Gardening and garden renovations Podentes, Portugal

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  Description

  We are a couple living with two cats on our homestead at the very edge of a small hamlet, in the middle of an Olive Grove.
  Dom has renovated most of the house, but theres still enough to be done yet.
  We left the busy life and jobs behind in Germany and came here to cultivate our own food. Having lived in Egypt and South Africa before that.
  Theres also the plan to reconstruct the old barn into a seminar space.
  Build a compost toilet and bath, and an outdoor kitchen.
  Theres also a sweatlodge construction which gets rebuild from time to time
  We need help in house renovation, momentarily the terrace, the projects, watering and weeding the garden, collecting seeds, planting, potting as well as cutting the grass on the land. Harvesting olives ( mid to end October) , feeding the cats or just helping in the household.
  It all depends on what is needed at that moment.
  Theres a bus going to Coimbra once a day, probably not on weekends. The nearby village has a Café where you can meet locals on Sunday. Take a stroll through nature to the river for a swim. We have a bicycle you can use.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Expect to learn Permaculture by experiencing it on our land. Expect to get better in speaking english, german, africans and arabic as we can speak these languages fluently. Practice a language we speak, or brush up your portuguese with the locals.
  Get immersed into Permaculture or have an insight into Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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  Help

  Help in garden, renovating, household, building compost toilet, outdoor shower and kitchen and outdoor wood fired oven, rebuilding the sweatlodge, rebuilding seminar house. Harvesting Olives.
  Everything according to season and time, one by one.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Afrikaans: Fluent
  Arabic: Fluent
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  French: Intermediate
  Portuguese: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We d love to speak to you in our languages and we d love to practice our portuguese and french.
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  Accommodation

  There is a bed for sleeping in the garage/basement, very simple arrangement, no heater, no windows.
  Shared bathroom
  You can pitch up your tent on the property , we also have a big tent as well as plenty of blankets.
  There is a parking for a camper.
  We get our drinking water from a spring nearby.
  The bakery delivers fresh rolls and bread on working days for breakfast, 1 warm meal a day. But you can make sandwiches at all time of the day for yourself.
  
  Breakfast is available and each grabs or prepares it themselves when wanting to have breakfast.
  We eat almost everything.
  We cannot tend to a gluten-free or allergic diet.

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  What else ...

  We do live isolated. We have neighbours, yes. But its countryside. No public transport on weekends, no frequent public transport on weekdays.
  On foot Podentes is reachable : it has a 1 woman small shop which is closed at noon and a café for drinks which only opens Sundays.
  Your own transport is a plus- supermarket towns take hours to reach on foot- 20 minutes by car.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  There is parking space for a moderate size van, the entry has a sharp curve, big vehicles Cant take the curve. Tested and tried 😁

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  4 to 5 hours a day, 5 days of the week.

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