Building permaculture and vegetable garden in the beautiful Sierra Nevada park, Spain

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  Description

  Hello all.
  
  We are a family of 4 (2 children aged 7 and 3) and have a small old dog of 10. We come from the Netherlands and have been living in Spain for a year.
  
  We will move to Lecrín at the beginning of November and will live there off-grid. The cortijo is located in the famous Sierra Nevada park, 45 minutes away you can ski and close to the house is a well-known hiking trail.
  
  We are looking for lovely people (only a family or a sweet couple or dear friends) who want to help us with planting a vegetable garden, permaculture, creating a playground for the children and a small piece of abyss that needs to be fenced off.
  Also we think it is very important that our children also receive attention and that they are treated with love.
  
  We have an upstairs apartment with private entrance, kitchen, 2 bedrooms and private bathrooms.
  
  We ask for help 4/5 hours a day in exchange for accommodation in the apartment and meal.
  We are always looking for people who want to help us for a week. In case of a mutually very good click/match, we can extend by one week. Not longer than 2 weeks. Then we want some privacy with our own family. Perhaps returning at another time is negotiable.
  We are not vegetarian and eat versatile. We love to cook on our kamado (barbecue).
  For vegetarians we could make the meat/fish separately for ourselves. We cannot provide this for vegans, sorry.
  
  For more information you can always contact me.
  
  Kind regards from a Dutch family.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Language practice

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Hidden gems can still be found here and there in this beautiful valley.
  Incredibly beautiful location in the Sierra Nevada Natural Park with 360 degree views. You can even see the Mediterranean!
  
  The farm, which used to belong to a Buddhist community, is now used by our friends as a beautiful country house after a major renovation.
  This farmhouse is located on its own land of no less than 100,000 m2.
  Throughout the year it is a mosaic of colors due to the diversity of plants and trees, including 200 almond trees and 60 centuries-old olive trees.

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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

  We are looking for lovely people (only a family or a sweet couple or dear friends) who want to help us with planting a vegetable garden, permaculture, creating a playground for the children and a small piece of abyss that needs to be fenced off.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We want to learn speak spanish.
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  Accommodation

  Cortijo with upstairs apartment with private entrance, kitchen, 2 bedrooms and private bathrooms.

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  What else ...

  The cortijo is located in the famous Sierra Nevada park, 45 minutes away you can ski and close to the house is a well-known hiking trail. We also have a beautiful swimmingpool with view over the Valley

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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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  Space for parking camper vans

  Last 2 km are offroad!!

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week