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Help us bring back to life an abandoned vineyard and orchard in Citta di Castello in the region of Umbria, Italy

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  2025 

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    Hi. My name is Tiziana, l am Italian and my husband is Canadian/Irish. We live in a beautiful little town called Citta di Castello in the region of Umbria, right in the very heart of Italy. My husband and l also have five beautiful hectares of hillside below the ancient hilltop village of Montone. The place was practically abandoned when we found it, we spent the past five years bringing back our piece of paradise to it's deserved glory. When we bought this place, it was an old abandoned vineyard, a few olive trees and an orchard in desperate need of some TLC.

    Having spent two lockdowns clearing the overgrown vineyard, we hired an expert in viticulture to guide us through the process of replanting all the vines, to rejuvenate the vineyard. We had the soil tested and the result was that our land contained exactly the right prerequisites for growing pinot noir ,the most famous grapes for making champagne! We are so excited, because we will be the first in our area to produce sparkling wine- although that is still three years in the future. Spring 2022 we have planted 1090 little vines from a French nursery. At the moment all we really need to do is keep the young delicate vines watered and reasonably weed-free.

    We also have a pretty decent area of woodland which every Autumn we cut trees down for fire wood. Next year we would like to cultivate a new vegetable garden in a specific area, so this Autumn we will build raised beds and prepare the soil for next spring. Fancy helping us?

    If you would to have an experience here in central of Italy your help would be much appreciated, the land needs constant maintenance, my husband and myself are not be able to do everything, specially because we have other jobs besides here (eg completing the restoration of our home in Citta di Castello). We need help doing gardening, stacking firewood, olive picking, pruning,weeding etc.-general outdoor work really. Spring and Autumn are most busy season for us at the moment and frankly here in mid summer it is mostly too hot to get much work done. Please come and stay with us, we will be happy to meet new people all over the world!

    Our farm is growing day by day, we have also permission to build a barn and a wood cabin, so carpentry and building skills would come in very handy.
    If you like the idea of giving us 4 hours help a day, we will provide decent camping facilities, there is there a well equipped field kitchen, pure running water, outside but peaceful and private toilet, outside shower and electricity from our photovoltaic panel system,we will provide food, wine (but you will need to prepare all your own meals) and a bicycle to get you to Montone and the nearby local town Umbertide.

    Citta' di Castello is a beautiful renaissance city. You can use our bikes, if you like to visit around Town. We are both fluent in English and Italian and some rusty French! The area are well connected from public transport such as train and buses, Rome is two hours away from us as well as Florence.

    The work would be equally suited to a single person who's comfortable working alone or a couple- whatever suits you. We will do all in our power to make you happy! Years ago at our old property San Lorenzo Bibbiana we hosted many, many Helpxers for years with very good reviews. We are decent, well educated, well travelled hosts, LGBGT+ friendly, not some sketchy weirdos looking for free slave labour!

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Gartenarbeiten
    Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
    Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
    Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
    Hausarbeiten
  • Interessengebiete

    Interessengebiete

    Selbstentwicklung
    Vegetarier / Veganer
    LGBTQ
    Technik
    Politik & Soziales
    Nachhaltigkeit
    Haustiere
    Kultur
    Farmarbeit
    Karitative Arbeiten
    Geschichte
    Gärtnern
    Musik
    Heimwerken & DIY
    Sprachen
    Gartenarbeiten
    Kochen & Backen
    Zeichnen & Malen
    Tischlerarbeiten
    Tiere
    Camping
    Tanzen
    Yoga / Wellness
    Natur
    Outdoor-Aktivitäten
  • UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt

    UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt

    UNO-Ziele
    Keine Armut
    Kein Hunger
    Gesundheit und Wohlergehen
    Hochwertige Bildung
    Geschlechtergleichstellung
    Sauberes Wasser und Sanitärversorgung
    Bezahlbare und saubere Energie
    Menschenwürdige Arbeit und Wirtschaftswachstum
    Industrie, Innovation und Infrastruktur
    Weniger Ungleichheiten
    Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
    Nachhaltige Konsum- und Produktionsmuster sicherstellen
    Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz
    Leben unter Wasser
    Leben an Land
    Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und starke Institutionen
    Partnerschaften zur Erreichung der Ziele
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    My husband and I are happy to offer an experience in the middle of nature, with an exchange of knowledge in the field of horticulture, how to cultivate the vine and why not a help with the Italian and English language. We will be happy to show you around our area including our community.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    We need help doing gardening, stacking firewood, olive picking, pruning,weeding etc.-general outdoor work really. Spring and Autumn are most busy season for us at the moment and when is becoming to hot to be outside all day we can do some maintenance like painting fences etc.

  • Sprachen

    Gesprochene Sprachen
    Englisch: Fließend
    Italienisch: Fließend
    Französisch: Grundkenntnisse

    Dieser 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

    Unterkunft

    Our friend will stay in our bell tent 3meters diameter full equipped with bedding, towels and fan if needed, an outside shower, composting toilet and also a kitchen field for preparing food where our guest can prepare their own food

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    My husband an l we don't live in our land where our guest going to stay but half an hour away in a Town call Citta' di Castello. We will see them every day and work out what to do on the day. On a day off we can take the guest to our local train station where they can go and visit cities nearby like Perugia, Umbertide, Citta' di Castello,San Sepolcro.

  • 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.

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    mehr als zwei

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