Help to restore a traditional French potager and co-create something heart-led and beautiful for the future, Cancon, France

Detalles

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  Descripción

  We are Reb & Mark, an originally British couple who moved to France in 2021. Together, we are co-creating La Maison du Coeur Calme ('the home of the calm heart'); a special place for retreats, trainings, gatherings. There is simply rather a lot of hard physical renovation work needing to be done. Mark is more than your average DIYer, but Reb is unable to help in the way he needs, especially whilst I keep our business going to keep a little income coming in, while Mark enters his second year of a 'building sabbatical' ;)
  
  We are incredibly fortunate to live in a large old French house (built c. 1860) with a small amount of land, a mixed fruit orchard (mostly prunes being near Agen), a field, a couple of barns. Mark converted one barn into a training and retreat venue last year and has started on the second. The village is small, friendly, in between Bergerac, Bordeaux and Toulouse and the area is largely agricultural. Our village is known as the 'Capital of Hazelnuts'!
  
  In the village, there are many amenities for one so small: two little supermarkets, pharmacy, post office, bank, petrol fillign station, four hairdressers ;) , tabac, butcher, small but excellent restaurant, traditional Monday morning market, tiny cafe and more besides.
  
  Our two rescue cats are still rather timid but loving and after a couple of days, they welcome visitors warmly.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Jardinería

  Mantenimiento general
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  We will welcome you to stay with us in our home and share what we are learning about 'la vie francaise' with you. In addition to the genuinely gorgeous village and local community, we are also delighted to talk multiple brains, neuroscience, NLP and more into the evening over a home baked pizza (outdoor oven) and glass of wine. We believe we are constanty learning and evolving, so we look forward to learning with and from you and enriching our lives as a result. I am also happy to pass on anything I can about preserving (jamming, chutneying, pickling, bottling, making kombucha etc) if that's of interest. Whilst Mark is the extrovert, we both love company and will be genuinely grateful for your part in our journey.

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  Ayuda

  Physical help with digging / weeding / planting in the veg garden etc. No previous gardening skills are required, although any experience is very welcome! It's a big veg patch / potager and has spent a year being overgrown but deserves to be reclaimed so it can be fully productive

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Inglés: Fluido
  Francés: Intermedio
  Welsh: Principiante
  Alemán: Principiante
  Greek: Principiante
  Xhosa: Principiante

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  Alojamiento

  A private bedroom and bathroom in our 1860's maison de maitre. We're happy for you to eat with us - Reb is vegetarian, Mark's an omnivore, so both will be on offer, generally home cooked from scratch, made with local ingredients and love. Physical work requires soul food, so you'll be well-fed and watered :)

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  Algo más...

  In time off, we can recommend a number of local attractions, from sights, historic sites, cities, wine tasting, and much more. We tend to be fairly quiet people, but have good local friends and are relatively non-materialistic. However, we have tv and music, two cats who keep us endlessly entertained, open fires, a fire pit and the most gorgeous countryside around with lovely people around. There are local buses and plenty of room if you have your own vehicle.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  Free decent wi-fi connection and a peaceful environment in which to connect / work / create / reflect outside working hours

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  If you would prefer to live in your own van, rather than in the house with us, that's also fine

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Horas esperadas

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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