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Permaculture farm and natural buildings in Bodrum, Turkey

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: 1 week or less

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  • Description

    Description

    I am Cengiz. Electronic engineer and tech consultant (MSc) and last 5 years I have been working on natural buildings and permaculture design here (hands-on) in the farm located in Bodrum Turkey.

    The Farm is a permaculture farm with a superadobe natural buildings. Totally off grid. Last couple years finally started focus on garden and applying permaculture discipline here. The farm is in the middle of nowhere, surrounded my burned forest and mountain. Thats why no direct transportation here, closest village (mumcular) where you can find transportation to bodrum and around is around 10 min away (9 km) so i need give you a ride when you arrive.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Teaching
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    House sitting
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    3 main things you can grasp here, natural building technics, permaculture farming and living totally off-grid. I have slowly started applying on the land last 3 years. Around 80 fruit and nitrogen fix trees has been planted and one by one I am building raised beds around them. To do so all kind of compost methods (bokashi, hot and cold) has been applying here. Besides all this daily chorus, I will be building raised beds by using sandbags, wood. In farm we have many musical instruments like piano, guitar, drum. So if you interested in, we can practice and jam together. When we are not working, especially in summer, I mostly discover nice bays to swim and scuba diving. Not only workayers discover am ancient sea side touristic place, Bodrum, also it's villages and real Turkish culture with me.

  • Help

    Help

    For the summer season I usually work between 9-11 am and 5-7pm because of hot weather. My goal is become totally self sufficient so I don't expect any financial income from garden so working is flexible here. besides daily chorus like taking care of compostings and watering, Cleaning the house and garden, I am building raised beds and using hugel culture method in greenhouse and all around the garden. Mostly we will be working for this purpose around the land. Cleaning the area, digging, carrying soil and filling it with organics. But work can be various according to the season you come

    With workawayers and volunteers we built a new superadobe building. Exterior of the building is finished already and now i am working on interior design and plastering. But recently i started working in a hotel project in bodrum center so i will be away from farm from monday to Thursday btw 8 am to 6 pm. So I will be at farm full time only from friday to sunday. When i am at farm we can work on interior design, ferro cement, raised beds and garden wall made by superadobe technic. While i am away volunteers mostly work on gardening and take care of my dogs and cats.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Turkish: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    For autumn and winter seasons we have 1 bed room With double bed for couples.
    For hot seasons, i have two tents with double beds in, so still they are really comfortable and even better temperature than inside of the house. But if we have more than 2 couple, workawayers are expected bring their own tents.

    We have a kitchen it the homestead.
    if workawayer has a special diet, together we can do our groceries and cook.
    But sometimes I could be too busy too cook even for myself so it is a must that workawayer at least needs to know how to cook for him/herself.

    We have kind of 1 week rule, if both side get along within 1 week, workawayers can stay longer if they want, otherwise they need to leave. There is no minimum staying rule.

    Also as i mentioned, my cats and dogs always around. If you don't like them or to don't like to pet them this farm is not suitable for you to workaway.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    45 min away from bodrum center so many touristic places, beaches, diving and etc all around. Also farm is covered by mountains and hiking is a good option.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have satellite internet with 20Mb

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We have enough place for campervans and tents. Because of limited guest room I have, campervans and visitors with tent would be perfect. Of course workawayers can use all utilities and the farmstead.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    We have already 4 dogs 4 cats. Your pets are okay only if they are cool with other cats and dogs

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 294163186479

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