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Hi everyone, Its Mark and young Sirius here at the farm.
A Quick Note: The shower has been disconected as we are working on that building. Their are possibilyts for washing (we have an austraien bush shower).
We are taking much longer in replying to people so please be patient ( not easy for some in this age of instant communication).
We are 100% off-grid now and enjopying it. We are growing most of our own food ( it feels good ).
It is still quite basic here at the farm and i am looking for independent people, with the key word being autonomie.
I belive autonomuse people can create comunity. That doest mean we dont need one another and our exchanges.
I means we are not dependent upon one another.!
OK, Here goes:
Aloha, I'm Mark and I invite you to come and discover our project:
An ecological place, sharing knowledge, creating social ties, a solidarity, cultural and festive place
This is a preserved place, in the heart of the Pyrenees Audoises. A land of 6 hec and buildings, abandoned for 30 years, revive and welcome the beautiful and ambitious project of Mark and young Sirius.
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Aloha, je m"apelle Mark et je vous invite a venir et devouvrir notre project:
Un lieu écologique, de partage de connaissance, créateur de lien social, un lieu solidaire, culturel et festif
Est un lieu préservé, au cœur des Pyrénées Audoises. Un terrain de 6 hec et des bâtiments, abandonnés depuis 30 ans, revivent et accueillent le superbe et ambitieux projet de Mark et jeune Sirius.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our region is rich in culture and stories, we are in the heart of Cathar country. At this time we arez in partnership with another local cultural organizations and we help to organizes events like: Festival of the troubadours (in puivert), The path of the artists (haute valle d'aude), The farm in farm and other events all the year long . We are 1km from the castle of Puivert in the region which bathes in the majic, mystical and cruel ending history of the Cathars.
We also will be opening a citizen's / associative cafe (when we get around to it) in one of the barns, a place for exchange and sharing of knowledge
If you like walking, cycling, it is an ideal place for you (I always have bikes available for visitors. There are lakes nearby 4km and 9km, horse riding in the village, possibilities are not exhaustive .......
Ok see you soon, all the best Mark..!
Notre région est riche en culture et histoires, nous sommes dans le coeur de pays cathare. Nous au temps de partenariat avec d'autres organisations culturels du coin aide et organise évènement come: Le festival des troubadours, Le chemin des artistes, Le ferme en ferme et d'autres évènement tout le long de l'année. Nous sommes a 1km du châteaux de Puivert dans région qui baigne dans le majic, mystique et cruel histoire des cathares.
Nous ouvrons egalement un cafe citoyen/associative (quand en aurrai du temps) dans un des granges , un lieux d'echange et partage des connaissances
Si vous aimer marcher, faites du vélo, c’est un endroit idéal pour vous (Jai toujours les vélos disponible pour visiteurs. Il y a des lacs a proximité 4km et 9km, les balades a cheval dans le village, les possibilités sont non exhaustive.......
Ok a bientôt, Mark..!
Help
At the moment we are looking for people to help us with: Gardening (to feed everyone who come to lend a hand). Clearing land (after being empty for 30 years, it's a jungle). The renovation of the various buildings (most of the roofs have fallen in). Installation of the solar panels and a generator that will run on cooking oil (recycled and filtered). Help with my son who is 11 years old, a happy soul ! And various tasks on the farm periodically ....
The Key Word the Discribes the Farm is "Autonomy"
( i feel that autonomus people can come together to creat comunity)
We are all individuel cells in a greater growing expanding living organism called humanity.!
En ce moment nous cherchons les gens pour aider avec: Le Jardinage ( pour nourrir tout le monde qui viens prêter le main ). Débroussaillage ( après être vide pendent 30 ans, c’est un jungle ). La rénovation des divers bâtiments ( le plus part des toitures sont a terre ). L'installation des panneaux solaire et un group électrogène qui va rouler à l’huile de friture (recycler). Aide avec mon fils qui a 9 ans ( so cute ) ! Et divers taches a la ferme périodiquement....
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
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Accommodation
Mobile home or Camping at the farm:
At the moment we have installed four mobile homes. One is my space, another my sisters and there are two for visitors.
We have plenty of space for tentes.
We provide full meals (mostly vegetarian) and ask each person to do there share of cooking and cleaning (as they go), if you do have special dietery needs please let us know in advance.
We have no shower at the moment and we are putting watering cans in the greenhouse to warm up in the daytime until the new solar shower can be built..! We also use a compost toilet.
So if you have any knowledge about making an "efficient" shower , please come and share..!
Mobil home ou camping à la ferme:
En ce moment, nous avons installé quatre maisons mobiles. L'un est mon espace, un autre est a ma soeur et il y en a deux pour les visiteurs.
Nous avons beaucoup d'espace pour les tentes.
