Join our family and help out with the olive harvest, gardening and renovation in Aradas-Podentes, Portugal

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  Description

  We are a couple living with two cats on our homestead at the very edge of a small hamlet, in the middle of an Olive Grove.
  Dom has renovated most of the house, but theres still enough to be done yet.
  We left the busy life and jobs behind in Germany and came here to cultivate our own food. Having lived in Egypt and South Africa before that.
  Theres also the plan to reconstruct the old barn into a seminar space.
  Build a compost toilet and bath, and an outdoor kitchen.
  Theres also a sweatlodge construction which gets rebuild from time to time
  We need help in house renovation, the projects, watering and weeding the garden, collecting seeds, planting, potting as well as cutting the grass on the land. Harvesting olives, feeding the cats or just helping in the household.
  It all depends on what is needed at that moment.
  Theres a bus going to Coimbra once a day, probably not on weekends. The nearby village has a Café where you can meet locals on Sunday. Take a stroll through nature to the river for a swim. We have a bicycle you can use.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Expect to learn Permaculture by experiencing it on our land. Expect to get better in speaking english, german, africans and arabic as we can speak these languages fluently. Practice a language we speak, or brush up your portuguese with the locals.
  Get immersed into Permaculture or have an insight into Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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  Aide

  Help in garden, renovating, household, building compost toilet, outdoor shower and kitchen and outdoor wood fired oven, rebuilding the sweatlodge, rebuilding seminar house. Harvesting Olives.
  Everything according to season and time, one by one.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Afrikaans: Courant
  Arabe: Courant
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire
  Portugais: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We d love to speak to you in our languages and we d love to practice our portuguese and french.
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  Hébergement

  There is a room with a bed for sleeping in the garage
  
  . Shared bathroom
  You can pitch up your tent on the property , we also have a big tent as well as plenty of blankets.
  There is a parking for a camper.
  We get our drinking water from a spring nearby.
  The bakery delivers fresh rolls and bread on working days for breakfast, 1 warm meal a day.
  
  At Dinner-time we all come together to share our main meal of the day.
  
  Breakfast is available and each grabs or prepares it themselves when wanting to have breakfast.
  Dinner, mostly garden to table.
  We eat almost everything, if you re vegan or vegetarian tell us, so we can arrange that for you.
  We cannot tend to a gluten-free or allergic diet.

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  Autres infos...

  On foot you can reach the next village with a small shop, as well as a riverside.
  The next town Penela is just a few km away.

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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

  There is parking space for a moderate size van, the entry has a sharp curve, big vehicles Cant take the curve. Tested and tried 😁

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  4 to 5 hours a day, 5 days of the week.

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