Wwoof awards – the good, the bad

Now that our wwoofing experience has come to a welcomed end, alex and I have decided to put together a little award list that spans many different categories. this is due to the fact that no farm wins overall as the "hands down best" because there were really great (and bad) things about each and every one.

Overall, Sweden was the best country for us to wwoof in because: the people speak English well, like speaking English, are very kind and warm hearted, and think of their wwoofers as wwoofers – not field workers (aka, they teach you). but, it’s not to say we didn't learn and see a lot in germany…it just wasn’t as smooth of a journey. Anyway, the contrast of the two countries was really great and wwoofing is an experience I truly believe every person should be forced to partake in (if only for a few weeks).

and now, for the "good/best" awards...
Drum roll please…

Most educational: urnatur

Best food: urnatur / rosenhills

Most fun / silliest: rosenhills

Best dessert: appelfabriken

Most organized: appelfabriken

Best accommodations: urnatur

Best bathroom / shower: die grune ecke

Best access to urban life: rosenhills (stockholm by bus - 45min) / die grune ecke (regensburg by bike-1hr)

Prettiest / best landscape: urnatur

Best harvest: biohof barenfang

Best job: urnatur – traditional fence building

Least amount of bugs: solgarden

Best swimming: biohof barenfang

Best beach: solgarden (for aesthetic purposes only - that water was damn cold!)

Most farm-like: die grune ecke

and now for the not so great...

least educational: solgarden - pleasurable/chore work, but not educational (sorry!)

Most awkward: die grune ecke

Worst accommodations: tie between rosenhills caravan (because of the massive hornet we shared the place with) and barenfang’s bug room (bugs + mold + leaking ceiling = unhappy people)

Worst bathroom: biohof barenfang - mosquito infested outhouse, no real shower

Worst job: biohof barenfang – gigantic weed-tree pruning in 96 degree weather

Most mosquitos: rosenhills / barenfang

Most flies: die grune ecke - and they ate your flesh

Most wasps/hornets: biohof barenfang

Least fun free time on the farm: die grune ecke

Least farm-like: solgarden - most like a house-garden