Hands-on learning and sustainable living in our permaculture farm in Brittany, France

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  Beschreibung

  We are now fully booked for the month of July and August
  
  Welcome to our Permaculture Smallholding in Rural France
  
  After traveling the world, we settled in France in mid-2017 to realise our vision of creating a sustainable, educational, and demonstrative smallholding. Since then, we’ve been steadily renovating our home and regenerating the land to support a more balanced, self-reliant lifestyle in the beautiful French countryside.
  
  Glen is originally from the UK and Karen from South Africa. Together, we’ve made France our home and are committed to building a life rooted in permaculture and community.
  
  Karen is a certified permaculture designer, educator, and life coach. Glen, with a background in engineering, is a versatile and creative problem-solver with a strong interest in woodland management, forest gardening, charcoal/biochar production, and aquaponics (which is a future project in the pipeline!).
  
  Our smallholding is home to a variety of animals: dogs, chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, and goats. We grow vegetables in raised beds and are establishing a low-maintenance perennial food forest. Our pigs are pasture-raised for meat as part of our local Community Pig Club, and we use our sheep’s wool in various craft projects. Animal welfare is very important to us, and we prioritise respectful, ethical care for all our animals.
  
  We also manage our land through rotational grazing and offer an eco-grazing service to our local community to help improve pasture health and biodiversity. As active members and co-founders of a local community association, we often collaborate on community events and projects — you may have the opportunity to get involved!
  
  Current Projects:
  We’d love for volunteers to help with a range of hands-on tasks. Our current priorities include:
  
  * Growing and maintaining our vegetable gardens
  * Building projects (pergola for solar panels, gates and various other sundry projects)
  * Fencing for sheep and pigs
  * Clearing land
  * Splitting, and stacking firewood
  
  Important Notes:
  
  * We have four friendly dogs, so we can only host volunteers who are comfortable around animals.
  * We ask for a minimum stay of 1 week (7 days) to ensure a meaningful and productive experience for everyone.
  
  We’re always happy to share what we’ve learned and to hear your ideas too. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in nature, learn about permaculture, and contribute to a real working homestead, we’d love to hear from you!

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Sprachpraxis

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Politik & Soziales

  

  Kultur

  

  Farmarbeit

  

  Fotografie

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Bücher

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Tischlerarbeiten

  

  Tiere

  

  Natur

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Chance to experience the French countryside.
  Great food and drink in a friendly warm household
  Sharing our experience and knowledge in the field of regenerative agriculture, permaculture and woodland management.

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  Arbeit

  Helping out with animals routines, moving animals, cleaning animal areas setting up new camps
  Growing food - planting seeds, weeding, harvesting
  We also need help with log splitting, wood chipping (which we use for mulch) and woodland management
  Mowing, hedge trimming and any other general garden duties

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Afrikaans: Fließend
  Englisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Grundkenntnisse
  Niederländisch: Grundkenntnisse

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  We are still learning French and would love to improve our basic skills, in exchange we would be willing to help you improve your English language skills.
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  Unterkunft

  Comfortable yurt accommodation with a double bed including linen and towels. Compost loo and shower right next to the yurt. Your own private outdoor kitchen which is well equipped.
  We usually have breakfast and lunches together (we can cater for vegetarian diets but not vegan unfortunately) and you are then free to prepare your own food in the evening.

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  Was noch ...

  We have bikes available to explore the local area. Lots of walks from the house. Unfortunately as we are quiet rural there is no public transport direct from our property, but we are only 5km from 2 nearest towns.
  Larger city such as Lorient 35km away, and many interesting and historic villages in the area.
  We are willing to pick up workaways from train stations within reasonable distance, and offer lifts to shops or local attractions when we are able.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  We have satellite internet connection which we have found more effective than other services, however you will not have wifi signal in the yurt but there is local 4g connection. The wifi is effective and adequate for most remote working needs. We are happy to host digital nomads by prior arrangement.

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We have a flat field space that is suitable for camper vans and motorhomes.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Meine Tiere/Haustiere

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