Help on the farm and orchard in Moaña, Spain

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  Description

  Hi everyone!!! my oral english is fair enough, not like my writting. haha. sorry about the future mistakes. I am a professional cook and vocational farmer. I had been worked and studied in China for almost 4 years, but 5 years ago i had to came back home bcz my grandpa passed and i had to take care of the farm. I produce lemon mainly, but my idea is to plant an edible forest, with agroforestry method( Hernst Gostch), key lines and so on, integrated with animals. By now i have, figs, chesnuts, brainnuts, peaches, small peaches( pexegos), plums, medlar, apples, pears, avocados (growing) and i m planting hazelnut in this moment. Of course everything with no chemicals, everything Ecofarming. I like tropical fruits, and i m a beliver of global warming so....i m testing guinea bananas, guabas, macadamian nut, kalamanci, pink peppercorn, litchi and so on..... my orchard were kinda small, but as i knew the ''no-dig'' and ''back to Eden'' method i have expanded it till the 600 square meters and growing. But i still prefer trees, much less work.
  
  I feel attracted by self-sufficiency,bee keeping, food preservation, smoking, salted, fermentation, solar cooking, bioconstruction, brewing and all that kind of stuff.
  
  I have few chickens and i have started doing line crossing to make a good double purpose hibrid last year, meat and eggs, but didn't work well.....i ll try again in the future when i m more focus. I have a dog and some cats.
  
  Actually the whole farms have tons of work and things to be repaired, improve and maintain. I m there alone, except for some days a week my mom come to give me some help. Right now i m surviving selling lemons and the others fruits i have ech season of the year, plus i work some extra hours as cook.
  
  Muy buenas!! soy cocinero de profesión y agricultor de vocación. Pase 4 años trabajando y estudiando en China, y hace 5 años me toco volver a casa ya que mi abuelo falleció y me toco a mi hacerme cargo de las fincas.Principalmente cultivo limones, pero mi idea es llegar a tener un bosque comestible, con metodos agroferestales sintropicos( Hernst Gostch), lineas clave y demas. Integrado con animales. Ahora mismo en la finca hay higos, castañeros, nogaless, pexegos, melocotoneros, ciruelos, algun nispero, manzanos, algun peral, aguacates creciendo y estoy empezando a plantar avellanos. Por supuesto todo en ecologico. Me llaman mucho las frutas tropicales,y creo firmemente en el cambio climatico asi que estoy haciendo pruebas con platanera de guinea, guayabitas, nuez de macadamia, kalamanci, pimienta rosa, litchi y alguna hierba mas. Mi huerta era mas bien pequeña, pero desde que conoci el metodo del 'no labrar' y 'volver al Eden' la fui ampliando hasta los 600 m2 aprox, y creciendo. Pero sigo prefiriendo los arboles , ya que dan mucho menos trabajo.
  
  Me atrae mucho la autosuficiencia , la apicultura, la conservacion de alimentos, ahumado, salado, fermentacion, cocina solar, bioconstruccion elaboracion de sidras y alcoholes, etc.
  Mantengo un grupo pequeño de gallinas, intente hacer un buen hibrido de doble uso, carne y huevos pero los resultados no fueron del todo satisfactorios, asi que lo intentare otra vez mas adelante, cuando tenga mas tiempo para centrarme casi en exclusiva a ese proyecto. Tengo un perro y algun gato.
  
  La verdad es que la finca tiene muchisimas cosas que reparar, mejorar y mantener. Y yo estoy solo alli , excepto algunos dias a la semana que viene mi madre a ayudarme. Ahora mismo sobrevivo con la venta de limones y lo que produzco en cada epoca. Ademas hago alguna hora extra como cocinero.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You can learn about plants and animal care, making seedlings, compost tea for plants, composting, planting, tree planting, food preserving, ways for animal feeding, in the other hand you can learn local and asian food, practise spanish , galician, english or chinese language, sightseeing, travel around, know more about alternative diets...
  
  Podran aprender cuidado de animales y plantas, a hacer semilleros, a preparar purines de hierbas , compostaje, plantar en el huerto, formas de conservacion de alimentos, formas de alimentar animales, y por otra parte podran aprender cocina local y asiatica, practicar español, gallego, ingles o chino, conocer la zona, aprender sobre dietas alternativas...

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  Help

  Needing help with orchard, grass cutting, picking fruit, feed animals, repair and construct what is needed everytime.
  
  Necesitaria una ayuda con el huerto, cortar hierba, recoger fruta, plantar arboles, alimentar animales, arreglar y construir lo que hiciera falta en cada momento.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Galician: Fluent
  Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent

  This 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.
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  Accommodation

  2 rooms with 2 beds each, 2 bathrooms in the house. both out of the rooms.
  
  Disponibles 2 habitaciones con 2 camas cada una. 2 Baños comunes en la casa.

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  What else ...

  House is situated 5 min far from the beach by car, or 30 by walking. We have lots of trails to walk, u can bring animals if u have any. From the port u can take a boat to vigo that takes only 20 minutes, or 25 by car.
  
  La casa esta a 5 minutos en coche de la playa mas cercana, o 30 minutos caminando. Tenemos muchos caminos para pasear, en la finca podeis traer animales si quereis. Desde el puerto se puede ir a Vigo en barco en unos 20 minutos, o en coche en 25.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can possibly accept pets

  I have a female dog and 3 cats. The animals sleep outside.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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