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Hello ! We are a little family, who lives on a small holding in a hungarian village near the Balaton North-National Park. We used to be helper and volunteers a longer time ago but we still try to keep the lifestyle and experiences we got from these days as helper. It means for us: living simple, respecting land, nature and animals, meeting other people and culture, help others and be part of a small lively hungarian village. Our house is around 90 years old, and we put lots of work in that already. Our passion is the garden, which includes orchard, different shaped veggie beds, "hügelbeds", herbal areas and forest garden parts . The garden is huge and sometimes we get lost in it. :) We got inspired from organic gardening, permaculture and nature itself . We work with all kind of recyclable things, organically and also everything what we can find and what is locally available. We try to include ourselves in the natural cycle of life and we are open to changes and new ideas . For us living close to nature and being a part of it means a lot to us, and we enjoy the work with plants and towards a little bit more self sufficiency and sustainibility.
On top of that we are lucky to live in an area with more like-minded people. There is another workaway host living nearby. Some people live isolated in the beautiful wine hills behind our property others live in nearby villages.
Helpers ,which work with us, will have the possibility to meet other people and projects , as well.Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Animal Care
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
you will live as a part of our daily life, experience hungarian village life and you learn about gardening and preserving food. we visit other places and friends regulary and together with our helpers, you wont be bored.
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What you can find in our place:
organic gardening in a huge area, companion planting and gardening with the moon, permaculture and forest gardening. We use nitrogen fixing plants and trees , try to attract wildlife (especially insects and birds), we do plant propagation and we work with own well and rain water, cutting grass with a scythe or a trimmer, mulching, weeding, the work and ideas never end .... if you like gardening you should come to us ! :)
We have all kind of building work (working with wood, fencing, building solar shower, renovating, making ponds), as well as animal work (in our place: dogs, cats, chicken, ducks,).
A big part in the garden season is also the processing of the vegetables and fruits. We cook them, make juice, jams, sauces or bottle them in different ways, we dry or freeze for the winter. We ve got a storing cellar. We also made fermentation and sauerkraut. From spring we also go to collect wild herbs and free food in the nature.
Autumn is great for sweetchestnut / walnut picking and planting trees. In winter there is cutting bushes, pruning, fighting with brambles, making firewood and all kind of other winter jobs.
All of the work is normally done together with us, but you can also have own projecst, if you want that. Our baby is happy for attention and loves helper being around, as well. Same as the dog and all the cats are friendly and happy for affection.
We will not use helpers, neither employ helpers for one (unpopular) job only. Host and helpers are preparing the food and washing dishes together or in a rota.Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Hungarian: FluentThis 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
We live a simple life, but we have everything whats needed :)
Accomodation: single room, summer house , campervan or big tent
just compost toilets , inside and outside :)What else ...
Public Transport is possible by bus to our village or by train to the next village and then by bus or pickup. Sometimes we eat meat (prefer local meat sources), have a variety of foods, including fresh village milk, village cheese (from april), own eggs and hopefully plenty of veggies and fruits. There are weekly markets in other villages , where we get the stuff we dont produce.
Normally volunteers like to explore the area or go on trips in their free days. There are castles, ruins, a buddhist stupa and the Balaton North National Park nearby. Furthermore we are 20km away from the biggest thermal spa in Europe, as well as the Lake Balaton. We are flexible and for long term helpers there are numerous things to experience. (hiking, hungarian village life and celebrations, , community projects and more).A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
friendly dogs are welcome, if they accept our dog and our cats and our chicken and our ducks and of course our child !!! :)
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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Ildikó and Matthias are really welcoming and flexible who love their garden . They will offer you all sort of exciting permaculture work you desire, gardening,building with wood,picking apples,cooking jam together.They also help you in everything let it be giving a bicycle or a lift… read more
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Ildikó and Matthias are really welcoming and flexible who love their garden . They will offer you all sort of exciting permaculture work you desire, gardening,building with wood,picking apples,cooking jam together.They also help you in everything let it be giving a bicycle or a lift… read more
She is a great helper, great friend and fantastic, lovely person.
We did very variable jobs together, like bush clearing, garden… read more
Matthias and Ildiko (and little Csongi) were the best hosts we could wish for ! They welcomed us warmly in their home and taught us a lot in their magical garden, despite the never ending rain. They found varied interesting tasks… read more
We had some time in spring togehter and it was very rainy weather. Despite of that, we were bringing hey in, cutting herbs for drying, seeding salads and vegetables, and we installed a tomato roof and planted tomatos.