Nous fournissons des repas complets (souvent végétariens ) et demandons à chaque personne de faire sa part de cuisine et de nettoyage (au fur et à mesure), si vous avez des besoins spéciaux en matière de diététique, veuillez nous en informer à l'avance.
Nous n'avons pas de douche en ce moment et nous mettons des arrosoirs dans la serre pour se réchauffer pendant la journée jusqu'à ce que la nouvelle douche solaire puisse être construite ..! Nous utilisons également des toilettes à compost.
Donc, si vous avez des connaissances sur la réalisation d'une douche "efficace", venez et partagez!
What else ...
I can pick people up from Esperaza on a sunday morning at the market. . Their is a 1€ bus from Carcassonne to Esperaza/Quillan and a 1€ bus from Perpignan to Quillan (number 100) please be on time if possible or let us know how your progressing as its a 45mins round trip, thank you..!
I am sorry to say but we will no longer be acceping people with dogs ( after some bad experiences ).
Our full adress is: Le Barraquet, Route e la Peyrouse, 11230 Puivert, France
( iv put a marquer on google maps).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We Have a Limited Satalite Conection that works well, fueled by the sun :-) We Are Consciously Not Connected electronically and work towards a healthy conection to the Earth .!
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
4 heures par jour max, 5 j/sem.
Feedback (13)
I mostly want to thank you will for all your help. What a shame the weather stopped us from doing more ( freesing weather with icey compact snow and strong winds.) nevermind you got alot done, when we could. I would suggest comming… read more
You are an interesting man
Safe travels along your way and maybee see you one day if your down this way, i hope you enjoy ireland.
All the best, Mark.
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I mostly want to thank you will for all your help. What a shame the weather stopped us from doing more ( freesing weather with icey compact snow and strong winds.) nevermind you got alot done, when we could. I would suggest comming… read more
You are an interesting man
Safe travels along your way and maybee see you one day if your down this way, i hope you enjoy ireland.
All the best, Mark.
You can see the EWOP spirit all over the place and get insiprated from it.
Thank you! I hope to visit again one… read more
I loved your bouncy energy and your hands on, just get it done. Hope all is well for you and maybee see you down the road one day if ever you come back this way you are welcome to pop in. Safe travels and never forghet to enjoy… read more
We have just started the EWOP Challenge: everyone can imagine a sticky end, we have been bought up with storys and comics and hundreds of end of… read more
I wanted to say thank you for all your help, all the energy you put into the place.
For me: We had a great time all together . It was one of the best groups all year.
You are welcome to come back when you want.
Until then, be well and never forget to enjoy the ride.
All the best ,… read more
I look forward to seeing and sharing space with topu again. Hope the culture shock… read more
Mark est quelqu'un de très drôle chez qui vous n'allez pas vous ennuyer une seule seconde!
Sa "ferme", situé sur le flanc d'une colline du sud de l'Aude, regorge de ressources et vous n'aurez aucun mal à vous y sentir utile!
Mark a pleins de projets pour cet endroit et libre à vous de choisir… read more
I look… read more
I want to say THANK YOU Olivier for all your input her at the farm.Thank you for your patience and… read more
They live on a beautiful hillside, with a big veg garden, ducks and sheep, collect rain water, have a solar cooker, compost toilets… the list goes on :)
The area they live in is great, lots of cute towns, nice people, parties and interesting places to go. (We had our own… read more
To Becky, Irene sais thank you for help with the plants and the ducks (amost others).
To Woody, id like to say thay was great help with the two shed roofs, mending the jungle basher etc.
If you are interested and you come this way, it would be good to convert the old diesel genie to run… read more
The experience I leaved during the 2 weeks I had been there was something that I will keep as a good memory.
I hope this hard work project still continue to improve for a long time on the ways it is going.
Thank you for… read more
It was a pleasir getting to meet you. For the others: Gonçalo is a honest hard worker that canbe relyed to just get on and do the job, with others or by himself. I enjoys the little chats we had and he his so easygoing.!
Thank you again and do let us know if you are comming this… read more
Thats pritty clear..!
Let me know when your down this way and ill make some space..!
Be well Take care and never forget to enjoy the… read more
Now for my long review...
This was a great first workaway for my travels in France. I expected off-grid, and permaculture farming/living. That's exactly what this was. After a long year of… read more
To all the other reading this, i can totaly recomend this helper. He is a good man, alway trying to help in anyway he can. No job is to hard or tedious, he just gets on with it and can be left to get on with it. He works well on his own or in a… read more
For the volunteers out there: I stayed for two weeks and I got introduced into the place like I was part of the family. There was a great atmosphere, Mark is a jolly and funny… read more
For anyone considering volunteering here we say absolutely go for it! It was our first workaway and we couldn't have wished for better. We only… read more
