Join our family and help out with gardening and eco projects in Exloo, Netherlands

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  Description

  We (Wilco and Marieke 37 years old) moved to Exloo a year ago, a beautiful authentic village in Drenthe. It has a lot of old 'Hunnebedden' nearby and the energy of this place feels magical. It's quiet although there is a lot to experience with or without others. Our house is build on half an acre of ground with some fruits, herbs and veggies. We would like to create a garden with more foods, more or less like a food forest for private use. We have three daughters (9,8 and almost 2 years old) (we only accept non smokers.) it's important that you can get along with kids because they will be there a fair amount of the time and will also be in contact with you. Also we have a cat Mika 😺

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  we live on the 'Hondsrug' which is one of the higher places of the Netherlands. In the far old days this ridge (stowage) is formed during an ice period. There's are a lot woods in the area and beautiful swimming lakes in the woods as well. There's a sheepfold with shepherds to contain the part of the landscape which is the moorland and other grass area in the village. You could also volunteer there in your spare hours. And of course you can visite the plenty of magical Hunnebeds and other authentic villages nearby. Also there are a lot of retreat places such as the maanhoeve or elhohim gardens. The city Emmen is a 15 min busdrive or 45 min by bike. You could mountainbike in the forests, there are a lot of trails. Marieke could learn you how to cook tasty plant based meals, Wilco how to do a lot of handyman stuff. The kids can teach you laughter and patience ;) You can join Marieke voor meditations in the garden and also learn with us how to grow a food forest. there are lots of bike and hike trails really close by, we have a public sports area behind our own garden with fitness, free run, mountainbike and volleyball.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  This summer we would like to build a loam/mud wall/semi open hut for the meditation area. We could certainly use some people who have experience with this because we never did this. Also we need help with watering the new trees and keeping the new planting free from grass.
  
  There would be plenty of other tasks in the garden as well as helping with the rebuilding of the house and guest place. Also we would like help with the kids (language practice German of English) cooking and cleaning. And also if you are a creative person, there would be some time to make the garden the magical place that it is but than for everybody's eyes to see :-) we only want projects with natural materials. So tell us your talents and we can find suitable tasks.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant
  Allemand: Débutant
  Français: Débutant

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  Hébergement

  A cabin with a twinbed and a bunkbed. It's possible you share it with an other workawayer but if you are with two we won't invite anyone else to share it with you. You have your own shower and toilet and also a little kitchen to cook.
  We would like help 4 hours a day 5 days a week. (we can see the week before which days are your off days.) We will provide for you in breakfast (oatmeal, sometimes eggs, bread, fruits) and (if you like a shared) lunch (with soup or salad) we provide an evening meal twice a week. We are vegetarian and mostly eat plant based accept for the eggs of or own chickens and some of us sometimes eat cheese. We can warm up the hottub if you like :) and off course we hope we can bring some laughter and good conversations!

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  Autres infos...

  you can borrow a bike and the busstation is a 3 min walk away. there's is a lot to do in the area, nature, city, swimming, animals, art etc.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  any size of van/tent could be placed.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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