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Host is looking for help immediately
Evaluación del anfitrión
100 %
Last replied
6 jul 2025
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Descripción
I am Mick 46 years old, a carpenter and passionate natural builder from Ireland, I have two kids Leo 11 and Luna 8 years(9 in July) they live with their mother very close by, so you will be seeing them around.
I live in the countryside in North Karelia 20 km from Joensuu city center.
We had a big project of building a natural, straw bale insulated roundhouse, that is now finished and my kids are happily living there.
I live next door to the fields of Pjotr's (Leo and Luna's grandad) organic vegetable farm and there are four families which cooperate with growing our food there.
I like to live a simple life in the countryside, close to nature and growing most of our own food. In season we pick lots of mushrooms and berries for preserving.
You will be sharing my large farm house . Where I"m living is a 500 meter walk through the forest to the vegetable field which has a nice little lake to swim in, and there is another bigger lake just across road from the house.
There is no running water in the house which means carrying in drinking and washing water.
I work part time away from home so people happy to be sometimes independent would be great.
If you have interest in crafting, natural building, organic vegetable growing, being in nature, following natural seasonal cycles, berry picking, mushroom picking, getting or staying out of the rat race I'm sure we will get along.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Learn how to provide yourself with a healthy, beautiful soulful shelter, which you will not need a thirty year bank loan for! Experience living more simply using local food and resources.
Proyectos con niños
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Ayuda
I am looking for people with a keen interest in craft projects, or an interest in gathering berries in season and planting, harvesting and processing vegetables.
The tasks will be varied over the length of the project, but may include peeling trees for building wood, carpentry, general help such as collecting firewood, digging and moving earth, preparing the garden and many other things.
I have learned from the last years that the longer people stay the better it works out for all involved, and am hoping to have people for a minimum of one month.
I am looking for helpers for a few different kinds of help, here I will try to describe them as well as possible so that you know what to expect. Please read the descriptions well.
Help with work on the house, doing some light carpentry type projects together, clay work, painting.
General tidying up in my yard, moving some sand, preparing firewood etc.
Green fingered people who are happy to get their hands and feet in the soil! Growing many different vegetables, herbs and salads in our communal garden. I would also love to get some more berries growing in the house garden this Summer.
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Finnish: PrincipianteEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
I am a native english speaker so can help with your practice of that.
Alojamiento
There are two bedrooms available in my traditional Finnish farm house. We eat mostly vegetarian food. We have all food together, simple, local wholesome mostly organic food.
For the Summer camping is another option.
Algo más...
Free time: we live by two lakes to swim in, we can give you bicycles to go for a cycle and you can cycle to Joensuu 20km, there is a restaurant in the local village! You can do berry and mushroom picking later in the summer, walks in the woods, we have regular sauna.
Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
I have a fiber-optic internet connection but no Wi-Fi. So if you have a laptop or something with a data cable connection the internet is free to use.
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Lots of space for a camper van and you can run a cable for electricity.
Podría aceptar mascotas
must be under voice control.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Mis animales / mascotas
Chicken
Comentarios (6)
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Also I was inspired by their lifestyle ( to make by ownselves, to eat local… read more
I wish only the best for them and I would love to see… read more
Charlotte was a hard worker and very motivated doing what ever it was we were up to that time. She got into work and enjoyed it. Also she really liked learning new stuff and was asking what we do and why we do it which showed her motivation… read more
The work was intense sometimes, and you have to enjoy make many things with your hands to be here but it's my case and I'm so glad to have had my first step in the World… read more
I stayed here about 2weeks.
It was precious time in my life with them.
I really enjoyed with them to build their new log house. I'll keep visiting their blog about their house. Marja and Mick was so kind and Leo and Luna was so cute. Thank u for making a good memories!
CQ works hard and he devotes himself in the work given. We were able to tell him a job and he would do it precisely and also ask if something was unclear. He loved… read more
Mick and Marja are excellent hosts and I really enjoyed my 2 weeks stay over there. Not only they took great care of me, they treated me like their family too. And mick makes really great pizza! I love it alot.
The work can be tiring but… read more
