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We are a family living in a historical farmhouse in the beautiful surroundings of the Erz mountain area. We moved here in order to live a more sustainable lifestyle, producing our own food. As Tobi is a gardener all the vegetables, herbs, berries and fruit trees grow very well. It serves mainly for self-sufficiency of family and friends/helpers, we sell to surplus via farm store / vegetable boxes on a small scale and trying to only use recycled materials. We grow vegetables and focus on construction projects in the historic farmhouse and on the farm.
Tobi is a gardener, Eva art teacher and 2 kids (9 and 11).
LOCATION: beautifully situated on a ridge in the eastern Ore Mountains, 40km southeast of Dresden, near the Czech border. It's a calm and rural area, with a whide view into every direction and sometimes spectacular clouds and sunsets.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Interests
Sustainability
Pets
Farming
Events & social
Culture
Plant care
Photography
Languages
Hitchhiking
Gardening
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Art & design
Animals
Mountain
Camping
Dancing
Yoga / Wellness
Winter sports
Outdoor activities
Nature
Hiking
Cycling
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
This is about sustainable living and organic agriculture. Learn what it means to grow one’s own food sustainably and preserve food for winter. Tobi is a professional in gardening and construction, so he can teach you a lot about gardening, growing and pruning orchards and so much more. Cooking in season: Let's exchange recipies and ideas of what to cook with fresh vegetables, fruit and herbs of each season. Learning by doing: construction with wood or natural stone, restore an historical building and much more.
Projects involving children
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Help
Different seasons come with different tasks in the garden, mainly growing vegetables, herbs and fruit. Spring means prepare the soil and planting, summer means weeding and harvesting (and start the joy of cooking with a big variety of fresh veg&herbs straight from the fields in our outside kitchen). Autumn is all about the harvest, preserving vegetables for winter (sauerkraut, jam, juice, chutneys, relishes..) and explore new recipients.
If you come with special skills, great! Heres a task waiting for a wood skilled person: helping with a barn door!
Current project is the creation of a swimming pond - will soon be completed! After that, the natural stone terrace is waiting for completion, plus a pizza oven made of natural stones.
diy projects in 2025 are: diy of an artistic space digged into the earth (like an earth ship)!
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Eva is very interested in learning and improving french and spanish, Tobi and the kids hardly speak any English.. so this is perfect to learn German, for ex as a learning tandem with the kids (who are learning English in school)
Accommodation
We have two caravans down by the little river, surrounded by green hills and a million stars at night. There's electricity in both caravans (one is with TV and DVD player). There's a compost toilet in the garden, bathrooms are shared with the familiy in the living house. We share meals in the house, we cook together or take turns cooking for the familie- depending on how much you love to cook.
What else ...
The farm is located in beautiful Erzgebirge mountains with a whide view into every direction and spectacular clouds and sunsets. It's a calm and rural area, 1h drive from Dresden and 11km close to the border of the check republic. Perfect destination for a sunset walk, to take the bike, go hiking through a natural resort, visit the ruins of a medeval castle.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
The internet connection is usually OK. There are days when everyone is out working. In this time you could use the living room as a workspace.
Space for parking camper vans
Perfect condition to park a caravan of any size, wide view into each direction. But electriciy and internet access is in the living house.
Can possibly accept pets
Yes, but no dogs because we have cats and sheep.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (3)
I worked in the garden, helped prepare food, and we had nice conversations. Playing with Momo and Noah was so much fun. I already miss talking with Eva and… read more
Since my stay was at the beginning of the growing season, my main task was to spread some organic fertilizer on the fields.… read more
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I worked in the garden, helped prepare food, and we had nice conversations. Playing with Momo and Noah was so much fun. I already miss talking with Eva and… read more
Since my stay was at the beginning of the growing season, my main task was to spread some organic fertilizer on the fields.… read more
Eva and Tobi and the kids are the coolest persons I've ever met, we had a wonderful time… read more
