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

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  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 ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  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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  Ajuda

  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

  Alemão: Fluente
  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Fluente
  Holandês: Fluente
  Swedish: Fluente
  Espanhol: Iniciante

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  Acomodação

  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 mais...

  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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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Este anfitrião pode fornecer espaço para vans.

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  Pode aceitar animais

  Este anfitrião está aberto a aceitar viajantes com animais de estimação.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  2

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  Horas previstas

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

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