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Hello,
We are Kris and Valentina. We are 45 and 32 years old and we used to live in NYC until 2016 when we decided to have kids and grow our own food. Originally we though we would build a tiny farm to supply our own needs, but 5 years later since our first growing season (we strarted growing veggies in 2015 but started creating the farm in 2013) we keep growing. We have two sons - Leo is 4 and Robbie is 1 and a half. We have 1500 sq. feet of greenhouses and about 4000 sq feet of uncovered gardens. The greenhouses are used all year. We are a 4 season farm but only grow seasonal veggies and fruits. We love to experiment with new seeds and varieties and try to learn new ways and tactics from farmers from all over the world.
On the farm its only the 2 of us and my parents (Valentina's) so could really use a hand and would love to share our knowledge, home and food with you.
We started building guesthouses when thr first wave of Corona started back in beginning of 2020 and arw almost done so we need help finishing them too.
We can accept volunteers from march till november and it would be great if you can stay long term or at least 2-3 weeks. We are located 100 km from Sofia and about 70 km from Plovdiv. We have a railway stop in the nearest city Belovo, a bigger stop on the railway is Pazardzhik which is only 20 km from us.
Feel free to reach us if you have any questions. We look forward to meeting you and having you be part of our family.Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Kunstprojekte
Sprachpraxis
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
We hope that you will stay with us more than a week so we can teach you more about organic farming and rural lifestyle. We love cooking and bulgarian food is amazing, so if you love cooking we would love to share our favorite recipes with you.
Projekte mit Kindern
Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.
Arbeit
We can accommodate up to 4 people at a time.
The help we expect is 5 hrs per day 5 days a week, 2 days you can take off and explore the area which is quite beautiful. In the summer we work early in the morning from 6-7 to 9-10 and then again in the late afternoon when its too hot.
Tasks that will be done:
seeding, planting, hoeing, weeding, harvesting, pruning, spraying with our own homemade nettle teas or yogurt and water to fight off insects, canning for the winter. For men we might need you to help Kris with some building stuff - putting up a fence, building a wall, painting, putting tiles, etc. Nothing too difficult. We will be building 3 guest houses in summer of 2020-2021 and would love some ideas on how to make the place more artsy and beautiful, so if you love to paint/draw - we are open to ideas and help with that too.
We need someone who speaks good english and even though between me and my husband we speak 6 languages - english and bulgarian are the only ones we can speak together. My parents dont speak english but we will always be here so no worries. In fact we hope having people speak english would help my parents learn :)
BABYSITTING AND HELP AROUND THE HOUSE:
We are looking for someone to help us looking after the boys who are 4 and 1 and a half :) No easy task :) They are full of energy but so sweet. We look forward to having you over and hope to make you feel at home.Sprachen
Gesprochene Sprachen
Bulgarian: Fließend
Deutsch: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Russisch: Fließend
Serbian: Fließend
Portugiesisch: GrundkenntnisseDieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
Dieser Gastgeber gibt an, dass er dir gern seine Muttersprache beibringt oder selbst eine Sprache lernen möchte.
Bitte wende dich direkt an ihn, um weitere Auskünfte zu erhalten.Unterkunft
We recently built a wooden cottage on the farm that fits 2 on the 1st floor and 2 on the second, ideally if 2 people come you each get a room and it has an attached brand new bathroom that you would have to share. There is an outside brand new kitchen there too, but families with campers/vans with their own kitchen are free to use ours or theirs :)
Was noch ...
The area around our village is incredibly beautiful. We are at the foothill of Rhodope mountains and you could go hiking and sightseeing on the weekends. Also Sofia and Plovdiv are very close. 1 hour by train to Sofia and a bit less to Plovdiv.
Etwas mehr Information
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen
We have a wi fi connection so you can set up anywhere on the farm and work :)
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
Dieser Gastgeber bietet Platz für Wohnmobile.
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
mehr als zwei
Arbeitszeiten
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week for farm work and 8 hrs a day for 5 days for child care and house help (paid)
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I felt very welcome by everyone and they have been attentive to me at all times.
I have enjoyed working on the farm and eating fresh vegetables!
It is an ideal place to relax and have time for yourself !
Thanks guys and wish you the best 😊
He is such a wonderful person and he helped us greatly on the farm! He is extremely clean, we never had anyone that kept the premises so clean, he is kind, generous, warm and friendly. He keeps to himself which worked out ok since we have 2 small kids and unfortunately could not… read more
Working with the plants from seeding to harvesting felt deeply gratifying to me. The mornings in the… read more
He is very kind, smart, funny, friendly and an amazing farmer ;) He was able to complete each task we assigned him without any problems, and was enjoying doing it. We loved spending time with him on and off the farm and enjoyed conversing with him. He is a wonderful person and… read more
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I felt very welcome by everyone and they have been attentive to me at all times.
I have enjoyed working on the farm and eating fresh vegetables!
It is an ideal place to relax and have time for yourself !
Thanks guys and wish you the best 😊
He is such a wonderful person and he helped us greatly on the farm! He is extremely clean, we never had anyone that kept the premises so clean, he is kind, generous, warm and friendly. He keeps to himself which worked out ok since we have 2 small kids and unfortunately could not… read more
Working with the plants from seeding to harvesting felt deeply gratifying to me. The mornings in the… read more
He is very kind, smart, funny, friendly and an amazing farmer ;) He was able to complete each task we assigned him without any problems, and was enjoying doing it. We loved spending time with him on and off the farm and enjoyed conversing with him. He is a wonderful person and… read more
My purpose in Europe, it is to study and train about agriculture. This place was so nice for me.
But I have to mention this, these family was kindness. Lidiq, Vasco, you are my symbols of Bulgaria. When I look back these… read more
We did a broad variety of work: cutting cucumbers, weeding, picking cherries, making jelly of them, pruning courgettes,… read more