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Description
We are a family of 4 (2 adults and 2 kids of 19 and 11 years) with a big dream to make our farm a real organic paradise.
Our farm is a very old one and we would like to make it beautiful and healthy again.
We would need help in renovating a house - painting the ceiling and walls, renovating some wooden furniture. Establishing electricity to the shed and sauna house, building a greenhouse, Permaculture garden and planting a food forest. Every year we need to prepare wood for the heating (we have our own forest, so we need to chop chop the wood and put it in the shed.
In summer there is so much to do in a garden, therefore we also appreciate some help in cleaning a house and cooking.
Our kids like meeting new people. Daniel (18) speaks Russian, Latvian, English and Dutch. Jaroslava (11) speaks Russian, Latvian and a bit of English. We would like her to practice the language.
Families and people with kids are welcome. Since we have 4 dogs, unfortunately we can not accept families with dogs on the farm.
We offer a place to stay in a guest room on the second floor or a tent (we can offer a tent, sleeping bags and mats), vegetarian food.
We offer great company and a bit of sightseeing :) We have a sheep, dogs and cats.
We speak Russian, Latvian, English and Dutch.
Hope to see you!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We have a very nice nature and you will enjoy it for sure!
We know a lot about the ecological life and food, and also about permaculture. We will be glad to share this knowledge with the visitors :)
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are renovating the farm. At the moment we need to clean and see how to repair the shed, some renovation inside the house and work in the vegetable garden (permaculture garden). Some language practice (Dutch and English) would be appreciated as well :)
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Latvian (Lettish): Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Russian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We are happy to help you with practicing your Russian, Latvian or English.
Accommodation
We have a guest room and a place to put your tent if you prefer to stay in a tent. We arrange vegetarian food and self baked bread and self-made cheese :)
What else ...
We will be happy to show you the small villages around our farm, Riga (the capital of Latvia). There is a direct bus going from Riga to Gatarta (direction Jaunpiebalga) ;)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a good WiFi internet on the fatm
Space for parking camper vans
We had an experience of volunteers coming in campervans. There is no problem in this.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (13)
He is nice, polite, hardworking and fun.
We had a great time hosting him on our farm in Latvia.
He has helped a lot - changed the electric vires on the second floor of oyr house, fixed electricity in the barn and sauna house. We also have done a lit of cleaning in the vegetable garden.
His Russian is perfect and… read more
I helped with gardening tasks at first, like tarp removing… read more
This was my… read more
Nice and interesting people, great skills and knowledge, always ready to help, tasty cooking. Thanks to Chris, we have now electricity in our shed and one of the rooms!
Thank you for coming and your help, guys!
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He is nice, polite, hardworking and fun.
We had a great time hosting him on our farm in Latvia.
He has helped a lot - changed the electric vires on the second floor of oyr house, fixed electricity in the barn and sauna house. We also have done a lit of cleaning in the vegetable garden.
His Russian is perfect and… read more
I helped with gardening tasks at first, like tarp removing… read more
This was my… read more
Nice and interesting people, great skills and knowledge, always ready to help, tasty cooking. Thanks to Chris, we have now electricity in our shed and one of the rooms!
Thank you for coming and your help, guys!
I thank you for your stay with us in 2019!
You were such a great help to me with taking care of kids, house and the garden while I was on my short trip!
Jaroslava is missing you a lot.
Great experience. Well recommended!
I stayed 1 week but I wish I could stay longer. The area is amazingly beautiful and the Spring weather was so kind to us.
It was a great experience living with/by/in nature. The work is very very flexible, some days I worked more and some not at all, also the work itself could be different tasks (as… read more
It's a pity we could'nt taste… read more
Meeting people like them is what… read more
She is a hard working person, very good in scrupulous work. Thanks to Maureen we have fox berry and aronia (aphelbes) jam and lots of other work has been done thanks to her!
She can make a good contact with kids (even with those that do not speak any… read more
We have enjoyed the time you have spent on our farm.
He is always willing to help, chopping wood, gathering hay and doing some carpentry as well.
He is very intelligent person, who can speak Russian (important for those hosts that speak Russian), writes nice Arabic letters :) and has a good… read more
Thanks to Anna we had a lot of fun, and I can say that we felt on the same wave :)
We shared a lot of knowledge and we have learned a lot from her!
Anna thanks for your help, for the ideas on the farm (especially the idea of Lavender fields!), on the promotion… read more
The job there is not difficult, though sometimes need time to get familiar with it. But it is quite fun especially… read more
thanks to them we have our yoga camp fully decorated for the yoga vacation! We felt as one big family with you.
Girls, Thanks again and have fun on your brave journey around Europe!
good luck!
It's a beautiful peacefull place which will become organic paradise soon. Good to remember delicious Ivan Chai tea and a lot of funny moments with children:)… read more
Dear Barbora,
It was absolute pleasure to meet you! Thanks again for your help!
I hope to see you again one day ;)
Hugs
Tanya, Valentin, Danila&Jaroslava
Thanks Mauricio!
