Come and help on a small, ecological farm in a beautiful district in Skaraborg, Sweden

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2020

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Description
I am a woman who decided to live a more sustainable and fulfilling life, so 2013 was the year I sold my apartment in Gothenburg and bought this small, ecological farm in a beautiful district in Skaraborg, close to Varnhem.

I am interested in sustainible living, spirituality and personal development. I try to grow vegetables, fruit and berries in a permacultural way and I am still learning.
I like to renovate with natural and traditional methods. I am dreaming about a small community here where people can live and thrive.
To held courses and retreats is another dream.
I am a vegetarian, but I eat fish and seafood.
Type of help
Gardening
Building
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Help with Eco project
Help in the house
Art project
Help with Computers / internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I speak Swedish, norwegian, english and german and you can practice here. I like to learn others about ecological farming and healthy cooking. I am also interested in wild herbs and raw food.
Help
I am grateful for help with outdoor chores, like gardening and wood preparation but also cleaning and organizing.
But help with renovation is also preciated .
I try to use environmental friendly methods in everything.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
German: Beginner
Accommodation
You will live in a renovated room in the barn, separate from my house. If there are more than 1 voluntar you will have to share room. There is a compost toilet and a zink but you have to get water from outside my house.
You can have shower and wash your clothes in my home.
In the autumn of 2020 there will be water and draining system installed in the barn, with shower and water toilet.
We eat the meals together and take turns with the cooking and kitchen work.
What else ...
My farm is situated in a beautiful landscape with a lot of historical interesting places, lakes and beautiful, protected nature areas. A big lake with thousands of birds (Hornborgasjön) and nice walking paths. There are also a lot of art galleries around.
There is a 2 km walk to the bus stop where there are busses to the surrounding cities, I also have som bicycles you can borrow.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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16/07/2020

Left by Workawayer (Saul) for host

A really great experience. Birgit is really a kind and nice person, I had a great experience at her place. She really makes you fell comfortable and the good environment.

(Excellent )

04/06/2020

Left by Workawayer (Gunita) for host

It was such good experience to meet Birgit.Her house and garden are with soul and you can feel it.Birgit is very spiritual and mature women,very joyful and peaceful.I felt like home,it was so comfortamble and natural.
Birgits house is surrounded by forset and you can enjoy nature and silence.Birgit is person with warm heart and smile in her… read more

(Excellent )

17/04/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Cilli)

It was nice to have Cilli here, she helped me a lot with pruning all my fruit trees in a very professional way.
She is very conscientious and works very independently.
She works very good and I will really recommend her.

(Excellent )

17/04/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (clément & Natalie)

Clement and Natalie are such a nice couple in all ways. Our cooperation was great and they solved all the given tasks in a perfect way. They are very practical and hard working people and I am very grateful for the help they gave to me.
We had also nice and interesting talks and laughed a lot.
Time was running very quick, wish they stayed… read more

(Excellent )

11/04/2020

Left by Workawayer (clément & Natalie) for host

Birgit is such an interesting, kind woman, with a wicked sense of humour! We shared many good meals and could happily talk for hours with her.
We mainly worked outside in the garden doing general maintenance, a clay project, stone building. We were able to use our creativity and Birgit is always open to ideas. She is establishing a permaculture… read more

(Excellent )

22/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (rodrigo & oscar) for host

This was our first workaway experience and we had a really good time there at the Bigit's house. She is a very kind, interesting, friendly, lovely and funny woman.
We had so many laughs with stories of our lives and with the work.
The House, the places and landscapes around the house are really beautiful and Birgit knows some stories about that.… read more

(Excellent )

30/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Julie) for host

I met Birgit for my very first workaway and can tell i coud not have had better experience than it experience. Birgit is a kind woman and the work i had to do was very nice and pleasant. We exchanged a lot and she is a really open-minded and dedicated person. I keep a wonderful image of our moments of laughs, the surroundings, the work, and almost… read more

(Excellent )

23/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Alexandre) for host

It was my first workaway experience here at birgits place, and i honestly couldn't have dreamt of any better experience to dwelve into the workaway Lifestyle : Birgit is a kind, cheerfull and open minded person. The moments when we were eating together were always the occasion to discussion multiple interesting sujets and have a lot of laughs… read more

(Excellent )

21/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Claudio)

Claudio is the best volunteer you can ever have. He is always doing his best and is not afraid of hard work.
I was very impressed when he transported a lot of wood from the forest, chopped it and put in it a nice stable.
He is very intelligent and funny and we had a lot of fun.

Always polite and reliable, I wish you had stayed longer, I miss… read more

(Excellent )

21/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Mateo)

I was very happy to have Jenny in my house. She was always willing to help and made every task very well. I am specially grateful that she helped me to organize my home, I felt so good after that! She has a big heart and took good care of me when I had influenza.
She is intelligent and a quick learner.
We also had a lot of fun, Jenny has a good… read more

(Excellent )

20/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Mateo) for host

I just leave Birgit house and I already miss her, she's a lovely, happy and funny woman, it's really easy to talk with and she's always willing to help. She save my days a lot of times since is my first trip alone, she advise me, and show me the places around, the house has an easy access to Varnhems klosterkyrka and it was really amazing and… read more

(Excellent )

21/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Yvain)

Well Yvain, better late than never. I really want to give you a review anyway.
I really appreciated the time you were here. You are a skilled worker who did a very good job whatever task.
We also had many laughs with our translation program, trying to understand each other. You are a really funny man with a good heart!
Thank you and welcome back!

(Excellent )

02/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Yvain) for host

My first workaway was very nice. I was free and Birgit trusted me. She is a courageous woman who carries her project with determination. Despite my rudimentary English, we managed to communicate.
Thank you Birgit!

(Excellent )

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