Come and enjoy family life together in Barre des cévennes, France

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  Description

  Hey!
  We are Marjolaine and Jean Pablo. Each of us have two children aged from 6 to 11 years old who live half time with us.
  We live in Barre des Cevennes in a quiet hamlet, 5 km away from the nearest village. It's very quiet & picturesque, surrounded with woodlands and pastures. We let grow and planted many trees, made different garden places, dry toilets, a compost heap etc .
  We'd like to enlarge the garden with more fruit trees and renovate part of our house here.
  Part time , we move to Clermont l'Herault were we also own a 5 ha field with hundred of fruits trees already big and a vegetable garden.
  We'd like to build a solar dryer for our many fruits and make more music with friends, families and travelers.
  Welcome !!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Help with Eco Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Light maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Farming

  

  Culture

  

  Sustainability

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Gardening

  

  Plant care

  

  Music

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Dancing

  

  Adventure sports

  

  Nature

  

  Beach

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Team sports

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Winter sports

  

  Hiking

  

  Mountain

  

  Cycling
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Our home is really a place where we try not to destroy nature, and preserve it as much as we can. So we use wood as a heater during winter, little water in the summer.
  We buy organic and local as much as we can.
  We like to learn and share skills on alternative parenting, home-schooling, recipes, plant uses, gardening, trees caring, grafting, permaculture, rocket stove, life, joy, music etc ...

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  - Garden help : Clearing, seasonal vegetable garden maintenance
  - Building : a solar dryer for our fruits, a new dry toilet outside

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Spanish: Intermediate
  Nepali: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  Portugais, Italien Espagnol anglais
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  Accommodation

  Simple Independent house next door to ours. It consists of two bedrooms, a main kitchen-living room and a small bathroom. The house has a wood burning stove, gas cooker and basic equipment for cooking and eating. Very simple comfort. Can be cold during winter time from December to march, so for those who fear the cold it's best not to come during winter.
  What is best for us during winter time is that you cover expenses for food, wood and electricity. In exchange of housing we'll ask you for about 10 hours of work per week.
  
  
  A caravan where 4 people can sleep (two beds)

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  What else ...

  We have bikes to wander about (some need to be fixed).
  We live in the centre of a National Park so there are many many wonderful spots to discover.

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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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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

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