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Help us with homesteading and maintenance in Montjoi, France

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  • Letzte Aktivität: 18 März 2024

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  2024 

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    Hello! We are a Dutch and German couple living in France, running a chateau that is rented out to tourists in the summer season. The rest of the year we try to do some homestead type stuff.

    About us:

    We are artistic folks, into floristry, drawing, painting, sculpting, writing, music, filmmaking, self-sufficiency, traditional lifestyles, crafts, gardening, homesteading, herbology, history, etc. But we mostly do whatever needs to be done, and we do enjoy some hard physical labour. Circumstances and priorities decide our activities for the day.

    We are interested in preserving the old European heritage, self-sufficient farm life, etc. We try to find a healthy balance to integrate a natural lifestyle into the modern age. We're continually learning, doing research, and studying autodidactically, to develop an ever more encompassing understanding of the reality we inhabit. Our worldview is based on a natural understanding of the world, based on facts, logic, pattern recognition and analytical observation, instead of on any religion, ideology or orthodox dogma. Understanding and working with Natural Law. Not tied up in any -isms. Looking for people with a mind open to new ideas, preferably curious people who are interested to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the world we live in, and enjoy sharing ideas.

    Oh, and we eat meat.

    We noticed the strong presence of vegans and vegetarians on this platform, so we figured it's best to address this issue on our profile, to avoid unpleasant surprises for those who come to visit us. We don't expect you to join us in our lifestyle choices, but it's good to know that we might be killing our own roosters/ducks on our property, during your stay.

    Having lived a vegan organic wholefoods lifestyle for years ( and ending up with a severe B12 defficiency), we are understanding of, and try to be accommodating to people who don't eat meat, but we are not going to stop eating meat for you, and the strict militant totalitarian vegan extremists who don't want to be around us meat-eating savages best look elsewhere ;)

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kunstprojekte
    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

    You can expect to learn some basics in homesteading, gardening, herbology, basic construction, renovation, DIY, maintenance chores, and the basics on how to take care of a place like this.

    As for languages you can learn here: we speak fluent Dutch, German and English, our French is imperfect.
    We welcome French people, who can help us develop our french language skills, especially by talking French over the dinner table, to expose our son more to the language.

    Aside from the practical activities that you could learn from, depending on your interests, you might learn something from our conversations about anything from chickens and plants to history and philosophy, from ecological sustainability and self-sufficiency to politics and spirituality, and anything else that might come up. We are obviously also always interested to learn from your unique perspective, especially if you have spent some time looking into things that we don't know much about! Knowledge is power, and we love to empower ourselves and others with the treasures and insights we've come across on our respective journeys.

    We value truth and honesty more than political correctness. We enjoy good conversations. If alternative perspectives make you uncomfortable, you'd probably want to look elsewhere. We very much enjoy the company of independent thinkers who critically look at the world and come to their own conclusions to make up their own minds.

    We look forward to getting to know you and spending some quality time together :)

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    We can use some helping hands with all types of stuff, from hardcore DIY stuff to helping us out with the household, we're always happy to have someone who wants to entertain and watch over our 4 year old son, help with the cooking, the dishes, the laundry, etc. while Michiel can get some things done and Malin focuses mainly on our newborn baby son ( born january 2024 )

    If this basis is covered, we are also happy to host folks who want to help Michiel with his more physically demanding chores, jobs, diy projects, etc.

    About that:

    Insulating the house, putting up fences and building a new chicken coup, cutting down a few trees, processing them into firewood, getting the garden ready for spring, finishing up some DIY projects on the chateau, general DIY maintenance of the buildings, putting down a terrace in our garden, gardening, and the general chores of maintaining the property, vegetable garden, weeding, pruning trees, trimming hedges, taking care of the chickens, quails, ducks, etc.

    There's plenty of work to be done, so we'll figure out what are the priorities, and which projects fit your skills and preferences. With our 3 year old boy taking up a lot of our time, we also need some helping hands these days taking care of the household, the cooking, cleaning, etc.

    We usually figure out a balance between which projects are the highest priorities, and which fit your skills and preferences.

  • Gesprochene Sprachen

    Deutsch: Fließend
    Englisch: Fließend
    Niederländisch: Fließend
    Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    You'll be staying in one of our guesthouses, where you'll have a kitchen and bathroom to yourself ( or share it with other volunteers ). You'll get your own room with a bed in it. You'll get 3 meals a day. You'll make your own breakfast, we have lunch and dinner together. We might eat separately on Sundays, depending on the circumstances and your preferences.

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    We'll come and pick you up / drop you off at the nearby train station.
    We're a bit in the middle of nowhere, so you can't hop on a bus or go shopping here.
    The nearest village has a small village shop at 3km, the nearest supermarket is 20km.
    It's a beautiful area to go for a walk, feel free to take the dog along if you enjoy his company.

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

    Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

    Dieser Gastgeber nimmt gern Digital Nomads bei sich auf.

  • Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    Dieser Gastgeber bietet Platz für Wohnmobile.

  • Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

    Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

    Dieser Gastgeber ist bereit, Reisende mit Haustieren bei sich aufzunehmen.

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    mehr als zwei

  • ...

    Arbeitszeiten

    depends - changes all the time

Gastgeber Ref-Nr.: 476833792348

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