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We are Nicolas and Coralie, and we have been living for the past 5 years on a small farm that had been abandoned for 28 years and was practically in ruins. We are trying to bring it back to life with all our hearts!
Dates sought: May/June
We are looking for a minimum of 2 WEEKS, or more, ideally 1 month.
Profile sought:
Someone who loves animals (dogs, sheep, goats) and is willing to help with care if needed.
Someone comfortable in nature, outdoors in sub-zero temperatures and in the rain. We have rain gear and other cold-weather clothing to lend to volunteers.
Accommodation is in a caravan.
Someone ready to experience something different from their daily routine (pace of life, diet, limited phone use).
If you don't have a car, you will need to get around by bicycle, as we are located in the countryside and are quite isolated.
We can lend bicycles.
Examples of Tasks to Complete:
- Stack the firewood for winter
- Cook evening meals
- Clean, wash dishes, tidy up
- Harvest the delicious produce that nature offers: apples, figs, chestnuts, walnuts, etc.
CARING FOR THE 3 SHEEP AND 2 GOATS:
- Check on them daily to ensure they are well.
- Feed them if necessary.
- Change their water daily.
- Cuddle them, as they love it.
CARING FOR THE 2 DOGS:
- Feed them morning and evening.
- Take them for at least two 30-minute walks per day.
- Ensure they have fresh water daily.
- Cuddle, play, and brush them regularly.
Maintaining the Animal Enclosures:
- Collect fallen wood.
- Weed the garden and orchard.
If you wish, you can accompany Cora to her school:
- Play board games with the students, do sports, read, paint, laminate, and prepare labels.
We live in a shared house with the volunteers, which includes:
- Free access to the house and daily life together
- Outings: skiing, sledding, hiking, climbing, paragliding, caving...
- Outings with friends, evenings out, concerts, theater
Stacks of wood, weeding a garden, spreading manure, emptying the composting toilet may seem repetitive and boring. However, it's our daily routine 😉.
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Nous sommes Nicolas et Coralie, et nous vivons depuis 5 ans dans une petite ferme abandonnée pendant 28 ans, proche de la ruine. Nous essayons de la faire revivre de tout notre cœur !
Période recherchée : mai juin
Nous souhaitons 2 SEMAINES au minimum ou plus, idéalement 1 mois
Profil recherché :
Personne aimant les animaux (chiens, brebis, chèvres) prête à aider à effectuer des soins si besoin.
Personne à l'aise avec la nature, dehors avec des températures négatives, sous la pluie. Nous avons des vêtement de pluie et adapté au froid à prêter aux volontaires.
le couchage s'effectue dans une caravane
Personne prête à vivre une expérience différente de son quotidien (rythme de vie, alimentation, téléphone en usage limité).
Si vous n'avez pas de véhicule, déplacements en vélo, car nous sommes situés à la campagne et isolés.
Nous prêtons des vélos.
Exemple de Tâches à accomplir :
- Ranger le bois pour l'hiver
- Cuisiner les repas du soir
- ménage, vaisselle, rangement
- Récolter les délicieux produits que la nature nous offre : pommes, figues, châtaignes, noix, etc...
S'OCCUPER DES 3 BREBIS ET 2 CHEVRES :
- vérifier tous les jours qu'elles aillent bien.
- les nourrir si nécessaire.
- changer l'eau tout les jours.
- leur faire des câlins car elles adorent cela.
S'OCCUPER DES 2 CHIENS :
- les nourrir matin et soir.
- les sortir pour 2 balades par jour minimum de 30 min.
- veiller à ce qu'elles aient de l'eau fraiche tous les jours.
- câlins, jeux et brossage régulier.
S'occuper des parcs des animaux :
- ramasser le bois mort tombé naturellement.
- désherber le jardin, le verger.
SI vous le désirez vous pourrez accompagner Cora à son école :
- Jouer à des jeux de société avec les élèves, faire du sport, de la lecture, de la peinture, plastifier et à préparer des étiquettes.
