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Hi! We are a bunch of people of mixed origins (German and French) living in this beautiful place in the south of France. It is a rather big place, but not a commercial farm. It needs a lot of work for it to stay as beautiful as it is!
We live rather remote, surrounded by vegetable gardens and orchards that need to be taken care of. We have cats, dogs, horses and hens and we try to live in balance with our natural environment. So, you will meet also frogs, spiders and snails and many more around the house. We are not only fond of nature, animals and outdoors. We also try to keep our footprint as light as possible, reducing plastic and waste to a strict minimum and practicing circular economy whenever possible.
We are also favoring volunteers who choose to travel in an ecofriendly way (i.e. not hopping around the planet by plane for a two-weeks-stay).
If this sounds interesting to you, we'd be very happy to host you ;)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We speak German and French (and English) and we would be happy to help you improve those languages.
Besides, you can learn a lot about living on a farm: growing vegetables, gardening, making firewood and fences, cooking, making preserves, making apple juice (August - October)...
Help
We are looking for volunteers who could help us with the maintenance of our vegetable gardens and surroundings and doing some woodwork. Sometimes we also need some help in and around the house as well as building and clearing horse-fences. We especially appreciate persons who have already some experience working in- and outside and are good with their hands.
If you are an experienced rider, you could help us training and riding.
Now and then we have building projects and quite often maintenance work on the houses like refreshing window shades and similar work... August through October, we are harvesting fruit and prepearing preserves.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
If you are travelling with a tent, there is plenty of space where you could set it up. Otherwise we can lend you one. For bad weather days we have possibilities to keep you cosy (this is subject to evolution in pace with construction works... we'll settle this case-by-case).
We have also a great place for camper vans and can share electricity.
Depending on skills and desire to do so, our workawayers may take part in the cooking. We encourage volunteers to cook once a typical dish of their country.
Our meals come almost exclusively from the garden, orchard and neighbour farms including some milk and meat. We are flexitarians. We can adapt to vegetarians, but vegans would need to take care of their own meals. Sorry for that kind of discrimination, but it is just too complicated. Volunteers have their own fridge.
What else ...
If you like hiking or other outdoor activities, you can find anything you like at 15 min to 2h ride from our place. We are close to the Pyrenees and they are gorgeous! Please note though that our place is rather remote and public transportation is not coming to us. We have some bikes we can lend and we'd be happy to take you for a hike or a drink/concert!
Next railway stations : Carbonne, Foix, Toulouse
Next airport : Toulouse (we try to encourage other means of travelling, though)
Next bus stop : Massabrac on line 58 from Toulouse' railway station "Matabiau" to St Ybars:
transports.haute-garonne.fr/index.php?n=58
Also, hitch hiking works very well in Ariège.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
In our place several persons are working online. But this is not a high tech environment and although we are glad to share our phone connections you shouldn't expect real high speed communication.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
We have horses, dogs and cats and are happy to welcome travellers with animals. You are very welcome to come with your own horse. Dogs are welcome in principle but we need to talk about that before.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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it was a great pleasure to have you around. You were a great team and did an amazingly efficient job on window shades and frames, mowing, weeding and much more. Your respectful and friendly ways made things very easy.
I wish you tons of luck for the future. You are welcome any time !
The spots were organized and clear.
With a peaceful bond
Thank you so much
Can't wait to see… read more
If you love nature, gardening, great food, lovely people and animals this the place to be.
It's been so nice to have inspiring dinner conversations, learning about fruits and vegetables and seeing how… read more
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it was a great pleasure to have you around. You were a great team and did an amazingly efficient job on window shades and frames, mowing, weeding and much more. Your respectful and friendly ways made things very easy.
I wish you tons of luck for the future. You are welcome any time !
The spots were organized and clear.
With a peaceful bond
Thank you so much
Can't wait to see… read more
If you love nature, gardening, great food, lovely people and animals this the place to be.
It's been so nice to have inspiring dinner conversations, learning about fruits and vegetables and seeing how… read more
We will never forget our great Belote evenings :-). I wish you lots of luck! Hope to see you… read more
Connie, Jerome and all create the most hospitable and warming time you can ask for in Ariège. A hamlet based on the hill with the best, panoramic view in the region this family have created a sweet spot to discover. Depending on the time of year you can stay in… read more
Our work mainly consisted of gardening and help with horses, doing fences, bees and more odd jobs. We stayed in a tent which was perfect for us, allowing us and them some space and privacy but the option to stay in the… read more
it was so great to have you with us! You did an amazing job during your stay and it was always a pleasure to have you around. The both of you are full of capabilities of different kinds and you are quick to understand and learn new things. Dani did an amazing job on our cars and especially Emmily is so greatful! It was a great… read more
We had lots of different works during our stay. We have helped them with picking… read more
She was always ready to jump in and provided precious help in gardening, horse care and many more things. She is very reliable, easygoing and gentle and was a real gain to our little community. We wish her all the best for her further projects.
The work was mainly in one of their gardens. We spent time weeding and… read more
It was a real pleasure to have you with us. Your easy going and positive ways are so refreshing and were appreciated by everyone.
Your readiness to learn new things and to tackle new challenges is remarquable. Even quite physical work was no problem for you. We wish you all the best for the rest of your… read more
