Help on 4.5 hectares farmland, adjoining the Arnoia River in Galicia, Spain

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  Right now all work is focusing on the rebuilding of the house, so looking for people who already have building skills (mostly carpentry) or at least are very interested in learning and feel can learn to use basic tools like hand saws and so on. Please be aware work is physical at times.
  
  Hi there, my name is Pablo, I am 43 years old and I am a native of Valencia, although I lived in England for more than 13 years. There, among other things, I got a degree in photography and a training in biodynamic agriculture. In the summer of 2018, I bought a 4.5 hectare farm adjoining the Arnoia river, 20 minutes walking along the river of the beautiful village of Allariz, famous throughout Galicia for its architectural and landscape beauty, for its recent political history, and for its many restauranates and shops. All this makes this villa a very touristy and visited place.
  During this year 2019, my main project is to rehabilitate a concrete block construction, which has just been given a new roof, as a home using as much as possible bioconstruction and natural materials. I am doing an online training in regenerative agriculture with Regrarians, with which I am doing the design of the farm to implement an agroforestry system of fruit trees in alleys with annual crops (hotaliza and cut flower) among them. With me are Montana, a working mare with which I am learning animal traction, and Nela the dog. In this year I will have about 450m2 of vegetable garden (self-consumption) and cut flowers to experiment and see which will be more economically viable.
  
  Minimum stay 2 weeks
  
  Hola, me llamo Pablo, tengo 43 años y soy natural de Valencia, aunque vivi en Inglaterra mas de 13 años. Alli entre otras cosas hice la carrera de fotografía y una formación en agricultura biodinamica. En el verano del 2018 compre una finca de 4’5 hectareas pegada al rio Arnoia, a 20min caminando también por el rio de la bonita villa de Allariz, famosa en toda Galicia por su belleza arquitectónica y paisajística, por su historia política reciente, y por su muchos restauranates y tiendas. Todo esto hacen de esta villa un lugar muy turístico y visitado.
  Durante este año 2019, mi principal proyecto es rehabilitar una construcción de bloque de hormigón, a la que se le acaba de poner un tejado nuevo, como vivienda usando en la medida de lo posible bioconstruccion y materiales naturales. Estoy haciendo una formación online en agricultura regenerativa con Regrarians con la que estoy haciendo el diseño de la finca para implementar un sistema agroforestal de frutales en callejones con cultivos anuales (hotaliza y flor de corte) entre estos. Con migo están Montana, una yegua de trabajo con la que estoy aprendiendo tracción animal, y Nela la perra. En este año llegare a tener unos 450m2 de huerta con verduras (autoconsumo) y flores de corte para experimentar y ver cuales serán mas viables económicamente.
  
  Estancia minima 2 semanas

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  General Maintenance

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Farmstay help

  Help with Eco Projects

  Animal Care
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  The farm and the house where I live overlook the river Arnoia where there are trout, otters, herons, and you can bathe. The environment is a very beautiful forest full of oaks, chestnuts, birches, alders, many mushrooms, and countless animals like thousands of different birds, roe deer, snakes, ferrets, salamanders. The town of Allariz has a great Galician identity where almost everyone speaks Galician. There are many cultural activities and festivities such as the garden contest or A Festa do Boi. The many bars regularly offer small concerts. Galicia is known for its many thermal waters and in the surroundings and Ourense, there are free or very cheap baths. In the village there are many bars and restaurants and the concello gives an old building as a market for local producers (some organic) of vegetables, sausages, bread, honey, meat, milk, eggs, etc. There is also the Andrea Association, which has donkeys and handcrafted soaps or the Hipica de Allariz where they organize horseback riding.
  
  La finca y la casa donde vivo dan al rio Arnoia donde hay truchas, nutrias, garzas, y se puede bañar. El entorno es un bosque muy bonito lleno de robles, castaños, abedules, alisos, muchas setas, e infinidad de animales como miles de diferentes pajaros, corzos, serpientes, hurones, salamandras. La villa de Allariz tiene una gran identidad gallega donde casi todos hablan el gallego. Hay muchas actividades culturales y festividades como el concurso de jardines o A Festa do Boi. Los muchos bares ofrecen regularmente pequeños conciertos. Galicia es conocida por sus muchas aguas termales y en los alrededores y Ourense, hay baños gratuitos o muy económicos. En la villa hay muchos bares y restaurantes y el concello cede un edificio antiguo como mercado para los productores locales (algunos ecológicos) de verduras, embutidos, pan, miel, carne, leche, huevos, etc. Tambien esta la Asociacion Andrea, que tiene burros y hacen jabones artesanales o la Hipica de Allariz donde organizan rutas a caballo.

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  Help

  I need help mainly with the rehabilitation of the house where there are always jobs that require more than two hands (carpentry, prepare cement, formwork, etc) and with the care of the garden (watering, weeding, preparing beds and seedlings, open and close the greenhouse, ect) and care of the animals (feed, drink, collect manure, ect)
  
  Necesito ayuda principalmente con la rehabilitacion de la casa donde siempre hay trabajos que requieren mas de dos manos (carpinteria, prepara cemento, hacer encofrados, etc) y con el cuiddo de la huerta (regar, desherbar, preparar camas de cultivo y semilleros, abrir y cerrar el invernadero, ect) y cuidado de los animales (dar de comer, beber, recoger estiercol, ect)

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  The accommodation is in an old stone house, belonging to the concello, next to a mill attached to the river Arnoia, which is used for rural tourism. Now they give it to me until I finish the rehabilitation of mine. The volunteers have their own individual room and we share the rest (kitchen, living room and bathroom).
  
  El alojamiento es en una antigua casa de piedra, perteneciente al concello, junto a un molino pegado al rio Arnoia, que es su dia se uso para turismo rural. Ahora me la ceden hasta terminar la rehabilitación de la mia. Los voluntarios tienen su propia habitación individual y compartimos el resto (cocina, salón y baño).

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  5 horas al dia 5 dias a la semana

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