Nous vivons en mode "colocation" avec les volontaires ce qui inclue :
-libre accès à la maison et une vie quotidienne ensemble
-sortie ski, luge, rando, escalade, parapente, spéléo...
-sortie avec les copains, soirée, concert, théâtre
Ranger du bois, désherber un jardin, sortir le fumier, vider les toilette sèches peut paraitre répétitif et ennuyeux. c'est pourtant notre quotidien 😉.
Vous ne participerez à aucune activité commerciale.
Il y a bien évidement de nombreux et bon moments de détente, de sport, et de partages. quoi qu'il arrive, la réalité du quotidien peut surprendre par sa difficulté. Si vous vous sentez prêt à relever le défi et vivre cette expérience, n'hésitez pas à poser vos questions.
Au plaisir de vivre une partie de notre vie avec vous.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House & pet sitting
Interests
Sustainability
Vegetarian or vegan
Self development
Pets
Charity work
Farming
Plant care
Gardening
Carpentry
Cooking & food
Animals
Outdoor activities
Mountain
Winter sports
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Hiking
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You'll learn resourcefulness! Here, you'll need to be imaginative to manage all the daily challenges. You can learn about gardening, processing fruits and vegetables, rock climbing, caving, paragliding, French and Indian cuisine, a bit of circus arts, and Kundalini yoga.
Vous pourrez apprendre la 'débrouille' ! Ici il faut faire preuve d'imagination pour arriver à gérer tout les défis du quotidien. Vous pourrez apprendre le jardin, la transformation des légumes et fruits, l'escalade, la spéléo, la parapente, la cuisine française et indienne, un peu de cirque, le yoga kundalini.
Help
There is a need for help in many areas : gardening, watering, feeding and caring for animals, repairing the house, making fences, chopping wood, collecting chestnuts, fruit etc ... making coulis jams of tomatoes etc ..., decorate the house and bring your ideas to bring the place to life!
Clearing brush, cutting wood, putting it away, weeding a garden, taking out manure, emptying dry toilets is repetitive and boring. There are a lot of thankless, repetitive tasks on a farm. We spend a lot of our time doing these tasks.
Il y a besoin d'aide sur plein de domaines : jardinage, arrosage, nourrir et soigner les animaux, réparer la maison, faire des clôtures, couper du bois, débroussailler, ramasser les noix châtaignes - fruits etc ... faire des confitures, coulis de tomates etc..., décorer la maison et apporter vos idées pour faire vivre le lieux !
Languages
Languages spoken
French: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Spanish: BeginnerThis 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.
Accommodation
We have 2 caravans available for volunteers.
There is also the possibility to pitch your tent.
If you have a van, you are welcome to use it.
The house is very old and the comfort is relative, it is a farmhouse atmosphere!
WE ONLY HAVE DRY TOILETT !
You should not expect a star hotel!
The place is very quiet and you can meditate by the stream and take a nap in the grass when it is too hot to work.
We share our small house with the volunteers and live in a shared house.
There is a common kitchen for all of us.
You will of course have access to the bathroom and the outhouse.
Nous avons 2 caravanes à disposition pour les volontaires.
Il y a également possibilité de planter votre tente.
Si vous avez un van aménagé, vous êtes les bienvenus également.
La maison est très vieille et le confort est relatif, c'est ambiance ferme ! Il ne faut pas s'attendre à un hôtel étoilé !
Le lieu est très tranquille et vous pourrez méditer au bord du ruisseau et faire la sieste dans l'herbe quand il fait trop chaud pour travailler.
Nous partageons notre petite maison avec les volontaires et vivons en mode colocation.
Il y a une cuisine commune pour nous tous.
Vous aurez évidement accès à la salle de bain et au toilette sèche.
What else ...
