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22 Apr 2025
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Description
We are a little community of 13 people. We have a house with 3 generations, a strawbale house, people living in circus wagons. There are 3 kids (6, 8and 10at 2025 and two Babys ; ) one granny and mixture of nice fellowers.
We did build a strawebale house and its pretty finished now. But we are always building stuff.
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We grow our own vegetables in permaculture and organic farming way. So we have vegetables from may to november. There is a food forest that provides us with various fruits and herbs. Also there is a swimming pond that welcomes us for a swim in summer. We did build a sauna to heat us up in cold nights.
Also it is a big (5000m2) natural garden. We provide habitat for wild bees, plenty of birds (incl. kingfisher), frogs, salamander, wild pigs and deers etc. There are a lot of campfires burning in the summer and we make a lot of music.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn how to live Self-sufficiency. About food forests. Natural building incl. tiny house, strawebale house, clayplastering, how lovely children grow up in community. How to live together with three generations. Guitar playing, singing and other music.
Also cologne is really close so you can have lots and lots of cultural impact there :)
Projects involving children
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Help
There is always something to do. The vegetable garden needs a bit of maintenance. Repairing fences, helping with the household etc.
In 2020 we did extend the house with a strawebale house.
Languages
Languages spoken
Catalan: Fluent
German: Fluent
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I enjoy teaching german
Accommodation
Me, my wife and the three kids offer this workaway space. We have a cosy Caravan with gas heating, gas cooking, a fridge, two beds and extra outside kitchen. You can have meals with us. But you will also have your own space in nature and you can use the bathrooms in the house. We are used to have visitors and we are easy going so we will have a good time.
What else ...
As i mentioned we live in the country side. So there are beautiful woods nearby. You can also grab a push bike and public transport that will bring you within 30 minutes to the centre of cologne for sightseeing, partying etc.
Community life is great and a lot to learn. We welcome social persons, who also have a feeling for privacy :)
We are looking forward to work together with you and share our way of living with the world.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
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
Feedback (4)
He helped a lot in the Garden and with the mushroom project.
He is such a warm hearted person. Since the story from his meeting with a real rhino in Nepal Valentin is THE Story teller for my Kids 8-D
I couldnt imagine a better Workaway experience. So come back anytime.
I can highly recommend Valentin. He… read more
There way of life is so inspering. Always close to nature and… read more
Super easygoing, Not demanding for anything, super grateful and interested in permaculture and alternative ways of living.
They we're not hesitating to give everything to Help. Also i could trust them, they would just find a job to be done and be independent to finish it.
Even though they… read more
I had both enough time for myself either during walks or helping out around the garden, and also I felt included in the community with sauna night, visiting different local CSA, community garden, and singing circle.
I also got to fulfill my wish to try… read more
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He helped a lot in the Garden and with the mushroom project.
He is such a warm hearted person. Since the story from his meeting with a real rhino in Nepal Valentin is THE Story teller for my Kids 8-D
I couldnt imagine a better Workaway experience. So come back anytime.
I can highly recommend Valentin. He… read more
There way of life is so inspering. Always close to nature and… read more
Super easygoing, Not demanding for anything, super grateful and interested in permaculture and alternative ways of living.
They we're not hesitating to give everything to Help. Also i could trust them, they would just find a job to be done and be independent to finish it.
Even though they… read more
I had both enough time for myself either during walks or helping out around the garden, and also I felt included in the community with sauna night, visiting different local CSA, community garden, and singing circle.
I also got to fulfill my wish to try… read more
Both had a really high sence for privacy and were just great to have here. They worked great and were really interested in organic agriculture as well as many other things. They would start to work and continue the work without me having to tell them so.
They were so… read more
Marcelo, his family and the community are doing beutifull work.
They really treat us like family members, since the first contact they were looking after us, about the food the ride and stuff.
We had a cozy and nice place to stay, a caravan only for us, so even we were in a community we still had our won privacy.
There we had a lots of… read more
