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Hello!
Immediately below is a description of the tasks we need a hand on now, and further below is a description of the general setting. Hope this is interesting to you!
We are looking for Workawayers to help us promote native wildlife at our farm. Next, we will be creating a nursery of native grass seeds, weather proofing signs and benches at our native corridor as well continuing with general garden and barn maintenance.
Garden maintenance involves watering, weeding, pruning, planting.
We offer food and accommodations and hopefully, an enjoyable experience for workawayers.
General Setting:
My family farm in Argentina is a place that is very dear to me, and I am working on its transition to sustainable agricultural and ranching systems. We have quite a big garden to take care of, plus a native vegetation corridor, and a vegetable garden, the houses, buildings and infrastructure need work, order, small repairs, and we have a lot of animals to take care of. Sometimes we go into town and also count on workawayers to housesit for a couple of days.
We welcome helping hands to help with the project accompanying us in the joy of this transformation. We also like sharing our lifestyle and some of our local culture, and enjoy the process of learning from each other with our workawayers. We hope to offer an inspiring and pleasant personal experience.
The work and setting will most likely be pleasurable for work-awayers who like the countryside, nature, have environmental concerns, do not mind getting up to work on a chilly morning -or on hot days- and are not much freaked out by animals or insects (although we know of none that are dangerous). Our workaways can expect to do some basic home and garden chores, such as watering plants, weeding, moving debris and chopping and bringing in the firewood, feeding pets, calves and horses, winterizing wood, small painting jobs, helping organize and tidy up the barns and other buildings, pruning, tree planting, composting and the like. Talking, sharing experiences, enjoying asados and mates together are also things we very much enjoy doing with the workawayers staying with us.
A little more about our place:
The house and buildings are about 100 years old and we are gradually renovating and fixing them up, so workawayers can expect rustic comfort (clean room and sheets, warm room and bath, hearty meals, wifi) but not luxury :-).
We are a small family. I have a teenage son (away at school), a husband and many dogs and cats, and horses as well.
I was born in Argentina and grew up in Canada and a few years in Ecuador. I studied in Toronto (UofT) and in the US (UC Berkeley). I also lived in Paris for a short while. My professional background is in environment and sustainable development and, besides farming, I currently do freelance work advising organizations on issues related to environment/climate change in international cooperation.
We are fairly close to Buenos Aires, it takes less than two hours to get from Buenos Aires to our farm by car. Because it is a rural area, if you want do some independent sightseeing, you have to combine a ride with us with local buses, unless you have your own transportation. We are happy to take you into town when we go. We also enjoy taking our workawayers to local fairs and activities we participate in.
Lastly, a kind reminder to workawayers to travel with health insurance.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They could learn about the multiple tasks there are on a farm, and especially those associated with living on a farm, also about how farming is done in our region, the challenges of transitioning to more sustainable living as well as producing, about restoring the natural habitat and creating a native vegetation corridor. They can gain experience in gardening, native plant repopulation, and caring for dogs and cats, and may learn a bit about cows.
They can also learn about gauchos traditions, making asado (Argentine barbecue), playing the classical card game truco and everything traditional from my husband Martin.
The workawayers can get to know the area, with its potpourri of sights, peoples and activities: the small town nearby, the local artisans and crafts-people, gaucho festivals, the natural lake and wetlands with all their wildlife. We try to accommodate ways in which our workawayers can enjoy these experiences, like taking them with us when we go ourselves or when we go into town, or picking them up at the nearby bus stop, etc.
Help
Right now we are looking for Workawayers to help us collect seeds of native plants and grasses at our farm. We need to eliminate an invasive exotic grass that is making our cows sick and displacing native grasses. For this we will spray and replant the natives, and that is the reason we are collecting the seeds.
We also ask for some help in garden maintenance, such as watering, weeding, pruning planting, mostly watering due to the drought!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Italian: Beginner
Portuguese: Beginner
Accommodation
Unit with a bedroom, bath, dining room and kitchen located a few meters from the main house. Two beds in a shared room.
What else ...
Since it is a rural area , we have dogs, cats, and there is bee-keeping in our farm, it may not be a suitable setting for people prone to allergies or fearful of animals.
The workaway unit is about 15 meters from the main house, so it may not be suitable for those fearful of the sounds of the countryside at night.
Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions. We accommodate special dietary needs, but cannot accommodate personal tastes in food and drink, different from what we have to offer. If a workawayer is used to consuming certain that we don't have or more than we make available, we are happy to take them into town so they can get what they like.
In their time off, helpers usually enjoy the setting. They can take walks, relax after a good day's work in our garden, by our pool or by the fireplace (depending on the season), and reading a good book from our library. We also try to facilitate ways they can enjoy the surrounding area.
We are happy to be reasonably flexible with the work, so that workawayers can hitch a ride with us when we go into town. We also drive them to the nearby bus if they want to sight see or go out on their own.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is a good wifi connection but not sufficient for people who need bandwidth, speed and 100% reliability. It is for people who send emails and documents, and do some searching and reading online. Sporadic and usually short power cuts can occur.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (16)
William is an experienced gardener and loves plants, and it showed in his… read more
Tham helped us with garden tasks such as watering, weeding, making tree circles, moving fallen branches and trimmings, and collecting native seeds deep in the farm. In addition, she always offered help when we were preparing meals.
The tasks at our… read more
I was impressed by the generous portions served… read more
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William is an experienced gardener and loves plants, and it showed in his… read more
Tham helped us with garden tasks such as watering, weeding, making tree circles, moving fallen branches and trimmings, and collecting native seeds deep in the farm. In addition, she always offered help when we were preparing meals.
The tasks at our… read more
I was impressed by the generous portions served… read more
I just loved the place and being with all the animals. There was plenty of good food available and we could choose what we wanted and help cooking.
Sometimes, it felt like… read more
Ficamos na fazenda de Maria e Martin durante 05 dias e foi uma experiência incrível. Maria nos ajudou em tudo que precisávamos, ensinou como a gente podia chegar até eles, na fazenda ela nos ensinou o que precisava ser feito, cuidamos das 02 vaquinhas (Sofi e Cati) e também da jardinagem. Maria nos levou para conhecer a… read more
This is the place to be to taste a real asado ! And if you do horse riding, you will be absolutely comfortable !
Thank you Maria & Martin !!
The owners- Maria and Martin are amazing people, seriously taking care of workawayers , trying with effort to make the stay as pleasant as possible. The food is great, with asados a couple of days a week, fresh fruit, and whatewer you need, you can ask for or buy yourself,… read more
I think that the month on the farm was what I was looking for. A lot of different things to do, as well as different, nice and interesting people to meet.
We had the chance to work… read more
