Help us to create a garden and with some DIY projects in Grandham, Northern France

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  Description

  Hello, We have a house in a beautiful green part of FRANCE. It is old and there is much to do. We're learning about and creating a garden using permaculture methods.
  
  Also we are slowly renovating the house. It is an old stone house, perhaps 200 years old and has loads of potential. In other words, lots of work that can be done although the house is already comfortable to live in.
  
  One project close to my heart is to create an art studio from a sheep barn.
  
  We are a retired couple and speak English, Dutch, and some French and Hebrew. Improving our French through practice would be great. We laugh a lot, work without pressure as much as possible and love being in nature.
  
  Because we ourselves have spent years as volunteers in other countries we know the huge benefits and challenges involved..

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Entretien général

  Aide à la maison

  Pratique d’une langue
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We are in an area with loads of remnants from the first World War to learn about. The nature is beautiful, walking, biking. We are a Canadian, Dutch mixture. Languages of course. Art, Painting etc. Building with stone. Gardening in harmony with nature.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  Knowledge of building and gardening in as natural and authentic way as possible would be great. We're learning to use recycled materials and to be as organic as possible. We definately want to work with nature. For example - how can we save and use the abundant winter rain to counteract the increasingly dry summers?

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire
  Hebrew: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I would love to practice my very rusty French. We can help with English and Dutch.
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  Hébergement

  We will provide food and accomodation. It could be a private room with double bed or shared room depending on timing. We are vegetarians but do eat eggs and some dairy.

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  Autres infos...

  Public transportation is non existant but we can bring you to the train station. We will drive you to see sights and shop etc where possible. There are bikes you can use.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

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