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We are always in need of more hands and enjoy talking, laughing and cultural exchange along the way. This summer is our second as Workaway hosts, and last year gave us a lot of good experiences and we would like to welcome new guests this year! We prefer couples or friends travelling together for app 2-3 weeks.
We have a small farm with 9 winter fed sheep (old breed), two riding horses, laying hens (quite free range...), peacocks, turkeys, a cat and two dogs. Our philosophy is to live self sufficient as far as possible, and continue to develop an organic farm built on circular principles. I´ve always been strongly connected to animals, and we have had a wide range of farm animals throughout the years. We have pets, and also farm animals for food purposes. It is important for us that the animals anyhow live good lives.
Our family includes 2 adults and 2 grown up sons. Our sons are working and studying elsewhere, but are often home. My husband is a musician, also working as a music teacher. I have a master degree in animal husbandry. For many years I´ve been working with developing conservation programmes for rare breeds of farm animals, and I am still involved in this work in many ways. I work part-time as a school teacher. In addition, I design and produce clothes and garments out of hides from old Norwegian breeds of cattle and sheep (also from our own sheep). I am fond of repairing and re-use as much as possible.
During the last 5-6 years we have started up an organic vegetable garden (approx. 200 m2) with a green house, growing potatoes, zuccini, beans, salads, tomatoes, cucumbers and what not. We also harvest wild berries and mushroom during the seasons.
Focus on our farm is: gardening and restoring some of the pastures. We also have som building maintenance and restoring on the plan this summer season. And there is always a need of putting up/repairing fences and gates, some lighter forest work and wood chopping. And maybe we will have a couple of pigs his summer.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiquesAide avec des éco-projetsJardinageBricolage et constructionS’occuper des animauxCuisine/repas pour la familleAide à la maisonEntretien généralObjectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We can offer a wide range of experiences and learning when cooperating with us in our work, good food, lovely Norwegian summer and hopefully a lot of interesting conversations and laughs!
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We are looking for people to join us in the tasks presented above, staying with us some weeks this summer. Hours will be 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week (mon-fri), maximum 25 ours a week. We appreciate young people that are self reliant, love outdoor activities, and will enjoy help alongside us in our various summer projects.
We would prefer to have 2 friends or partners that can live in the cabin during our stay (we also have other alternatives for sleeping rooms).Langues
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Anglais: Courant
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As accomodation we offer a small traditional cottage (stabbur) a few meters from the main house with beds (bunk bed/loft). We also have a sleeping room and a separate bathroom in the main house. You will share most meals together with us in the main house. Our diet is various and as much as possible made of what the farm can provide throughout the year. The meat and vegetables we eat is mainly from our farm and also organic food - as much as possible. We love good food and cooking!
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We live in a beautiful forrest area with pine and spruce forest and a small lake 10 minutes walk from the farm - suitable for swimming and fishing. Nice areas for walking, biking and picking wild berries and mushrooms. Our farm is situated 7 km outside Kongsvinger, and app. 90 km from Oslo and Gardermoen Airport. Good train connections from Kongsvinger. We will be helpful with transport to/from the city. We have bicycles available for our guests.
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Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
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Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
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They are both wonderful people, and we felt at home and we had such wonderful moments with them.
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They are both wonderful people, and we felt at home and we had such wonderful moments with them.
It was a short stay… read more
We've started with gardening work, continued with a wood building project and at the end helped them laying their walking path with bricks.
We really enjoyed being surrounded by a great vairity of animals and spending time with their two very playful dogs.
The host… read more
they are so kind and open people. We shared a lot of laughs and I had some interesting conversations with both of them.
You stay in a beautiful little cabin, but will spent most of the time outside, since there is so much to see and do.
Most of the tasks I was given were related to gardening, but I… read more
We lived in a beautiful cabin and shared wonderful meals.
We recommande… read more