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Description
We live on the East coast of Ireland near the sea. We are a couple with 3 grown up children. We love gardening and I also love caring for my bees. We grow organic fruit and vegetables for home use and we also produce pure natural honey. We love to host open minded students who have a sense of humour and a positive attitude :-) Helping includes garden maintenance; composting, weeding, but mainly honey production. While helping, you will learn the skills of organic food production and the art of beekeeping.
We require help during spring, summer and autumn. I've got all the equipment and clothing you will need.
You will need one set of old working clothes.
Accommodation is your own room in the family home. You can cook if you wish but normally everybody eats together and we have WiFi.
As well as producing fruit, vegetables and "liquid gold", we also enjoy painting, photography, football, video games, fishing, boating, social dancing and of course, fruit, veg. and flower gardening.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will experience how an Irish family lives and you will be treated like one of the family while you are here.
Help
Helping includes regular care of honeybees, beehive construction, wax recycling and extraction of honey Also fruit, flower and vegetable gardening. Also we expect you to give a fair share of help in the kitchen. We all help out together and sometimes talk a lot!
You may choose between gardening and beekeeping, or try both!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Irish: Intermediate
French: Beginner
Italian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Accommodation is in a private room and private bathroom in the family home. You may cook if you wish, but normally everybody eats together. We have WiFi.
What else ...
Castlebridge is a pretty village with shops, restaurants, pub etc. 5km from historic Wexford Town. The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is nearby; ideal for birdwatchers and photographers, and the beaches are great in winter and in summer.
There is good access to/from Dublin, Cork, Waterford and Limerick by bus.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have excellent WiFi
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
5 hours/5 days per week.
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They are both so nice and I had a lot of fun with them. James taught me everything about bees and he helped me to improve my english as well.
Mainly The work was beekeeping but I did some gardening and painting as well as… read more
I learnd a lot about bees, vegetables and fruits in this short time.
In my free time I went to the lovely beaches near the village and to the nice place with the many waterfalls.
James did all that you feel good and a part of the family. The working hours… read more
The job of beekeeper is really interesting and James can teach you many things about bees.
He is very funny and hospitable, we had eat only good things and we had drink wine and we had eat a lot of strawberries from the garden.
See you soon James, until then a… read more
James and Theresa were very welcoming and made me directly feel at home, which highly impressed me as it is not easy to let a stranger into your house and family life for such a short… read more
He always worked very well and never complained at the tasks we gave him to do. Always working to the best of his ability & always keen to ask… read more
He quickly adapted to our work routine and I found him very helpful in the garden, in the workshop and a good cook in the kitchen. In short an ideal… read more
Breakfasting with Theresa's wonderful home-made bread and delicious honey was the perfect start to each day… read more
Lovely to learn about the birds and the bees (literal) with James.
The work is very nice and interesting..
Great hospitality by great people in a great home, great food, great everything.. Happy days!
James is a very nice man and also very cultured: he knows everything about… read more
He excelled at beekeeping, gardening and housework and also was very good company to work with. Simone's level of English is more than enough for ordinary communication. We had some lovely Italian food; prepared by an excellent cook. But… read more
James and Theresa are two beatiful persons: James helped me very much with the english...so for the next time i want to learn something about Gaelic!
James has also a bike, if you want (7 kilometres to the sea, 5 kilometres to Wexford) but...don't lose the key for… read more
Thank you for these two weeks and your son for… read more
Carlos was appreciative of our Irish food and of his accommodation, and we… read more
