We are Jonas and Ylva and we bought the farm in 2014. We have two daughters that no longer live on the farm but visits regularly. Up to when we bought the farm we had stayed in the city of Alingsås and we had no previous experience in owning a farm. After coming in contact with the Transition movement in 2009 we realised that the world need more farmers and from then on we have practiced by keeping bees in the city, growing vegetables on an allotment and so on.
In 2014 we finally found the farm we were looking for. Since then we have been working hard to put the place in state. We have organized several courses when we have needed knowledge ourselves. We also have people coming to help us on workdays and on weekends. We have restored a small house on the farm, in which wwoofers visiting us are staying. We have also restored an old circus wagon to be able to accommodate more wwoofers since we have had to turn so many people down because of lack of accommodation.
We are looking for wwoofers that want to learn how to run a farm and are really interested in the work not the ones that just want some time away from their ordinary life. Maybe you see yourself as a future farmer or vegetable grower. We are good at explaining why we do as we do and can tell you a lot about the misstakes we have done. .
We are aiming at a diversified farm with a lot of different products as honey, berries, fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs and so on. We learn as we do things. Most days both or one of us are at home working with you but sometimes you might be working on your own.
There are a lot to do on a farm and we will mainly need help in the vegetable garden, in the forest garden, with outdoor painting and with fencing for the animals. We work long days that starts at seven o´clock and ends late at night but we will expect woofers to work between 8 am to 3 pm Monday to Friday. We will eat lunch together but woofers will make breakfast and evening-meal by themselves in the wwoof house. (we supply the groceries) In your spare time you can go by bus to town. (30 minutes to Alingsås and from there 40 minutes to Gothenburg or 3 hour to Stockholm)
In our area you can go biking, camping, canoeing or swimming. There is a lake four kilometers away from the farm. You can borrow tent, canoe and bikes from us. We have had wwoofers during several seasons and we really like it. The wwoofers who visited us seems to have been pleased with their stay as you can see from the reviews we have got. We prefer wwoofers that want to stay for a longer period of time.
The only problem we have had has been with wwoofers who requested hosting and then did not reply or arrive. This caused some problems since we then denied other wwoofers who had requested to come. We do not like to turn people down especially if it´s not necessary. Therefore - if you get accepted and do not respond to the answer we write to you we will cancel the agreement after two weeks. So check this site for answers if you request to come to Östängs farm. We also want you to send us a phone number so we can keep in contact with each other. As soon as you have booked your ticket to come here it would be good if you told us so we know that you will really show up. If you have to cancel we please ask you to do that as early as possible so we can give your place to someone else. We want to be able to accept as many wwoofers as possible. Welcome!
Organic methods: We do not use any pesticides or chemical fertilizers. We try, once we have dug the beds, not to dig but to cover beds or to have something growing in them. We have an apple garden and a forest garden and more and more berry bushes. We have grazing sheep and ducks and chicken running around at the farm.
Certifications: We only sell directly to customers and they know how we work without us being certified.
Current projects: Take care of animals. Seeding, weeding, planting, transplanting in the vegetable garden. Planting trees. Painting house and barn. Fencing. Maintainance.
Internet access available. If you want to see more pictures from the wwoofhouse please visit http://ostangsgard.se/wwoofhuset/
Some wwoofers will stay in our wwoof-wagon but all have access to the kitchen, bathroom and living-area in the wwoofhouse.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Poultry farming
Sheep or goat farming
Forestry
Beekeeping
Beer, cider, wine, or juice making
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Holistic management
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Host type
Production farm
34
Hectares
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84
Acres
