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HELP NEEDED TO PAINTING WORK AND CLEANING THE GARDEN, AND WORK IN THE HOUSE
BESOIN D'AIDE POUR PONCER ET PEINDRE DES VOLETS ET REMETTRE LE JARDIN EN "ROUTE"
Hi ! I am a nature and human lover. I choose to leave my birth town Paris 26 years ago to live in the countryside of Bordeaux; the Entre-Deux-Mers. I fell in love with the beauty of the land. I am passionate with plants and I learned how to use them, and transforme them. I used to run a natural organic store during several years.
So a lot of work in the garden (pruning, planting, making holes, moving plants from a place to another, cutting the grass...and a lot more).
And also a lot of work in the house.
We love animals and I live with a cat. It's a quiet place surrounded by nature.
Il y a aussi des volets à repeindre et à restaurer...
Bonjour ! plus facile pour moi de m'exprimer en Français :)
Je suis une amoureuse de la nature et de l'humain. J'ai quitté Paris, ma ville natale, il y à 26 ans pour m'installer dans l'Entre Deux Mers, je ne me lasse pas d'arpenter les routes qui mènent à la maison car chaque saison apporte son lot de magnifiques couleurs et de beauté. Mes enfants sont grands maintenant et vivent à Bordeaux. J'ai plus de temps à consacrer à mes projets. Les plantes me passionnent, je suis herboriste de formation et je crée mes propres remèdes. J'utilise beaucoup les huiles essentielles.
Je m'occupe de l'entretien d'une grande maison de plein pied et du très grand jardin qui l'entoure (5 000 m2) Il y a beaucoup de haies à tailler, d'arbustes a élaguer, de bois a couper et à ranger. Il y a sur place une grange à ranger et vider, des murs des volets à peindre, ...Nous recevons des groupes de temps en temps . L'endroit est paisible mais il y a parfois du monde à la maison et l'environnement est parfait pour se ressourcer.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The countywide is full of magical places. Telluric sites. A lot of very nice walks to do. Productors marketplaces. An old railway that has become a cycling path that goes from Bordeaux to Sauveterre de Guyenne (more than 40 km). A lot of gorgeous villages to visit.
Wine degustation at local productor's places. The village of Saint-Emillion near by (20 km). Some got cheese producteur. Brocantes and antiques. Bordeaux at 45 km. We are very close to the Atlantic sea. Cultural festival.
At home we have various activities (from cooking to astrology, herbalist activities, sewing, diy....) we love to cook and eat (world cooking, simple creative and healthy cooking with very fresh and organic food and vegetables most of the time) we eat little meat. At the moment we love to drink fresh vegetables juices ans raw smoothies.
La région est truffée d'endroits magiques. Des sites telluriques. Beaucoup de belles promenades. Des marchés de producteurs. Une ancienne voie ferrée devenue piste cyclable de plus de 40 km reliant Bordeaux à Sauveterre De Guyenne. De magnifiques villages à visiter. Des dégustations de vins chez les producteurs locaux. Le village de Saint-Emillion à 20 km. Des producteurs de fromage de chèvre. Des brocantes. Bordeaux à 45 km. Tout près de l'Atlantique et de ses dégustations d'huîtres. Des festivals culturels....
A la maison nos activité sont multiples (astrologie, couture, bricolage, reiki, herboristerie...) nous aimons manger et cuisiner (cuisines du monde, cuisine simple créative et saine avec des produits frais et biologiques le plus souvent). Nous mangeons peu de viande et privilégions les jus de légumes en ce moment ... et les crupotes.
Help
Help for the big garden such as chopping wood, cutting hedges and roses, store wood, .., making a small vegetable garden, , weed or seed somme vegetable..., also a lot of inside work, cleaning and painting stone walls.
The garden requires the biggest work. Many hedges to cut, wood to store, pruning shrubs, plantations.
The establishment of the vegetable garden and the garden of medicinal and aromatic plants.
Otherwise, there are walls to coat, to paint. a wood workshop to set up in the barn.
Doors to repair.
Shutters to repair, sand, paint
Beaucoup de haies à tailler, de bois à ranger, d'arbustes à élaguer, de plantations a faire...
La mise en place du potager et du jardin de plantes médicinales et aromatiques et de fleurs comestibles. Réflexions pour le faire en permaculture.
Une grange à vider et ranger.
Des portes à réparer.
Des volets à réparer, poncer, peindre et à installer etc !!!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
You stay in a big dormitory with a 8 single beds with private shower room. If you want you can put your tent in the garden. ;-). We will provide you a nice place to sleep.
We provide the food (most fresh and organic vegetables, little meat)
Vous êtes logé dans un grand dortoir avec 8 lits simple et salle de bain privative, très confortable.
Nous fournissons les repas (beaucoup de légumes et de crudités frais et bios, assez peu de viande)
What else ...
It is possible to go to Bordeaux by bus
il y a des liaisons en bus pour aller à Bordeaux.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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I learned a lot about herbs, cooking, gardening, harmony with nature, and organic.
I was in Europe for a month, but my best memory is the homestay at your house. You let me meet many friends of you, all of whom were positive and beautiful. I feel that the French very much understand the importance of making their own happiness from… read more
She's nice and lively with outstanding cooking talent. The work in the garden was really pleasant,I only regret i hadn't have more time to start more complex projects there.
And the trip to spa? Just a dream !
Thanks a lot Esther!
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I learned a lot about herbs, cooking, gardening, harmony with nature, and organic.
I was in Europe for a month, but my best memory is the homestay at your house. You let me meet many friends of you, all of whom were positive and beautiful. I feel that the French very much understand the importance of making their own happiness from… read more
She's nice and lively with outstanding cooking talent. The work in the garden was really pleasant,I only regret i hadn't have more time to start more complex projects there.
And the trip to spa? Just a dream !
Thanks a lot Esther!
This workaway was amazing. A lot of fun, so much good energy, and very peaceful.
I helped out chopping wood and maintaining a beautiful garden and I enjoyed it very much.
The food was delicious (Esther is a great cook) and I really loved the conversations I had with Esther and her… read more