In very bad weather they opened walnuts until their hands were… read more
They really wanted to help us… read more
Peaceful countryside in a simple setting with great veggie wholesome meals. Couldn't have asked for more!
We had a great time and nice conversations on our dinner table. They are reliable and we would not hesitate to host them again. Wish you all the best… read more
Matthias and Ildiko looked after us like family and we never went hungry!
During our 2 week stay we were able to do all sorts of work including picking and juicing the organic apples and pears, weeding the vegetable garden and learning how to live self-sufficiently.
The vegetarian meals were… read more
She… read more
We worked in the garden a lot, did weeding, planting, picking tomatoes and beans and preserved them, picked… read more
Wish you happiness and success with everything you do, and hope we meet again. :)
thanks for being here and thanks for the stories and laugh we shared at the table. And accepting all… read more
We wish more nice travels and experiences and happiness into your life.
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I could feel quite good that they both are experienced in dealing with workawayers. They are so easy-going, leave room for ideas and engagement. They are… read more
I was sleeping in the caravan and was really magical in the middle of the property. Waking up with the light of the sunrise surrounded by green was very good. I spent a really good time working and learning… read more
We just planed for 1week for the first time but it became for 2weeks. We felt 2weeks were very short. Even now, we remind our memory there looking at photos and talking with my wife.
We exprienced and… read more
It was so nice to experience a different way of simple lifestyle, thanks very much for having me.
I took some time to get used to the work & weather (more physical work during winter), but I learned a lot during my stay.
There's a beautiful and tranquil hill just at the back, the view during sunset is… read more
I had a great time at Ildikos and Mathias place!
I learned a lot about gardening, myself and how it is to have a certain lifestyle.
Went hiking in beautiful suroundings and even got lost in the bush with another volunteer which was so much fun!
They were so nice and warm towards me even if I wasn't… read more
Thanks for everything, was a pleasure to get to know you and thanks for the things you thought us :)
Wish you more nice experiences and happiness to your… read more
Thanks for all : Brenda, for giving a shoulder for Ildiko to cry when we lost one of our dog and taking over all cooking and caring on that day and of course all the delicious pizzas, teas and for Graeme for the jokes,… read more
The food just keeps on coming and it's mostly from the garden and it's delicious. These guys are really passionate about their garden and always happy to pass on their knowledge. The property is located in a quiet village and is surrounded by beautiful countryside and forests… read more
They work alongside you and are so passionate about what they do and what they want to achieve in the future.
Their huge vegetable garden is packed with… read more
Thanks to them, we also discover this nice part of Hungary and they also introduce you to their friends in the village, its really nice ! And of course,… read more
She was motivated and reliable.
Good luck and take care ! :))
We learned from each other and more important we had a nice time together.
Good luck, maybe we meet again, who knows..... :)
We experienced them as easy going, curious, open minded, hard working, reliable and open for other cultures.
We wouldnt hesitate to host them again!
Good luck on your travels and back home..... All… read more
We had a marvellous time at Ildiko and Mathias 's place. We only stay 3 weeks but dicovered another way of life, plenty things about gardenning and lovely people :-)
Ildiko and Mathias are very generous persons, without a priori, and it's a pleasure to spend time with them. They… read more
We wish you all the best and happiness! (and success with your… read more
We ve rarely met a so patient person like her ! (even when we had funny moods or we had our childish attitudes.....:)) On top of that ,she was… read more
Together with another helper we had a great time in our place and visiting hungarian countryside places. He is reliable and he was even housesitting,… read more
Adam was reliable, easy going, interested in our… read more
And the caravan. Looks great, the wardrobe door works perfect. :) :) Thanks for everything.
Wish you great… read more
Thanks to this experience, we want to be volunteers next summer!
The area is very beautiful with vivid green forests and hills, nice people and soothing wildlife.
Ildiko and Matthias showed me some places around, lake balaton, we went to a nice local market, to a medicinal herb garden!
It's a wonderful place to enjoy nature,… read more
The only difficulty was for them to learn to look where they could step in our crazy garden...haha...still they did… read more
We were there only for three weeks but it's seems that we know for each
other for years. We really learn a lot about gardening and feel your
passion and commitment for it. We also work some construction job, making
doors, cuting wood, cooking...
We saw so many nice place around,… read more