An organic (though not registered) 8 acre smallholding in rural Devon. We have goats, make cheese (and sell some), grow vegetables, fruit, pigs, chickens, geese, ducks, generate some of our own electricity with our wind turbine and photovoltaic panels, solar hot water and produce some of our own firewood. We aim to be as self sufficient as we can and are always starting new projects to make this more possible.
Mick and Ann have lived communally a lot in the past in a housing co-op in London and then in an intentional community in Devon until 16 years ago finding and falling in love with our home where we still live
We are a family of four Mick has a full time job teaching at university, Ann runs the smallholding and makes and sells cheese, Rowan is 17 and busy with school and his passion is rugby and his dog Charlie, Declan is 15 also busy at school and his passion is music especially drumming.
The smallholding is in a beautiful and quiet area though only 15 miles from the city of Exeter. We are near to a bus route so visitors can be met from and taken to catch busess so that you can visit more of the area. The landscape is small fields and lanes with hedges and woodlands. We are about 11/2 hours from the stunning north Devon coast and midway between the two National Parks of Exmoor and Dartmoor.

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In the winter the work becomes more manual with mucking out barns, fencing, hedging, wood chopping etc. Wet weather jobs would include defrosting and cleaning freezers, thorough cleaning of cheesemaking room, occasional decorating ,cooking/preserving.
Most of the work is on the smallholding ,looking after and feeding the animals, milking goats, mucking out animal housing, growing vegetables,harvesting and processing/preserving, chopping wood, fencing,hedge maintenance.
May also need help with cheese making if you have interest and with selling at local markets and events. NB. If you want hands on cheesemaking experience you will need an appropriate food hygeine qualification/certificate
Help with computers/internet always welcome as only semi-computer literate!
If you enjoy cooking then that would also be helpful ,not only meals but jams and chutneys,cordials and juices. Cleaning and general maintenance of the house and farm buildings also welcome

English, some German,some French and Arabic

Accommodation is the guest room in the house and you will live in with the family. It has a double bed so is fine for one person or a couple. You will eat and live with the family, We will provide all your food (so on your day off you can take a picnic) Breakfast is a serve yourself meal. Lunch is usually a light meal (often left overs) and dinner is the main meal of the day in the evening. Occasional help with daily cooking much welcomed .