Here it is paradise, there is the river not far with great spot to bathe, jump swimming etc ... Climbing cliffs, caves and chasms to visit, magnificent villages, vertiginous roads, mushroom forests In short , what to have fun! Here it is paradise, there is the river not far with great spots for swimming, jumping swimming etc ... Climbing cliffs, caves and chasms to visit, magnificent villages, vertiginous roads, mushroom forests In short, what to have fun!
** YOU ARE IN THE VERCORS NATURAL PARK ! **
Ici c'est le paradis, il y a la rivière pas loin avec de super spot pour se baigner, sauter nager etc... Falaises d'escalades, grottes et gouffres à visite, des villages magnifique, routes vertigineuses, forets à champignons Bref, de quoi s'amuser !
Here it is paradise, there is the river not far with great spots for swimming, jumping swimming etc ... Climbing cliffs, caves and chasms to visit, magnificent villages, vertiginous roads, mushroom forests In short , what to have fun!
** VOUS ETES DANS LE PARC NATUREL DU VERCORS ! **
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
WIFI in the house, not in the caravan
Space for parking camper vans
With pleasure ! we have a lot of space around
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Ïota and Arjuna
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Le travail était très varié et intéressant, nous n’avons jamais eu le temps de nous ennuyer. Nous avons pu découvrir l’apiculture, la spéléologie, la spiritualité, les mantras, la cueillette sauvage et faire de très belles… read more
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Le travail était très varié et intéressant, nous n’avons jamais eu le temps de nous ennuyer. Nous avons pu découvrir l’apiculture, la spéléologie, la spiritualité, les mantras, la cueillette sauvage et faire de très belles… read more
With cora you can take pleasant walks, cook together, she was very kind to me, she listened to me, with patience we communicated… read more
Cloé stayed with us for a month.
Don't let her shyness fool you, she's at ease in any situation.
Cooking for 300 people.
Helping with visits to the beehives.
Looking after the animals on her own.
Mowing the lawn.
Tending fruit trees.
Crawl through a cave for 3 hours
Climb a 100 m outside… read more
We took pleasure to welcome him.
We took advantage of his presence to cut wood and put it away.
He was very willing and involved in the work in general.
He has a very good appetite and was curious to taste everything.
We loved introducing him to snow for the first time!
He's a pleasant, discreet person you can trust him.
You can trust her with your eyes closed.
A wonderful meeting !
Quel couple incroyable !
Nous avons eu l'immense honneur de les accueillir en décembre 2024.
Ils ont très rapidement su s'adapter au lieu.
Nous leur avons proposé tout type de tâche : de la balade des animaux, en passant par le carrelage de la salle de bain ou le cassage des noix, et puis tout le reste.... !! La liste fut longue !
Ils ont… read more
We welcomed them into our home for a short time.
It was a pleasure, but we would have liked to spend more time with them.
Our schedules were very busy at the time.
They are real nannies for our pets.
We'll remember the lasagne dish!
They maintained the fences and cleaned the plots for the walnut… read more
Her smile and good humor brightened up our living space.
She is a very good pet nurse and we quickly put our trust in her.
She was enthusiastic about all the activities we offered her.
It was a pleasure to have her with us!
we missed a bit of sun to have more time for climbing! :)
We also took the opportunity to speak and… read more
We would have loved to have had them longer to share moments outside the farm. They were both very involved in all the activities we offered them (garden maintenance, wood storage, animal care, soap making ;o)) cooking ...).
You can count on them, they're a very charming couple and always… read more
She's dynamic, up for anything, willing and courageous. She was a great help. We quickly put our trust in her. We loved her cooking too ;o) You can count on her, you'll be delighted.… read more
Some were too physical, so we adapted the workload. She was willing to do any kind of work, she trusted us and "dared" to learn, to surpass herself! Congratulations for the beautiful hike in the snow!
Ask her to cook for a meal and let yourself be taken to Asia, a change of scenery guaranteed! A… read more
Nous sommes heureux d'être les premiers à lui laisser un commentaire pour sa première expérience workaway ;o)
Nous avons décidé de tenter l'aventure de la cohabitation avec nos animaux respectifs.
