Enjoy nature at our Tuscan farmhouse on the edge of mountain wilderness, Italy

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  2025 

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

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    We're looking for volunteers to help us with the olive harvest for 2 to 3 weeks (depending on the weather)! It's our favourite harvest of the year and a wonderful centuries-old activity that requires no experience. The olive orchards around here are on terraced slopes and the olives are pressed into oil at a local mill. If there's time, we may plant some trees as well.

    Volunteers will sleep in our house or guest house and we will cook and eat meals together as a family. We kindly ask that you have been vaccinated against COVID and have travel/health insurance and that you ONLY contact us if you are interested in joining the work crew from Nov. 1 for at least 2 weeks.

    We live in a remote, peaceful hamlet of 3 farmhouses in a forest above the small mountain village of Baggio, in northern Tuscany, 10km from Pistoia - a beautiful medieval city between Florence and Lucca. This place was abandoned after WWII and the houses, fields and orchards have been gradually restored by our family since the 1960s. We are off-road (except by 4wd) so there is a 10-min walk up a stone mule path.

    We live in a simple stone farmhouse and offer clean sleeping accommodation, wood-burning heating, hot water, wifi, linens/towels, laundry, healthy & delicious meals (vegan, gluten-free, veggie, meat-eaters all welcome!). English, Italian, Spanish, French and German spoken.

    We are Jethro and Olivia (mid-60s), and Olivia's mother Betsy (late-80s). Jethro is a social scientist, activist and former university teacher now working freelance, and Olivia is a writer and former teacher. We are American, lived in the UK for many years, and have been coming here for 50+ years. We now live here year-round and are involved with community groups dedicated to providing spaces and activities for people to reconnect with nature. Volunteers become part of this wider community of friends, families and pilgrims. Sometimes we are also joined by our 3 children (in their 30s), their partners and children.

    We're creating an organic permaculture homestead, and restoring the buildings and landscape for a sustainable future. We have bees, orchards, gardens, olives and a friendly dog. Come help us manage our chestnut woods, fruit trees, organic veg garden, olive groves, fields, fences, walking trails, forest roads, farmhouses and outbuildings, all in a creative and fun way, with lots of inspiring things to work on!

    Come by car, bike, or train+local bus, or we'll meet you at Pistoia station.

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
    Gartenarbeiten
    Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
    Betreuung von Tieren
    Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
    Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
    Hausarbeiten
    Handwerkliche Arbeiten
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Baggio is a traditional Tuscan mountain village (pop 120) with an active community association that runs a bar and occasional pizza restaurant in the summer, and a small museum dedicated to the village's charcoal-making days. The village dates from 900 AD if not earlier, and our farm is on an ancient stone-paved pilgrimage route from Roman times. Local families tend their olive orchards, gardens and chickens, manage their chestnut woods for fuel and timber, collect mushrooms and hunt wild boar, in addition to their day jobs in nearby Pistoia. Volunteers can meet local families if they wish, and take part in community activities or go for walks through the farmland, olives and chestnut woods. We are the last inhabited house on this part of the mountain, and behind us is a vast forest wilderness with trails and forest roads leading up into the high Apennines, with well-marked hiking trails and endless wildlife... boar, deer, wolves, porcupines, badgers, foxes, birds of prey, insects and reptiles. Pistoia (12km away) is a charming, well-preserved medieval Tuscan city with historic churches, museums, bars, restaurants, shops and vibrant open markets. On days off volunteers often go by bus/train to visit Pistoia, Lucca or Florence.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    We usually work about 25 hours a week (4-5 hrs per day from early morning to lunchtime)

    We prefer volunteers who can be here for intensive projects with a small group. See above for current hosting dates and projects, and contact us ONLY if specific dates are listed that match your travel plans. Please only contact us if you are seriously committed!

    Longer-term volunteers may be considered if there is a good match of skills and seasonal work needed. Help us grow fruit and vegetables, tend bees, mend fences and gates, repair old houses, make stone walls, clear brush, cut grass, cut and split firewood, tend and harvest olives, share cooking and housework, and enjoy great food and wine!

  • Gesprochene Sprachen

    Deutsch: Fließend
    Englisch: Fließend
    Spanisch: Fließend
    Italienisch: Fließend
    Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    Private or shared bedroom, shared bath, linens and towels, warm and cozy house, shared living spaces with open fires and wood burning stoves, solar energy, wifi, laundry, delicious meals (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, meat eaters all welcome), good company and conversation. No TV or landline.

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    We expect volunteers to help out in the kitchen (cooking or washing up) in addition to volunteer time. You are free to relax around here or explore the area in your time off. This place is on the edge of a mountain wilderness perfect for adventurous walks or a dip in the secluded waterfall 20 mins walk away, or explore the village of Baggio and get to know our neighbours. The local bar is open on summer evenings where villagers congregate on a large terrace with a panoramic view. Just down the valley by bus is the beautiful medieval city of Pistoia, with spectacular churches, architecture, museums, markets, festivals and a trendy cafe and restaurant scene (frequented mainly by Italians escaping from the big tourist cities in Tuscany!) There are frequent train connections to Florence, Lucca and Pisa. Non-smokers only and no drugs please. Please contact us only if you are available for the dates mentioned in our profile.

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    mehr als zwei

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