Animal care & gardening on our little farm in the heartlands of Sweden

Detalles

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  Descripción

  We are Jessica and Rory, a Belgian-Irish couple in our mid 40's. After travelling for years (often as Workawayers) we found home in the middle-north of Sweden, population density 3p/km2. Our small farm (14ha) is surrounded by forest and located on a 4km long peninsula in one of the biggest lakes of the area.
  We have 2 dogs, Ben & Louie, 3 cats of which one might have babies this summer, 6 sheep and 14 lambs, ten chicken and a bunch of chicks in the making.
  Summer of '23 our little community will expand when another Workaway host will move in the cottages: Petra, her daughter Mathilda and their friend Annie, all three from Germany, together with Maila the Danish dog and two Islandic ponies.
  We're going to be busy with running a summer café on the lake some 20 kms away, so we can always do with a helping hand on the farm!

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Of course you will experience and learn a lot about animals and gardening. Rory is very much into bushcraft, and Jes into growing and making her own food things (wine, sourdough bread, and other fermented stuff) so if that's your thing, you'll love it here.
  There is a ton of material and loads of space on the farm. So if you have any ideas for a new project, shoot!

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  Ayuda

  Our main focus is always the animals.
  Ben and Louie need big walks and lots of cuddles. We think couples / duo's are best because our boys are big and strong. We believe that it is more fun if each walks one dog. Louie is a lot lighter and easier to handle, Ben is quite heavy and stronger. But if you have experience with dogs and you're confident you can handle two big boys on your own, then we'd love to hear from you too.
  We have sheep and chickens, who don't need a lot of care in summer, but are fun to watch :-)
  And... this summer two Islandic pony's will be added to our community!
  Furthermore we have a big vegetable and strawberry garden that need a lot of love (and weeding).
  And this summer we are planning to do some small renovations, painting jobs and ... build a sauna :-)
  
  Consider that we have a simple diet. We eat porridge. We bake our own sourdough bread. We eat lots of eggs (from our own chickens) and potatoes (from our land) and vegetables (not always from our own land as the growing season is short). We eat meat maybe twice a week, preferrably from our own animals. We don't buy fancy ingredients. We don't usually buy organic (we would like to, but we live on a tight budget). We would like you to eat like we do (meaning: in the same price range). If you are attached to eating certain expensive foods, we would like you to pay for those yourself.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Alemán: Fluido
  Inglés: Fluido
  Francés: Fluido
  Holandés: Fluido
  Swedish: Fluido
  Español: Principiante

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  Alojamiento

  The workawayer's den will be in 'Emma', the cosy caravan. There is a small kitchen and dry toilet in there. You can take a shower in the main house.

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  Algo más...

  If you have your own transport, you will have more freedom to discover the wider area. If you don't mind spending your freetime at the farm, in the surrounding forests or at the lake, then you can get here by plane + train (Ånge station). We can pick you up at the train station.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  Este anfitrión dice que acepta a viajeros con mascotas.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Dos

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  Horas esperadas

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

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