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Hello im Justin and my sons Joseph- 13 years old and James 10 years old, max the gorgeous Husky and magical mischievous, affectionate cat We live in a beautiful, peaceful quaint village near the country's second largest city Plovdiv, in the centre of the country, so a good place to base out of to travel to the rest. We are near hot mineral water, hiking, swimming, river, mountains, spring mountain water,electric mountain bike(my small emtb tourism company ), mountain biking paragliding center and others.
We are practicing organic gardening and permaculture, Justin is a permaculture designer, Justin is the chef but we are still learning and trying to develop a more simple life. We need help with house restoration, our gardens, children playing and teaching, cleaning, building things, cooking, animal care.
Our routine is:
-5 days working from 8:30-10:30 and 18:00- 21:00 in the summer( about 5 hours) and from 9:00-12:00
and 17:00- 20:00 in cooler seasons
-2 days off
Some time each day will be spent with my sociable, fun loving children and on household tasks
Everybody helps with preparing the table for eating and clears afterwards and we take turns washing the dishes
Description of the help we need is below.
GARDENING:
Summer
- planting seeds for winter vegetables
- planting winter vegetables
- collecting seeds
- collecting fruits, herbs and vegetables and preserving them
- weeding and cutting grass
- watering
Autumn
- planting trees, bushes,
- digging swales (water catchments)
- preserving food for the winter
- building hugelkultur raised beds
- constructing gray water system
Spring
- designing gardens and food forest
- sowing seeds, planting in pots, planting in the gardens
- planting trees, bushes, perennial herbs
- digging swales (water catchment)
- building hugelkultur raised beds
- building herb spiral
- making a small pond
- pruning trees, bushes (roses, berries, vine bushes)
Art
- drawing signs and painting murals in the gardens
- making the place more beautiful
- creating children games from natural materials
Children
- creating toys with the children
- engaging children in the gardens
- cooking with the children
- painting, drawing, music...
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House & pet sitting
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I prefer people to stay for at least 2 weeks
We will feed you 3 times a day, teach you things about permaculture, show you how to make sour dough bread, cheese, yogurt, soap,winter jars and so on.
We also want to build a rocket mass for the rocket stove and a clay oven.
We love listening good music, having good time with good people, and we have Wi-Fi.
Projects involving children
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Help
Houses are slowly being reconstructed, so need help with light reconstruction tasks. We are also learning about permaculture and organic farming, so it could be a good educational experience. We need help with the garden and perhaps occasional child-sitting. They're great kids!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Bulgarian: 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
Rooms with beds in house detached from the family home. Two or more rooms available with two single beds in each which can be pushed together to form doubles. Shower available, bathroom in the main house. In a beautiful, peaceful village. Hot mineral springs and small river nearby and lots to do here.
What else ...
There is a hot mineral springs in the next village which is a real treat. This area is called The Valley of Roses and because of the really clean air, it produces about 90% of the world's rose oil used in the production of perfume. Quaint little village but with lots to do here. Sheep, goats, horses and hens roam freely through the dirt streets. Feels like you've gone back in time a few hundred years.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Good wifi
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Max (2 months)
Husky
Magical
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Well, where to start. I stayed at Justin’s place for a bit over 1 month, and I had a hands-down amazing time. I don’t know what I expected or what I didn’t expect, but whatever it was, this exceeded it by a lot.
We did so much stuff together, everything from eating and just chatting,… read more
Even now, I still have very good memories of my time there.
It was extremely hot during my stay, and local people were even getting heatwave alerts on their phones, but the volunteer room had a fan, so I never felt… read more
I arrived at his house in the small village Ivan Vazovo where you are surrounded by nice landscape and nature.
A river and a mineral spring are not too far away and always a good spot to spend some free time there.
Our work started with a lot of weeding (aka clearing a "jungle") to plant some… read more
She has been an amazing help around the homestead. The timing was perfect because I had an arm injury and I couldn't do everything by myself.
She was doing a lot of work in the garden - weeding and planting vegetables, setting up a pool, baking bread, maintenance, clearing and cleaning,... the list is… read more
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Well, where to start. I stayed at Justin’s place for a bit over 1 month, and I had a hands-down amazing time. I don’t know what I expected or what I didn’t expect, but whatever it was, this exceeded it by a lot.
We did so much stuff together, everything from eating and just chatting,… read more
Even now, I still have very good memories of my time there.
It was extremely hot during my stay, and local people were even getting heatwave alerts on their phones, but the volunteer room had a fan, so I never felt… read more
I arrived at his house in the small village Ivan Vazovo where you are surrounded by nice landscape and nature.
A river and a mineral spring are not too far away and always a good spot to spend some free time there.
Our work started with a lot of weeding (aka clearing a "jungle") to plant some… read more
She has been an amazing help around the homestead. The timing was perfect because I had an arm injury and I couldn't do everything by myself.
She was doing a lot of work in the garden - weeding and planting vegetables, setting up a pool, baking bread, maintenance, clearing and cleaning,... the list is… read more
He has been an amazing help around the homestead. The timing was perfect because I had an arm injury and I couldn't do everything by myself.
He was doing a lot of work in the garden - weeding and planting vegetables, strimming, setting up a pool, baking bread, maintenance, clearing and cleaning,... the list… read more
Justin is incredibly kind and generous… read more
Justin left us a lot of space to decide where to put our hands on – whether in the garden or around the house. The accommodation is in an… read more
I help in the garden cleaning it, planting tomatoes and peppers. Help repairing bike and inflating bouncy castle.
Justin showed me a really local place for thermal bath as well, super nice, and… read more
since it's winter, there wasn't much work to do. i mostly helped out with cooking and cleaning, and hanging out with the kids on the weekend.… read more
It is a really peacefull place in a small village surrounded by nature, and a river… read more
Justin is a well experienced and wonderful host, who has very good cooking skills, and also loves to cook. We ate "posh" salads and delicious meals… read more
It was my blessed to stay with Justin's family. I have learnt a lot of things from their family and friends.
Justin is a thoughtful person. He connected me with Nadia to share about plan to living up the village, shared about his opinion about meaningful life for children, and his experiences.
Nadia is warm-hearted and creative women.… read more
The food, cooked with vegetables and fruit from the… read more
