Help around our old farm in the Ardèche mountains, France

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  Beschreibung

  We are Florent and Astree, a French couple living in the Ardèche Mountains with our baby girl Luna, born in november 2024.
  We have been renovating an old farm since november 2020, but still have some work to do on it. We also pick and transform apples and sweet chestnuts from our land (end of september to mid November).
  
  At home we have a small guest room for one or two people, not very big but at least you have your privacy, and the rest of the house is very big we can share all this space with you, watching a film some evenings on our projector, playing board games, and sharing good moments, as well as eating meals together (all homemade and organic food).
  
  WHAT IS GOING ON HERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:
  -January, February, March : rebuild stone walls in the gardens (warmer days), renovations inside the house, cooking together, starting to work on the garden, cut of old branches and bushes…
  -April to August : Start and care of the vegetable garden, project 2026 to build a green house (we already have lots of old windows for this) and to finish a rooftop terrace (fence and stairs).
  -October to December : picking of the chestnuts and apples, sorting and then preserving them into juice and jam at home.
  
  These are exemples of what we do here all year round (with or without volunteers). But of course you are free to have preferences depending on your skills and physical abilities. Every tasks will be done with us and you will be taught how to do. Perfect for people willing to learn ancient knowledge (like traditional drystone wall building, woodwork, vegetable gardening, fruits hand picking and conserves…). Very physical activities are kept below 2-3hours a day to not be exhausted (hours left would then be more relaxed activities).
  
  We ask for your help 5 hours a day and 5 days a week. You could also do longer days and have more free days to go and visit places if you prefer. In exchange of small but cosy accommodation and all the meals provided. We would like to welcome you to stay from 1 week to 2 weeks here with us.
  
  About our bigger building jobs and renovations, it’s already all done by local professionals and ourselves (I have to point this out as workaway team wrote me that they were afraid we were avoiding paying builders to have free volunteers instead… but we would never ask you to do a job on your own that requires professionnal skills!)
  
  We have two cats living inside the house.
  
  We both speak English as we spent 5 years in the UK where Flo was learning instrument making.
  
  Hope to meet you soon in our beautiful mountains !

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Sprachpraxis

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Farmarbeit

  

  Kultur

  

  Karitative Arbeiten

  

  Schreiben

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Fotografie

  

  Darstellende Künste

  

  Musik

  

  Sprachen

  

  Trampen

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Tischlerarbeiten

  

  Bücher

  

  Astronomie

  

  Tiere

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Wintersport

  

  Wassersport

  

  Segeln / Boote

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten

  

  Natur

  

  Gebirge

  

  Wandern

  

  Tanzen

  

  Radfahren

  

  Camping

  

  Strand

  

  Erlebnissportarten
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  Was ist das?
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  You will be immersed in a very wild and preserved part of France in the mountains with beautiful lanscapes. You can go cycling, running, hiking, rock climbing, and all river sports also around here. In the summer we can bath in the beautiful river (fresh but absolutely pure from the mountain). We can speak French with you if you want to practice. We will cook nice meals for you and would love to also try your cooking (we love trying different types of cooking). We want you to feel like you’re home !

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  Arbeit

  we will ask for 5 hours of help per day, 5 days a week (you could also do longer days and have more free days to go and visit places if you prefer). In exchange of small but cosy accommodation and all the meals provided. 1 week minimum would be great for you to stay.
  Depends on when you come throughout the year and what you feel comfortable with. Picking apples and making apple juice, picking chestnuts, helping with house eco renovating, gardening…

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Französisch: Fließend
  Englisch: Gute Kenntnisse

  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.
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  Unterkunft

  Private accommodation with access to shared bathroom. All meals shared with us unless you want to go away for some full days to visit around. Also if we are away (once a week max) you could prepare your food with our ingredients

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  Was noch ...

  Very nice places and activities to explore around, see in the description.
  Transport is a little difficult here without a car but hitchhiking works very well. Also if you take a train then a bus to Aubenas we can pick you up there at the bus station

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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

  A desk with internet in your bedroom

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We don’t have a huge parking though

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Meine Tiere/Haustiere

  Minoushka

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