Ce fut… read more
We sincerely hope that she won't be too busy in the future to come back and see us ;o))
We didn't have time to adopt it! but we would have loved to ;o))
What can we say about this energetic and… read more
Nous aurions adoré passer plus de temps avec eux.
C'est un couple dynamique, qui accepte toute tâche et qui comprend l'intérêt de celles-ci , même quand il s'agit d'emmener des vieilleries toutes rouillées pour désengorger l'espace ;o)) Un immense merci au passage pour les petits… read more
Les journées sont bien remplies, rythmées par le travail qui ne manque pas, et la région offre bien des activités pendant les temps… read more
Ce sont deux jeunes dynamiques et curieux de tout qui rêvent d'un projet loin de la ville et de ses commodités.
Le chemin est long et difficile mais pas impossible !
La gadoue ne leur fait pas peur.
Nous ne… read more
And guess what? We're in august... and .... ahah ...
Yazzie is back!!!!!!!! to our delight! ;o))))))))))))))))
2 seasons = spring-summer! So we let her have the privilege of harvesting the 40kg of tomatoes per week… read more
Cora and Nico work hand-in-hand running the farm with Cora organizing and… read more
We will remember this April 2022 for the rest of our lives!
40cm of snow, 3 pigs to cook, 1 goat born on the farm, our sink pipes clogged and 12 volunteers to welcome at the same time!
What a job but what a pleasure!
We felt like we were living in an adult summer camp for a month, the… read more
Her experience with plants and her ability to observe them are a real asset.
We quickly put our trust in her.
She was also able to take care of the animals very well.
We were lucky enough to welcome her companion Khalil for a few days. Her recipes for… read more
The work on the farm is very diverse and Cora always made sure that it was as much enjoyable and tailored to our own… read more
Tasks vary from day to day and involve crafts(wo-)manship, gardening and general maintenance around the house.
Cora is very organised and trusted us volunteers to deal with all kinds of work. Nico on his side is very patient and gives… read more
A great girl!
A serious girl!
A girl who is up for anything!
A sporty girl!
A girl who loves animals!
We would have liked to keep her longer......
Mimi (our little goat born during her stay with us) misses her terribly.
Trust her 100% !!!!
We miss you here !!! ;o))))
They are a discreet and efficient couple who love peace and quiet.
We wish them a good life!
Jeune homme à tout faire, aussi à l'aise avec le merlin pour fendre du bois qu'avec la bêche pour récolter les légumes, il est partant pour toutes activités.
Réclamez-lui ses spécialités comme sa "mayonnaise… read more
La communication passe très bien, les… read more
We did some climbing too with Cora… read more
Amazing smile !
Amazing energy !
She's strong, afraid of nothing (her boyfriend too).
Her visit was quite short and we hope to see her as soon as possible ;o))))
She is a volunteer that we would have liked to keep longer. We were disappointed not to have had more time with her, we would have loved to learn all her sewing… read more
Merci pour les heures du yoga, les repas avec les légumes frais du jardin (des betteraves plus grands que jamais!!!), la visite du Mallevalle et d'autres villes les burgers superbes!
Ça m'était une vrai plaisir de passé du temps avec tout le team ;) et les animaux (petit gazaz et Jutta, les cochons 😍,...)… read more
There was plenty of work to be done on the farm, but we always worked calmly and at our own pace, and Nicolas and the other volunteers were very happy to show me how the work is done and teach me about the… read more
Ici, vous pénétrez dans un lieu paisible à l’ombre des grands noyers. La rivière se la coule douce et les abeilles bossent dur.
Nicolas est un jeune homme bien débrouillard et qui donne corps et âme pour tenter de faire revivre cette ferme qui fut abandonnée pendant si longtemps. En effet, les annexes de la bâtisse… read more
He came for few days and he finally stay 2 weeks. We share very good moments.
I can say know we are good friends. You will always welcome at home.
Thkx a lot for your help… read more
