Off grid living in the mountains, Sardinia, Italy

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  Description

  Hi everyone!
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  My name is Misha. I am an enthusiastic and open-minded person living off-grid in the mountains in the south of Sardinia. Here we are inside an amazing and huge park - forest "Sette Fratelli" (the location at the map is wrong). Our small zone is called San Pietro Paradiso. The beautiful land is more than 5 hectares all mountain landscape, and the surroundings are filled with many different types of trees (like eucalyptus, pine, oak, cork, almonds, etc); animals, small brooks and water springs.
  
  This project started in 2019 with the idea of living in harmony with nature and the seasons, simplicity, improving the land to a forest garden, growing in sustainability. Since the beginning beekeeping is one of the main focuses of this project. Every year we are expanding our bee families, producing our own honey and bee products. We focus on small dimensional organic building like wooden constructions, cabins and earth houses, using natural materials like stone, earth, wood and recycled stuff (pallets, bricks, metal, etc). Our nutrition is simple and plant based (vegan except eggs from our chickens), collecting seasonal food from the land and surroundings. We love to live together with animals. 6 dogs and 6 cats are part of our family.
  
  We are in an isolated place without connected electricity (available nearby in the area when needed), public transport and with little mobile signal (just depends on your mobile operator, I have TIM/Kena and my signal is ok). We have water from the spring and heat it for tea, cooking and washing.
  
  Work sometimes can be easy, meditative, sometimes hard. What we are doing here also depends on the seasons, mostly efficient fun things, some examples: moving rocks and earthworks, building constructions like a platform, wood art, lentischio berry collection, drying figs, taking care of animals and the forest garden, beekeeping, general maintenance of the place, etc.
  
  This wild mountains offer a lot to explore, beautiful forests and rocks, archeological sites from Nuragic civilization and other periods. There are a lot of animals here like sardinian deer, wild boar, fox, rabbit, many types of birds, etc.
  
  I speak Italian, Russian, English. My partner Anna speaks also German.
  
  2024 plan update:
  - Construction work (wooden cabins, terraces, small constructions, etc).
  - Clearing eucalyptus trees to help the local flora grow stronger and use wood for fire and constructions.
  - Digging, creating terraces with stone walls.
  - Permaculture earthworks (winter-spring season). Working with the land following permaculture design (terraces, dams, swales) step by step growing sustainability forest garden. Planting trees and yearly improvement of vegetable patch.
  - Maintenance and creative work when living off grid.
  
  We are covid-free here and the only vaccine we require from you is the enthusiasm vaccine:).

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  I can offer an experience of living with nature and together by being open we can learning from each other. You will be immersed and inspired by the forest and mountains and we will take care of each other. Here you can reconnect with yourself.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  From practical labour to creating an earth or wooden home; help in the garden; beekeeping (when it is the season). Sometimes it's hard work. Rather than a farm environment, you learn to adapt yourself to wild natural living. Special skills are not required, just the passion to grow, collaborate, respect nature.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent
  Russian: Fluent

  This 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.
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  Accommodation

  If you have your own tent / hammock it's good. We can also provide a tent and blankets to sleep warm. It's important to understand that we are completely off-grid here.
  We occasionally go to my family's house nearby in the area, take a hot shower there, use washing machine of necessary.
  We provide simple plant based food and honey. We can cook or you can cook if you want or we can cook or fast together:).

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  What else ...

  The place is in the mountains and about 40 km from the town. I will pick you up from Cagliari or at the PF bus stop "Flumini". We will occasionally visit the town and the shops.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  There is no wi fi in the mountains, but we can arrange something for one o two days a week.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  It depends. We have dogs and cats with different personalities.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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