Housesittting on a small selfsufficient homestead with animals in Holmegaard, Denmark

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  We are Jannie, Alex, and from October 2026 our son Karl, and our dogs Flora and Trine. We live on a homestead in a rural area on southern Zealand about an hour south of Copenhagen.
  
  Alex have fulltime job, and Jannie is working at home. We are working on being more self-sufficient. We have cats, chickens, pigs, ducks, and dogs and we have some vegetable gardens, that we’re planning to expand. We always have new projects in the pipeline :-)
  
  In 2027 we would like help in April-May and in mid June-end July. In the Spring time, we offer work such as preparing greenhouse and the vegetable gardens for the season, including weeding, sowing potatoes, onions and carrots, and sprouting vegetables. In the Summer, weeding continues, but the harvesting of the first fruits and vegetables also begins.
  During both periods, you will help taking care of our animals, housesitting while were on holiday (we haven't planned anything yet), and we would also like help with some maintaining of the house, like painting outer walls.
  
  We are looking for two persons (a couple or a couple of friends) to do the housesitting for us. Our workawayers must be independent, responsible, and have an interest in animals and farm live. We would also very much like it, if you already have experience with animals, gardening, and maintaining buildings.
  
  Before accepting workawayers we will always have an online meeting, so that we can get to know each other and tell you more about the work at our place.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Jardinagem geral

  Projetos DIY criativos

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral

  Cuidar de casas e pets
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  As Jannie used to be a Danish teacher for foreigners, you will have the perfect opportunity to learn every day Danish with a professional as your speaking partner. And by living with us you'll learn about Danish/Scandinavian culture and lifestyle.
  
  You'll get hands on practice with selfsuffiency, e.g. growing your own vegetables, raising animals, cooking from scratch (including baking with sourdough), maintain buildings and furniture and lots og other stuff.

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  Ajuda

  We need help with maintenance of the exterior, maintaining the vegetable garden, taking care of our animals, and other work on the homestead. We prefer workawayers who have experience with carpentry, painting, gardening and other practical work skills that will come in handy when helping at a farm.
  
  The amount and type of help that we need, vary across the year. In the summer time there will be a lot of garden work and other outdoor work - so make sure, you bring practical clothing and footware. We do typically not need any help during the winther months.
  
  We will expect you to be quite independent once you’ve got your tasks. But we will also do much of the work together with you when we are at home.
  We expect that you can manage your own time and do the tasks as required, but the amount of help will be equivalent tomaximum five hours a day, five days a week at the most, and your free time will most often be on weekdays.

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  Idiomas

  Danish: Fluente
  Inglês: Fluente
  Alemão: Intermediário

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  Acomodação

  You will have your own bedroom and bathroom, that you will be responsible for keeping tidy and clean during your stay.
  
  We share the kitchen and livingroom, and in the evening we will eat dinner together when we are at home. As you may know, we have dinner quite early in Denmark compared to other European countries - usually around 6pm, sometimes a little earlier. For the other meals during the day, you are welcome to help yourself. We primarily eat organic and as local as possible.
  We are non smokers and do not accept smoking inside the house.

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  Algo mais...

  Our place is situated in a village with lots of nature and space for outdoor activities just outside our house.
  We live close to Næstved, which offer a lot of opportunities for shopping, cultural life and local sightseeing.
  The nearest train station is only 15 minutes away by foot, and from here you can reach Næstved (10 min), Køge (30min) and Copenhagen (1hr). If you like bike riding, we have some bikes to lend you.

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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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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  We have a very good internet access free for you to use.

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  We have lots of space for your van or autocamper.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  2

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  Snebold, Plet and Charlie

  

  Pigs

  

  Hans

  We have 8 chickens, 1 rouster (his name is Hans) and a bunch of baby chicks.

  

  Trine (5 anos)

  

  Flora (8 anos)

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