We are Anthony and Christian, a couple in our early forties, living in the midst of the deep Swedish forests of Småland. We live on a little 9 ha farm in the nature preserve area of Lake Åsnen national park. We are ideally looking for an open minded and positive spirited person who would like to help us with painting the many houses on the property, gardening, tasks around the farm, this include feeding our animals, driving the tractor, helping mend fences and all that life at a farm requires. You should really love nature and the outdoors, since there is a LOT of it around here. In the area where we live there are many tourists around during the summer months, therefore it is a plus if you are a social person who likes to interact with different kinds of people and nationalities.
You will get an in-depth feel for what it’s like to live and work on a Swedish farm, it does not get more Swedish and genuine than this area. Since we are a LGBTQ+ family you will have an opportunity to get acquainted with the Swedish queer culture.
On our farm we have two cats, too many to count sheep, chickens, bunnies and one very magnificent peacock.
We are ideally looking for an open and positive spirited person who would like to help us with gardening (during the spring-summer-autumn months we have a big vegetable garden) and tasks around the farm, this includes feeding our animals, driving the tractor, helping mend fences and all that life at a farm requires.
Our passion in life is to grow and make as much of our daily food as possible ourselves, and we are continuously working towards being as self sufficient as possible, and we would love to be able to share this with you.
We do slaughter our own animals and if you are interested in learning how this is done, we are glad to show you.
If you would not like to partake in this, you may do something else around the farm while this is done.
You will have your own room with a very comfortable bed, bed linnens and towels. You have a shared bathroom, all toiletry articles and toilet paper included. You will find high speed Wi-Fi at your disposal (phone connection is not ideal out here but calling via Wi-Fi works excellently.) We will provide all your meals and we will eat together. Anthony is on a gluten free regime, so we are used to providing all kinds of special dietary requests. We do eat meat but we enjoy all kinds of cuisine. If you like to cook, we do not mind at all if you would like to cook on occasion!
We do drink alcohol, but do not accept other forms of drugs on our farm. We prefer non smokers, since we do not smoke ourselves, but it is possible to smoke outside.
Things to do in your free time around here? See below.
Our little village where we live has a café that serves coffee, food and has an alcohol license.
The possibilities to bike, walk, run and swim around here are absolutely amazing, this is Swedish nature at it´s best. There are a lot of sights in the greater region, but since our farm is deep out in the countryside, you will have to borrow a car or a bike if you would like to go on a trip.
Please bring rubber boots, a raincoat, clothes that can become a little bit dirty and maybe get a splash of paint on them, and of course a swimsuit for the sauna! In the evenings we like to read infront of the fire place, play board games or cards or watch movies together. We understand that we all need some alone time at some moments, so socialising every evening is not a requirement, but we do enjoy time spent together!
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Poultry farming
Sheep or goat farming
Wild foraging
Flower farming
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Traditional crafts
Green Building
Methods or systems
No-till farming
Rotational grazing
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
9
Hectares
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22.2
Acres
