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We are a group of people living in a self-organized project. We are on our way to becoming a community. Our place is on the countryside in Southern Germany, close to the Swiss border.
We are 10 adults of different age and 3 Children( 5,6,16) (we also have 7 tiny sheeps, 3 cats and one dog).
The project owns 9,5 hectare of land. Parts of our land are natural habitats; forests, meadows and fields.
We cook vegan/vegetarian. All decisions belonging to the project are made with consent, therefore we meet once a week for sharing information, and once a month for plenum to increase our cooperative feeling. We meet on Friday to do different enjoyable activities together.
Our guests shall always be a part of us and our project. We want our guest to live and work together with us for as long as they stay here. We want them to feel at home. We want to learn from our guests and they from us.
WE host people for at least 2 weeks on, not less. Sorry.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Each of us is at least able to teach one skill... ;)
English, (other languages)
Cooking
Carpentry
Gardening
Tool-knowledge
Permaculture-Design
Sports
Table-Top-Games/ D'n'D- Pen and Paper
It is always a learning experience to be with a group in this context. We have good times and bad times.
But it is always in motion.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Depending on our needs and your interest, we will have different kinds of jobs for you. If you have any visions or ideas for projects, we might find a way to make it work.
- Our constant tasks
Help with building sheep fences (dead hedges/Benjeshecken)clean sheep-stable.
We have some work in our garden.
Construction / Renovation
The meadows are scythed and mown.
Active nature-protection.
Participating in the household.
- Spring/Summer
(from march on) we need a lot of help in the garden.
- August and September we need people to help us harvest all the fruit and vegetables around, preserve and store them. (make jam, chutneys, pickles)
taking care of FFH-Meadows (we will explain to you).
There's always some carpentry stuff to do.
Fall/Winter:
When it gets colder, we are going to make some wood for heating the house as well.
Thinning the trees on the slopes.
building stuff outside (like fences)
Ongoing we are happy about helpers in cooking, different household and yard chores.
To coordinate the work you can and want to do, someone will be there to give you advice or assistance.
We prefer to have helpers who are able to work independently.
You may be asked to work alone. You may have a day off when nobody in the house is available.
On weekends most of the inhabitants are there and can give assistance.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Hebrew: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Polish: Intermediate
Accommodation
Depending on how many people are at the Mühle when you are staying here, you either sleep in a simply furnished guest room (with mattress), a small site caravan or in one of the “free” rooms (normally for rent).
For sure you will have a place where you can close the door and be on your own. We will find the best option for you to stay, depending on your needs.
In the house we have a common kitchen and common living / eating room. Here you are welcome to be together with others and make yourself comfortable. The terrace has a rustic and pleasant view.
What else ...
We are situated 1,5 km south of a small town called Tengen, in a beautiful valley with a small stream called Körbelbach. It is possible to arrive to Tengen by public transport from either Engen or Singen (Hohentwiel), but the connection is not great. We can usually pick you from the trainstation in Engen or Singen.
The samegoes forthe nearest swiss village of Hofen (SH, 2.5km) and train station in Thayngen.
Tengen is a small quiet town in the Hegau mountains. There you can find a bank, a pharmacy, some restaurants, and a supermarket.
In the Mühle we have internet connection and fixed line, but no mobile phone connection. Therefore you have to walk 3 Minutes up the hill to use your data / handy (German or Swiss mobile network)
Our food is delivered by a local biological farm. We are using more local and ecological products, common food is vegan, at least vegetarian and we reducing our use of chemical products. Meat is not cooked in common kitchens.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
no, sorry.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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We'd be happy to have them back!
It is our opinion that you should strongly consider hosting… read more
We wish you a good further journey with your bike.
in the middle of the nature. you can go for a walk in any direction and will be a great walk. waterfalls, mountains, mills, roman rovins, castels are all around and not far from the house
The work:
could be everything. gardering, reparation stuff, building things, cleaning, harvest... you will never be bored and you can help in the… read more
We spend many evenings together playing games and shared some… read more
I have been in this great place for two super fast weeks in December, and for sure I will miss the people and the time here. Within the few first days, I was quickly introduced to all of the inhabitants of the place. I first mix all of their names, of course, but I had the feeling of being welcomed very warm. I had my own place, nearby the… read more
Not only was everyone super nice, but also welcoming in a very sincere way. You felt part of the house as soon as you came in, having the same autonomy as everyone else living there.
The work was very varied but you could easily ask for specific jobs you preferred, and everything you wanted to learn that could be… read more
I've seen lot's of things like lovely sheeps with Cara (one of the actually mentor for the volunteers),mushroom cultivation and did some great handcraft as wood-chopping, arboristing apple trees with Nico and conversations abouth body work with Sebastian and Markus.
Wish you all the best to find a good… read more
I spent much time in preparing the garden for the spring / summer season and it was a task which I liked thoroughly! The people living there are very nice and there's always someone to talk to, who… read more
I appreciate the location of the farm surrounded by a small river. spending all the time among nature and animals was great.
I built some fences, gave yoga classes and creates some beds (Hügelbeet) for vegetables in the garden.
Everybody was supernice, eating… read more
I loved harvesting veggies from garden and cooking them.
Heagau region itself worth spending tine for. Also black forest , lake… read more
Because of the various characters, the flatmates had an argument during our stay.… read more
They are a very colourful group of people. Each one has a special soul and I got the chance to share nice moments with some of them even though I arrive in a weird time for the community :)
I mainly took care of the vegetable garden with Bea, who showed me… read more
I was quite free to do whatever I liked to do among the different works to be done, so it was nice !
I enjoyed having spare time in the day to explore… read more
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I stayed with the team for about the month this year and it's a really cool area, there are nice hikes in the local area and a lovely waterfall. You'll get some great food and if you like board games/magic there is heaps of that. I chopped and… read more
The work was a mixture of odd jobs; fire wood cutting and stacking, some cooking, painting, hole filling, sheep fencing and best of all, painting a large… read more
Thanks to everyone I felt very welcomed from the start, and that impression stayed with me. In the evenings, it… read more
We hope to come back someday ( with a better german ! :) )
Thank you for everything, we wish you all… read more
We have had a good time this autumn with you, being so initiative, attentive and absolutely… read more
I particularly liked the… read more
ryan is a great vegan chef, he cooked for a huge party we had and we all loved the food. at night he became a great DJ, it didn't feel like hinterland anymore, it felt like an… read more
I have practiced wood work and clay, as I wanted. Thank you to my guests for this to, and see you maybe the next year ;-).
