Farm help and some babysitting needed in south east Ireland
Description
Thanks for your inquiries everybody, at the moment we can only host someone from the 16th of May until the 23rd of June. If that suits you, we'd love to hear from you!
We are a German-Irish family (30-something couple with three children) and live on a dairy farm in the sunny south east of Ireland, close to the Irish Sea.
We are a German-Irish family (30-something couple with three children) and live on a dairy farm in the sunny south east of Ireland, close to the Irish Sea.
Area
co. Wexford
Type of help.
Animal care,Help in the house,
Farming,
General Maintenance,
Cooking / shopping,
Babysitting / child care,
Gardening
Help
Hi everybody! We are Katrin (34) and Thomas (44) and together with our two sons (11 & 2), our daughter (6) and our dog Luna, we are living on a dairy farm in county Wexford, 2 km from a lovely village and only 6 km from the Irish Sea.
As a family we love the outdoors, gardening, anything related with farming, reading, playing board games, good food, baking and cooking.
At the moment we are busy with getting everything ready for the calving season in early February. I (Katrin) am German and teach in the evenings and on Saturdays.
Further we are really eager to set up a no-dig vegetable garden and maybe to start keeping a few chickens.
We would love some help from now until early April with things like calf feeding and milking, help around the house and minding the kids when I'm teaching. If you have any experiences with no-dig gardening or chicken keeping we would be very happy if you could share your knowledge with us!
In exchange for your help we offer you to become part of our family with full inclusion in our family life and we could also teach you some German if you are interested.
The kids are bilingual, but the main language spoken is English.
So if you consider yourself as an outgoing, responsible, fun and independent person and team player we would be thrilled to hear from you!
As a family we love the outdoors, gardening, anything related with farming, reading, playing board games, good food, baking and cooking.
At the moment we are busy with getting everything ready for the calving season in early February. I (Katrin) am German and teach in the evenings and on Saturdays.
Further we are really eager to set up a no-dig vegetable garden and maybe to start keeping a few chickens.
We would love some help from now until early April with things like calf feeding and milking, help around the house and minding the kids when I'm teaching. If you have any experiences with no-dig gardening or chicken keeping we would be very happy if you could share your knowledge with us!
In exchange for your help we offer you to become part of our family with full inclusion in our family life and we could also teach you some German if you are interested.
The kids are bilingual, but the main language spoken is English.
So if you consider yourself as an outgoing, responsible, fun and independent person and team player we would be thrilled to hear from you!
Languages spoken
English, German
Accommodation
You will have your own comfortable bedroom and share of the main bathroom.
What else ...
In exchange for your help we offer you:
- your own comfortable bedroom.
- use of washing machine
- plenty of wholesome food (we try to eat healthy most of the time)
- use of bycicle
- welcoming and treating you as a family member
The village is a beautiful and lively place with pubs, shops, restaurants, a post office, a pharmacy and public transport to the next biggest towns.
Please only non-smokers.
- your own comfortable bedroom.
- use of washing machine
- plenty of wholesome food (we try to eat healthy most of the time)
- use of bycicle
- welcoming and treating you as a family member
The village is a beautiful and lively place with pubs, shops, restaurants, a post office, a pharmacy and public transport to the next biggest towns.
Please only non-smokers.
Some more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Volunteering hours expected
variable
Photos
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Host ref number: 4362653954a2
Feedback left about host
(Excellent)
[13/01/2014]
Barbora
Barbora stayed with us last August and was a great person to have around the place. She is very smart, a fast learner and gave 100% whatever the task was.
We wish her all the best for her future and hope to see her again one day!
We wish her all the best for her future and hope to see her again one day!
It is hard to describe my 16 days with the Roche's.
I actually enjoyed the first week.
Katrin and Thomas are very warm and friendly people, Katrin has a lot of stories to tell and we had very good laughs.
I worked two shifts (around 3.5 hours each) a day, one in the morning, one in the evening. Sometimes I also helped in the afternoon. And on more
I actually enjoyed the first week.
Katrin and Thomas are very warm and friendly people, Katrin has a lot of stories to tell and we had very good laughs.
I worked two shifts (around 3.5 hours each) a day, one in the morning, one in the evening. Sometimes I also helped in the afternoon. And on more
(Excellent)
[30/03/2011]
by Mark
I stayed with the Roche's for 3 weeks during March 2011. I had a great time working on the Dairy farm and got to see first how a farm operates. Each day is a little different on the farm and brings new challenges and problems which must be solved, the only thing you can be certain of on a dairy farm is that the cows must be milked morning and more
Mark stayed with us for 3 weeks in March 2011.
It was a great experience for our whole family!
He is very easy going and hard working further Mark has a great way to get along with everybody and blend into the family life.
Mark has a very open personality which makes it very easy to get to know him.
We ish Mark all the best for his future and hope more
It was a great experience for our whole family!
He is very easy going and hard working further Mark has a great way to get along with everybody and blend into the family life.
Mark has a very open personality which makes it very easy to get to know him.
We ish Mark all the best for his future and hope more
Hans stayed with us for 3 months in summer 2009.
It was great to have Hans with us, he made a big effort to fit in and adapted well to farm life and the new tasks facing him.
Further we were amazed about Hans reliability and perseverance.
Also Hans was great with the kids. They still miss him and talk about him a lot.
We are very glad that more
It was great to have Hans with us, he made a big effort to fit in and adapted well to farm life and the new tasks facing him.
Further we were amazed about Hans reliability and perseverance.
Also Hans was great with the kids. They still miss him and talk about him a lot.
We are very glad that more
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