Here are some statements of the workcamp participants: Meeting the people at Laakenhof and learning from them made me so happy It was an amazing experience for me. Thank you all for doing all these things Thanks a lot, and maybe one day I'll come back (I don't want to leave...) Thank you for everything! … Some statements, stick bread recipe – Kommentare, Stockbrot Rezept weiterlesen

Was so hard to say goodbye to everybody, some eyes were filled with tears... Here's a slideshow for you, showing scenes out of the two weeks of Workcamp....

It seems, the two weeks of Workcamp have past much to quickly. Alice, Jessee & Luis went to the old Laakenhof farm once more, helping to plant some kohlrabies and getting some cheese at the farm-store afterwards. To the surprise of the Laakenhof communards and all involved people, the Workcamp group created a huge wall-picture … The Mural – Das Wandbild weiterlesen

The last day of the Workcamp has started, before everybody is leaving Germany tomorrow. Most projects have been finished, the fence is almost done, the trailer looks really beautiful with it's new painting. Tonight, there will be a farewell party, unfortunately Kirsty has to leave already this afternoon. Kirsty & Jannik put that much energy … The last day has started – Der letzte Tag ist angebrochen weiterlesen

Another project has started recently: picking up sand-stones for building a dry-stone-wall between an agricultural road and a grass field beside the living house on farmside. It was an energy-sapping work to fill up the trailer twice... A special lunch was prepared by Jessee, Sumin and Alison on Tuesday also. They prepared 6 different Asian … Dry stone wall – Trockenmauer weiterlesen

On Sunday, most of the guys slept quite a long time, relaxed or played some table-tennis, before going for visiting the intercultural garden Neubeckum in the afternoon. The intercultural garden is supported by the "anders ackern" society, a place for German, foreign and refugee people. A plate of different Laakenhof produced cheese was served, afterwards … Relaxing & visisting the Intercultural Garden – Relaxen & Besuch des Interkulturellen Gartens weiterlesen

After a real nice but also physically demanding first week at the Laakenhof farm, the group has started into the weekend while chilling around on Friday evening. On Saturday, the historically interesting city Münster, which is not far away from Beckum area, will be visited during daytime, at night there will be a party at … Sightseeing in Münster City, Party at night weiterlesen

Every day, a group out of 3 will go to the old Laakenhof farm by bicycle early in the morning, helping harvesting vegetables, milking the cows and producing cheese also. There's a kind of rotation for all these activities and projects, so everybody will get a small view into many different things. A new project … Everybody getting multi-talented – Jeder wird hier zum Multitalent weiterlesen

Today, the whole group went to the nearby potato field together with the Laakenhof communard people to harvest the rest of the early potatoes. At warm summery weather it works real quick to fill up many of the big boxes by the help of so many hands... Heute ist die gesamte Gruppe zusammen mit den … Potato Harvest – Kartoffelernte weiterlesen

Already now, it has become apparent, that the workcamp is great fun for everybody. Either while grooming the cows, feading the chicken, setting up the fence posts, changing a green-house into a clothes drying house, the atmosphere is great everywhere... And every day we're getting fantastic meals served, every time a special flavor out of … Cows, Chicken, Fence, Cloth Drying House & Quiche – Kühe, Hühner, Zäune, Wäschetunnel & Quiche weiterlesen

The Workcamp Begins On Saturday the 18th of August 2018, 13 young people from nine different countries arrived at the Laakenhof, set up their quarters in the new farm or in a tent. They then came together for the first time in this new constellation to begin getting to know each other. The basic outline … The Workcamp begins – Workcamp ist angelaufen weiterlesen