teach you new things, no matter your previous skill level.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
French: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We hope that English-speaking guests will inspire our children to learn. We would love to become better at communicating in Danish. If anyone wants to learn Swedish, we are happy to tell what we know.
Accommodation
Our property contains three houses: One big where we live. One fairly big suitable for a family. It has five bedrooms, one kitchen, two bathrooms, one light area for play or exercise or recreation. Everything a family needs.
We also offer a small house that is suitable for a single person or a couple. It contains one bedroom/livingroom and one kitchen and bathroom.
We provide four meals a day of the kind of food we eat. Everyone in the family is an omnivore except one who eats meat-free and low-gluten, so lacto-ovo vegetarian and low-gluten food can be arranged. You decide to what degree you prefer to share our meals or organize your own meals in the kitchens of our volunteer houses, where we provide some basic ingredients.
During most of the year our fruits and vegetables are home-grown.
What else ...
We are located in a very rural location. Volunteers are welcome to borrow our cars or e-bikes in order to get around.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have Wifi.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
Pets that do not eat our children or our cats.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Kofi
Samantha
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