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Description
You are welcome on a small farm-homestead very close to MARIBOR. Come and connect with mother nature as with yourself, helping us establish a long-term project on nice homestead through day to day tasks. We are in our 1st year of making our story, so we are more looking for people who are willing to work and help us create our beautiful story. Some of the work needed: gardening, general maintenance, DIY projects (small greenhouse, chicken hoop house, kid's tree house,...), carpentry, cooking, cleaning, making firewood...
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our goal is to find what you like to do, so you will feel comfortable with your stay, doing mainly things you like, but on the other hand also learn some new skills and knowledge.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
IN THE WINTER TIME:
We will work according to the weather. Shorter periods of working outside. If cold outside, we will do some more stuff inside. In the winter time most of the outside work will be preparing firewood.
You can choose which tasks are best for you:
- General maintenance of the house and outside the house
- Gardening (seeding, bed prepping, watering, harvesting vegetables, ...)
- DIY projects (building with pallets, kid's tree house, chicken hoop house, ...)
- Renovating and reconstructing around our farm (shed, workshop, garage)
- Building a yurt, building A-shape house (long-term plan)
...
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Croatian: Fluent
Slovenian: Fluent
German: 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
IN THE WINTER TIME:
You will sleep in the main house because of the cold weather.
Your stay will be in a small simple wooden cabin (500 m away from main house) where you will sleep and have your own peace.
FOOD: You will get 3 meals per day. You can eat all the meals with us. For individual wishes there is a shop 5 min away with a bike.
The food is mainly vegetarian, also vegan on request.
Breakfast:
- Oatmeal
- Bread (with butter and jam)
- Porridges (millet , buckwheat, spelt, corn-polenta, wheat gritz )
- Eggs
- Fruit
- Vegetables
Lunch/dinner:
- salads (mostly from seasonal vegetables)
- potatoes, rice, pasta, polenta, lentils, buckwheat, chickpeas ... with vegetable sauces,
- pizza (if you have some good recipe)
Snacks:
- apples
- bananas
What else ...
IN THE WINTER TIME:
You can go skiing on Pohorje ski resort ()
...in your FREE TIME you can:
- stay on our farm and have time for yourself
- read our spiritual books
- explore the city of Maribor (nearest city bus is 15 min walking away from our homestead)
- visit Pohorje hill (1.500 m high)
- explore Slovenija (as our country is very small, you can organize yourself a weekend tours and visit all the beauty of our small country. For example Bled, Postojna cave, Kranjska gora, ...)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Currently we are using our cell phones for connecting to internet so we can share you a HOTSPOT (500 GB data)
Space for parking camper vans
Suitable for smaller 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
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (3)
As far as the help was concerned (5 hours a day) it was… read more
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As far as the help was concerned (5 hours a day) it was… read more
But most of all, they LOVE TO COOK and they cook very delicious… read more
