Learn to farm organically and help with beekeeping in Norfolk, UK

United Kingdom

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Our farm is a beautiful place, where animals, birds, plants and humans all live in a natural, healthy and happy way. Our chickens, geese, ducks, guinea fowl and a turkey roam free all over the farm. We have milking goats. We have a Jersey cow with a calf and pigs. We are learning beekeeping. We grow organic vegetables and fruit and we have planted hundreds of trees. Our farm is developing in a happy organic and permaculture way. It forms the basis of our family business of writing and publishing books about using food as medicine. As a family we are firmly committed to producing natural organic food in a sustainable way. Our farm is an invaluable part of our research; the food we produce demonstrates the value of natural diet in health of humans, animals and the land. We will be happy to welcome young people who want to help with land and animals, who love our Planet and want to restore it back to health, one farm at a time.
Our relantionship with the volunteers is purely on a volunteer basis and we are unable to enter into any contractual agreements with educational instituations.

We do not sell anything from the farm.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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What's this?
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
how to look after animals, birds and gardens. improve your English language.
Help
We do not sell anything from the farm, so it is not a business. We will ask to help in looking after animals, birds and gardens in an organic and sustainable way. We teach how to garden organically, how to look after animals, how to milk goats and cows, how to look after bees naturally and many other things.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Russian: Fluent
Accommodation
mobile homes
we eat together with our volunteers a few times a week. The rest of the time we provide money for shopping and they buy what they want, and cook in the caravan.
What else ...
we live in the heart of Norfok near a very old town called Wymondham, which has an ancient abbey, pubs, shops and other attractions. Norwich is 20 minutes away by car or public transport, it is old beautiful city.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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(4.4)

Cultural exchange:
(4.3)

Communication:
(4.8)

05/03/2022

Left by Workawayer (Pauline) for host

Had a wild and wet two weeks with Natasha and Nick - 3 storms in a week! Animal care was the main focus morning and afternoon; with varied tasks between, which included gardening, vege bed preparation, tree planting, light fencing, scrubbing inside of poly tunnels. Work was largely undertaken with other Workaways, so discussions/learning with… read more

(Very good )

11/01/2022

Left by host for Workawayer (Beatriz & Andersson )

Beatriz and Andersson are nice people from Brazil. They are willing to learn new skills and participate, and their English is improving. They are friendly and respectful. They helped us to run the farm over Chrismas, despite being unfamiliar with the cold weather. Beatriz cooked a nice traditional Brazilian dish for the whole group and was keen to… read more

(Very good )

11/01/2022

Left by Workawayer (Beatriz & Andersson ) for host

We spent 4 weeks with Natasha and her family. She is a sweet, patient and kind person. Taught us a lot of the language and treated us like part of the family. We felt so welcomed by them. At least once a week we had dinner together. She let me (Beatriz) cook typical Brazilian food. She grows many healthy foods and shares with us, like potatoes,… read more

(Excellent )

25/06/2021

Left by Workawayer (Julie) for host

As an 'older' Workaway I was very grateful to be given this opportunity by Natasha and a little nervous about meeting the physical demands of the farm work.

I need not have worried because I kept up well with the pace of work and from time to time all volunteers are given more focused tasks, such as propagating or planting seeds.

The fresh air… read more

(Excellent )

22/05/2021

Left by Workawayer (Chris) for host

As I was planning to set off on my first 'domestic Workaway' at the time of the coronavirus crisis, I didn't ever believe it would match up to the previous Workaway experiences I'd had. Each was a new experience in a new and exciting country, so staying in my homeland of England would be rather ordinary in comparison. Well, I was wrong about that!… read more My almost-three-months spent on Natasha's Farm were nothing less than an amazing adventure.

I'd start off by saying that this is not a normal organic farming experience. The routines might be very familiar to someone experienced with this kind of voluntary work, so take that with a grain of salt if this applies to you, but I truly believe you can learn things here which you can't learn elsewhere. Natasha has transformed, with many years of hard work, a small stretch of Norfolk farmland into a pastoral paradise. Here she practices regenerative agriculture—which is something way beyond just plain organic farming—that focuses on restoring health to the soil and sustaining biodiversity, allowing humans to co-exist with nature non-destructively. Natasha is an original thinker and not afraid to challenge the tenets of modern society, and she has developed her ideas to a very high level, particularly concerning nutrition. I'll say this now—in case you were wondering from the pictures—vegetarians are very much welcome here, but Natasha and her family do believe in eating naturally-farmed meat from their own livestock, and actually almost no part of the animal is wasted. And this is the interesting thing about staying here: if you come to the Farm, see some of the happiest animals running around you'll ever see, taste the quality of the food and understand the ideas behind this, you'll ask yourself: is what we are doing as a society really right? If the whole world goes vegan, like they tell us we should, is that really enough to save the planet, or is it just a misguided idea? Come and see for yourself.

