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We are a friendly German/English family living in the north-west of Germany. Living at home are my husband and myself plus occasionally other people.
We are in the process of maintaining a (biggish) organic vegetable garden and would also like some help around the house and with our rescue dogs and chickens. There are no young children, so no baby-sitting :-)
We are vegan and although we are happy to accept anybody we don't want meat in the house. (Dairy is okay.)Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
SprachpraxisGartenarbeitenHeimwerker- und BauarbeitenBetreuung von TierenMithilfe auf einem BauernhofZubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die FamilieHausarbeitenHandwerkliche ArbeitenKultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
We often have people from different countries staying with us and love to hear about different cultures.
We are all fluent in English and German. Gabi is learning Dutch and would love some help with that.
You will hopefully learn how to create a thriving, awesome organic vegetable garden .... or alternatively how to cope when the hares and deer destroy all our efforts...
You can also learn a lot about dog behaviour and non-violent dog training.
And then of course there's the vegan cooking. We're no Master Chefs but if you're new to the idea of cooking and baking without animal products we can definitely help.Arbeit
At the moment we mainly need help with maintaining the vegetable garden we started in spring 2017, working on our pond and little jobs around the house.
The dogs want to be walked and we're always happy to get help with housework, especially vegan cooking. We don't need people to be ridiculously skilled at things, just being willing to help will be cool.
Update spring 2024: Spring will soon be on its way and we'll need help in the veg garden, digging, sowing, planting and weeding. Grum also needs some help with putting up a new fence and generally getting the garden into shape.
Also, we have five rescue dogs, one of which is very traumatized. This means she is very frightened of strangers!!! We want to make her realize that all humans are wonderful (at least the ones who come here), so you have to be prepared to be very calm and quiet around her.
And I'm afraid there are always the boring things going on like cooking, washing up, cleaning floors,...
If you can bake vegan cakes we will love you :-)Gesprochene Sprachen
Deutsch: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Niederländisch: GrundkenntnisseUnterkunft
Single or shared rooms in the house, depending on how many other people are around. (Usually there will be a single room for you.)
You will eat with us, we will provide 3 vegan meals a day.
No smoking in the house.Was noch ...
We live on the outskirts of a small village with little public transport, but you can borrow our bikes to visit nearby nature reserves or cycle to the station where you can catch the train to Osnabrück (15 min), Bremen (1 h), Hamburg ( 2 ,5 hrs), or Amsterdam (3 hrs). Depending on our working hours we are also happy to give you lifts.
Other things we think we should mention:
Our dogs are mainly friendly but big and hairy. They live with us in the house. Expect to wade through dog hair during molting times :-)
We have a sense of humor and don't take ourselves too seriously.
You won't be expected to work outside in shitty weather.
Times are likely to be flexible, but no more than five hours per day, five days per week max.
We enjoy games, discussions, trips to the cinema, watching movies, etc. We also have various instruments (pianos, guitars, flute, accordeon, broken violin,...) which nobody can play particularly well, but we'd love to hear you play them.Etwas mehr Information
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen
We got glass fibre cable some time ago so our internet connection is pretty decent.
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
Smallish vans can be parked in front of the house.
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
zwei
Arbeitszeiten
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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I’m so glad I came here :)
The work was not too difficult, I weeded the garden, harvested… read more
Gabi made me feel at home straight away. When she picked me up from the train station, she started talking to me as if we already knew each other. I felt very welcomed from the beginning, despite me being very nervous. They're both open-minded and have great… read more
From the beginning i felt at home and every person i met (Gabi, Grum, two workawayers) was very kind and easy to get along with. Also we had very interesting and deep conversations… read more
For work, I did some household… read more
The work wasn't hard at all, most of the time I worked in the garden.
I would really recommend everyone to stay with these two lovely people and their cute… read more
Two weeks were too short for me to spend time with you and help with your big project... but the whole experience was different and new for me, and I had such a great time there:)
For Carly, Genie and Turner I already miss you guys, I assume that Turner has now got… read more
We ate great vegan food, and got the chance to do a bit of cooking ourselves, we also indulged in a few Christmas treats like Sam's excellent marzipan Stollen!
We really enjoyed getting to know… read more
It was a pleasure being with them in their beautiful house in the middle of the fields.
I finished the renovation of… read more
I have really met such a welcoming and happy family. For supper you'll have… read more
We hope to see her again soon and would host her again at any… read more
What… read more
Sebastian fit in very well with the family and made… read more
I enjoyed the days of board games and boulderings evenings, the dogs are adorable, really really lovely, especially Ginny she is the best!!! (I want to go back just to steal her)
I… read more
à bientôt !
It was our first vegan family we volunteered with (all the previous ones was not vegan) and it was great, we have enjoyed Wednesday pizza/panini and weekend late and relaxed breakfasts and of course Friday dinner when it was a "full house" with great dinner and after a movie… read more
I felt like part of the family so quickly, and I was included in everything. Meals are shared together and are full of (awful) jokes and great conversation. Wednesday night pizza, Friday night games and… read more
He helped to knock out part of a wall, took care of the greenhouse and did an insane amount of lugging heavy… read more
Thanks to all for receiving me :D
Note : I get the chance to have the company of an other volunteer while I was… read more
They welcomed me in to the goings on of the family life, looked after me, and set very manageable and simple work. Most importantly they were always so appreciative of the help, even though I doubt I did any more than my fair share.
They were very tolerant of me playing devil's advocate on their vegan… read more
Hoste him if you get the chance!
When I arrived the weather was icy cold. Too cold to work in the garden so I did some painting inside. Later on during my stay I… read more
Awesome Artistic Abilities
Brilliant
Clever, Clear & Confident
Declutterer of house and garden
Efficient, Energetic and Easygoing
Friendly and Fun
Generous
Handy and Helpful
Intelligent and… read more
It's a stretch to label it a "work"away because living with the Chapmans was so relaxed, enjoyable, and they allowed myself and other guests freedom to choose what chores or projects we wanted to work on. During my time there, I was able to… read more
Hopefully we will be seeing him again soon, he is… read more
They are most… read more
But most of all, they are really fun to be with and have become true friends who we will always welcome back. :-)
We both immediately felt at home as soon as Gabi picked us up from the train station. Everyone we met was friendly and welcoming... even Holger and Shaun!
The dogs are loveable and… read more