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7 Jun 2023
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Our family & house & fields need some help!
... so we need helping hands on the fields and in the garden, in the house, to do some renovation work/ wooden work, to upcycle an old cupboard ...
So if you love it to help - please join us!
We - Michaela & Gerald (44, 48 years old) live with our 3 girls (*2009, *2011 *2014) on a farm house in St. Marien (in the triangle of Linz, Wels and Steyr in Upper Austria; close to Salzburg (115km), Vienna (180km) and Munich (250km))
After getting the experience to be volunteers ourself in New Zealand and Canarian Islands and enjoying to meet different families and places we decided that it's our turn to welcome workaways at our place.
Since 1978 we run an organic farm. Our customers enjoy our homegrown fresh organic vegetables (carrots, onions, pumpkins, parsnips, parsley, ...) and fresh vegetables in grown in greenhouses (lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, ...). We also produce all kind of grain and seeds. We sell our vegetables and grains in our farm shop and each Friday morning we supply various shops and restaurants with our products in Linz.
At the moment we also try to get into the cultivation of tea herbs such as lemon balm or mint Krause - last year we harvested the first crop of herbs.
At our farm we also have a horse boarding stable and riding school which is actually rented out but temporarily help is needed there too.
We are open minded, we love to cook and eat, music, DIY, bake bread, cook jam, chutney, ... ...
So if you fancy a stay at a sustainable organic farm to experience the turn from plant via vegetable to compost, combined with the possibility to work with horses and enjoy some family time with three farm girls - contact us for further information.
Wir - Gerald & Michaela (48,44) leben mit unseren 3 Mädchen (geb *2009, 2001 u 2014) auf einem Vierkanthof in St. Marien, mitten im Zentralraum von Linz, Wels und Steyr. Salzburg (115km), Wien (180km) und München (250km) sind relativ nah und gut öffentlich erreichbar.
Bereits seit 1978 bewirtschaften wir unsere Felder nach biologischen Regeln als Mitglied der ORBI Bauern bzw. der BIO Austria. Neben dem klassischen Ackerbau liegt der Schwerpunkt unserer Landwirtschaft schon seit Beginn an bei Gemüse- und Kartoffelanbau. Unsere Kunden freuen sich über Lager-Gemüse (Karotten, Zwiebel, Kürbis, Pastinaken, Petersilie, …) bzw. Frischgemüse im Folienhaus (Blattsalat, Tomaten, Paprika, Gurken, …). Neben den altbewährten Sorten werden immer wieder Raritäten angepflanzt. Unser Gemüse und Getreide vermarkten wir in unserem Hofladen und jeweils Freitag früh beliefern wir verschiedene Läden und Lokale mit unseren Produkten in Linz.
Wir probieren immer wieder Neues - einige Jahre wurden Kräuter angebaut, jetzt ermöglichen wir einer Gruppe einen Gemeinschaftsgarten.
Für eine optimale Kreislaufwirtschaft wurde professionelle Kompostierung begonnen und wird nun eine Kompostieranlage für Grünabfälle betrieben.
Am Betrieb haben wir einen Pferdestall eingemietet, gelegentlich ist auch hier eine Mithilfe nötig.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We enjoyed being workaways in NewZealand& Canarian Islands; we had workers/ helpers from Austria, Romania, Kroatia, South Africa, ... it's a nice cultural exchange. We and our children like it to make new friendships!
Projects involving children
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Help
Processing of vegetables, grains and fruit, the beautiful and challenging life on a farm experience!
building projects, compost & general maintenance around the farm
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: IntermediateThis 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
Privat accommodation with shared living area (sometimes with other workers)
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (9)
We wish you all the best and a lot of success in your farm and all your project :)
Die Ernte an Früchten & Gemüse erfreute unsere Kinder u Kunden. Viel Glück weiterhin!
The work was nice, the girls really energetic, playful and good company, just like their parents.
We have eaten so much bombastic, healthy meals together and we felt like parts of the family.
Thank you again the… read more
It was really nice meeting you! You are friendly, polite, have good manners, very funny, warmhearted, a great cook and house keeper... . You managed our vegetables whatever in the rootcellar or int the kitchen in a great way. And we - all of us - miss the card games! We wish you the best for a happy life! Michaela and Gerald;… read more
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We wish you all the best and a lot of success in your farm and all your project :)
Die Ernte an Früchten & Gemüse erfreute unsere Kinder u Kunden. Viel Glück weiterhin!
The work was nice, the girls really energetic, playful and good company, just like their parents.
We have eaten so much bombastic, healthy meals together and we felt like parts of the family.
Thank you again the… read more
It was really nice meeting you! You are friendly, polite, have good manners, very funny, warmhearted, a great cook and house keeper... . You managed our vegetables whatever in the rootcellar or int the kitchen in a great way. And we - all of us - miss the card games! We wish you the best for a happy life! Michaela and Gerald;… read more
Thanks a lot for your GREAT job in the house, garden, animation, cooking, vegetables ...!
While I stayed with them for around 2 weeks, we had a lot of good and funny talks about differences in our cultures (Saxon - Austrian), and a lot of more topics!
During my stay I helped them with their private Farm Shop, cleaning different vegetables, preparing for deliver.. the typical farm… read more
It was a good time together, in all different kinds, friendly and a great baker ;-)
thank you so much for this great experience. It was nice to meet this lovely family. I really enjoyed this week on a farm house.
I wish you all the best.
it was our first experience with workaway and we couldn’t wish for better family. We enjoyed every moment spent with you and learn a lot of new things. You were always helpful, positive and gave us feeling that we are a part of your family.Clara, Luisa and Emilia are really smart ,spirited and… read more
Thank you for such a great experience getting to know you all in your beautiful village. I will miss all those great lunches and playing soccer with the girls! Wish you all the best :)
Joel
Kerrie and Maria
