Learn about gardening, horses, bio-construction and wildlife in Huesca, Spain

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  Description

  My name is Xavi, I have been living for 13 years in an isolated house in the mountains at 1000m altitude in the Aragonese Pyrenees. I began to live in this construction that had been abandoned for more than 60 years with the desire to live with the rhythm of nature, being an animal more integrated into the forest, moving away from this capitalist system and creating a habitable space of fertility and biodiversity. It is a self-sufficiency project applying permaculture techniques. There is a 4-year-old edible forest, a large orchard, chickens, a donkey and a mule that I work with daily. Now I have a wooden cabin that is where I live and the stone house is what I offer.
  
  Me llamo Xavi, llevo 13 años viviendo en un casita aislada en la montaña a 1000m de altitud en el Pirineo Aragonés.
  Empeze a vivir en esta construccion que llevaba mas de 60 años abandonada con ganas de vivir con el ritmo de la naturtaleza, siendo un animal mas integrado en el bosque, alejandome de este sistema capitalista y crear un espacio habitable de fertilidad y biodiversidad.
  Es un proyecto de autosuficiencia aplicando tecnicas de permacultura. Hay un bosque comestible con 4 años, una huerta grande, gallinas, una burra y una mula con las que trabajo diariamente.
  Ahora tengo una cabaña de madera que es donde hábito y la casa de piedra es la que ofrezco.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Learn about gardening, horse management, bio-construction and wildlife.
  
  Aprender de huerta, manejo de equinos, bio-construcción y de la vida salvaje.

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  Help

  I would need help with work in the garden, creating meadows, maintaining the space, working with horses, construction, firewood.
  
  Necesitaria ayuda para trabajos en la huerta, en la creación de prados, mantenimiento del espacio, trabajos con las equinas, construcciones, leña

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  Languages spoken

  Catalan: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  English: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  I have the stone house for common use, with a kitchen-wood stove and a loft with a double bed. There is also a mud hut with a bed. We eat and have dinner together, organizing ourselves taking turns cooking.
  
  Dispongo de la casita de piedra para uso común, con cocina- estufa de leña y un altillo con cama doble. Tambien hay una cabañita de barro con una cama.
  Comemos y cenamos juntxs organizándonos de forma horizontal haciendo turnos para cocinar.

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  What else ...

  It is in a valley that was left uninhabited by a failed swamp project that was going to leave more than 15 towns incommunicado. Currently there are more than 10 inhabited towns and houses spread throughout the mountain, with the possibility of going to see other similar projects. To get there there is a 9 km forest track in poor condition that requires a 4x4 and then only a 2 km path. With the possibility of going to look for you with the corners or taking advantage of an uphill or downhill ride from a neighbor since I don't have a car.
  
  Esta en un valle que quedo deshabitado por un proyecto fallido de un pantano que iba dejar a mas de 15 pueblos incomunicados, actualmente hay mas de 10 pueblos habitados y casitas repartidas por la montaña, con posibilidad de ir a conocer otros proyectos parecidos.
  Para llegar hay una pista forestal de 9 km en mal estado que es necesario un 4x4 y después únicamente un sendero de 2 km. Con la posibilidad de iros a buscar con las equinas o aprovechando alguna subida o bajada de algun vecinx ya que yo no dispongo de coche.

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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 host digital nomads

  Hay buena cobertura pero no todas las compañias de telefono

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Se pueden dejar en la pista sin problemas pero quedan lejos de la casa

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Siempre que no tengan problemas con los animales que habitan aqui.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Máximo 4-5 horas al día, 5 días a la semana

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