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Last replied
27 Feb 2024
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Description
We, Gerd and Renate, have been running running a small farm and guesthouse in West Cork in Ireland.
Our farm consists of a big vegetable garden and 2 polytunnels, beef cattle, goats, milksheep, ducks, hens, dogs and cats. We supply our guesthouse with most vegetables, milk, cheese, cream cheese, yoghurt meat and eggs.
In the guesthouse we run courses mainly for meditation ,yoga and hillwalking.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Animal Care
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will get insight into life in rural Ireland, learn about organic gardening, e.g. growing your own food and farming including how to make cheese, yoghurt etc.
Our farm is very secluded, surrounded by beautiful a landscape with views onto Bantry Bay, so you have opprtunities to go hillwalking. Meditation is part of our daily life and you are welcome to participate if desired. The Occasionally we can give you a lift into Bantry,a very pictoresque small town at the sea.
We speak English and German,so you can practice both.
Projects involving children
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Help
The help is quite varied, including gardening, animal care, housework and renovating/building
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Usually in our very comfortable guesthouse .
What else ...
Usually we try to have a few volunteers together during the time when we don't have guests . This means that volunteers are able to stay in the guesthouse.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (7)
The weather hasn't always been nice,but no matter what task was ahead,it was done with a positive attitude.....working on firewood,shifting lots of manure, weeding, looking after animals.
I've been with them for just over three weeks and it's been a fantastic three weeks.
The work consisted of 5 hours a day for 5 days a week. It was never hard and it was of all kinds, from feeding the animals to working in the… read more
We worked on five days per week from 9am to 3pm and ate lunch together at 1pm. But they are flexible and if… read more
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The weather hasn't always been nice,but no matter what task was ahead,it was done with a positive attitude.....working on firewood,shifting lots of manure, weeding, looking after animals.
I've been with them for just over three weeks and it's been a fantastic three weeks.
The work consisted of 5 hours a day for 5 days a week. It was never hard and it was of all kinds, from feeding the animals to working in the… read more
We worked on five days per week from 9am to 3pm and ate lunch together at 1pm. But they are flexible and if… read more
I already miss everything : you, the other workawayers (great "Team Lost"), the place (the surroundings are amazing) and, of course, the animals (goats, horses, sheep, hens, cats, dogs) ... It was so nice to look after them, to meet the lambs as well as the baby goats,… read more