Let me explain some details about the stay:

Workawayers live separately from the house in two static caravans. There's enough space for 6 people at the time of writing, in the winter fewer. We cooked our own food most of the time—I rather liked the caravan kitchens, and you can take some of the farm's delicious produce for yourself. There's a place to start a campfire outside as well.

When problems arose with the accommodation, Natasha would promptly set about repairing or replacing what was broken, which I really appreciated, even though it was not always straightforward to fix things! Someone came to take our two broken bikes away to and returned with five, which was amazing. The caravans are not the newest and might not be great for everyone, but I loved it.

Summertime days were truly idyllic—lovely conversations with the other Workawayers as we worked, tying vines underneath the summer sun. When we weren't working, by evening we could swim in Natasha's lake, by day ride one of the farm bikes round the serene Norfolk flatlands.

Our work consisted of: A morning and evening tour of looking after the animals—our every day routine—with four hours of much more varied farm work in between. Breaks are long, but sometimes it can feel like you're working most of the day. We split into two groups, one working with the chickens / assorted fowl and the other working with the goats. I stayed with the chickens for most of my stay, which was particularly fun as we had to chase the mummy hens home in the evening, though some of them never seemed to remember where they lived!

After a month, it did start to feel like proper work, but I'm very glad I stayed on and pushed through as not only did the most interesting experiences await toward the end of my stay, but it took me some time to really take on board the message and acquire new points of view about life.

The other Workawayers were great, and you have a chance to meet some really friendly and interesting people in a place like this. I enjoyed talking to Natasha's two sons and their friends as well, particularly Nick who made every effort to ensure that guests were entertained.

Thanks, Natasha, I'll never forget the things you taught me at the Farm.

(Excellent )

03/04/2021

Left by Workawayer (Lara) for host

I applied for this Workaway with a friend, AmandaMelllo, and we spent 30 days here, with Natasha and her family. It was our first experience on a farm and we had our lives transformed. The place is magical, beautiful. There is an explanation for everything, everything is extremely connected with nature, the animals are treated with the greatest… read more

(Excellent )

03/04/2021

Left by Workawayer (Amanda) for host

I applied for this Workaway with a friend, LaraMoreira, and we spent 30 days here, with Natasha and her family. It was our first experience on a farm and we had our lives transformed. The place is magical, beautiful. There is an explanation for everything, everything is extremely connected with nature, the animals are treated with the greatest… read more

(Excellent )

23/03/2021

Left by Workawayer (Margarida) for host

I stayed at the farm for a couple of weeks in Feb and I loved it!!! I learned hands on skills that actually will be with me for the rest of my life so that right there is "the thing" for me :) We have a lovely daily routine and the odd jobs in between, plenty of willingness from Natasha as well as Matt, Nick and the farm manager to teach,… read more

(Excellent )

26/01/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Elliot & Alex)

Alex and Elliot stayed with us three weeks, helping us to look after our animals, birds and land. Lovely young people, a beautiful couple starting their life together! Hard working, intelligent, very interested and motivated. Thank you for your company and help, Alex and Elliot!

Natasha in Norfolk

(Excellent )

26/01/2021

Left by Workawayer (Elliot & Alex) for host

We recently spent three weeks at this place with Natasha and her two sons Matt and Nick. It was our first Workaway experience and we couldn't have asked for anything better.

With approximately five hours work each day, we started the morning at 9am by taking care of the chickens (~150) and moving the goats (9) to their enclosure for the day. The… read more

(Excellent )

03/12/2020

Left by Workawayer (Carina & Kevin) for host

Our plan was to travel the world and stay just for a short term in England and with Natasha, but then we ended up staying for four months.
It was a great experience and the pure love Kevin and me shared with the animals was just magical. The animals are such loving lightfull creatures, they just deserve the best and a long life,
We learned… read more

(Very good )

28/11/2020

Left by Workawayer (Gregg & Dawn) for host

We contacted Natasha as our plans for the year changed due to covid.
From first contact Natasha was quick to respond and happy to have a phone call to discuss the placement.
This was our first experience of workaway but wow what a great introduction.
We ended up staying for 3 months and got involved in all sorts of things which we would never have… read more

(Very good )

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