Come and join us and develop our beautiful home near Lousa, Portugal

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  Description

  We have some interesting projects lined up for 2025, We will be hosting our first wedding at the end of August 2025.
  
  We are welcoming volunteers this Summer.
  
  We are an English couple who decided to live closer to nature and create community. We care for a farmhouse and some land in Portugal which the owners (who are currently living in London) bought back in October 2021. We moved here in February 2025 and we are on a journey to make this a place abundant with nature, creativity and community at it’s heart! Come and join us to help make that a reality!
  
  It is the perfect place for those who wish to reconnect with nature and with themselves. We are still new to this ourselves, so we can learn together about growing and permaculture principles, strategies and techniques. Everything is still in the start-up phase and that makes this place a total playground to add your personal touch to - you can contribute your ideas and energy into how to develop the land and the facilities.
  
  Our focus areas are:
  Maintaining and developing 5 ha of land - including developing the existing gardens and orchards. Beginning a reforestation project.
  Developing and extending the infrastructure on site, barn, workshop, outdoor kitchen etc.
  
  
  Looking forward to hearing from you!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Vegetarian or vegan

  

  Sustainability

  

  Pets

  

  Van life

  

  Farming

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  History

  

  Music

  

  Plant care

  

  Gardening

  

  Hitchhiking

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Carpentry

  

  Astronomy

  

  Books

  

  Architecture

  

  Animals

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Hiking

  

  Mountain

  

  Nature

  

  Fitness

  

  Camping

  

  Beach
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Staying with us would be unique, as we are keen to promote cultural exchange in a variety of ways. We love meeting new people and nationalities.
  You can learn about permaculture, get hands on with various construction projects and gardening.

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  Help

  The type of help needed is seasonal and also on your personal skills and preferences, but it could be any of the following:
  
  
  GARDENING (weeding, planting, mulching, harvesting, watering)
  PLANTS PROPAGATION (sowing the seeds, repotting plants)
  COMPOSTING (collecting material for the compost, turning compost, applying on the garden beds)
  FRUIT PICKING (we have a number of fruit and olives trees!)
  LAND CLEARING (removing weed and undesirable plants - taking out bramble, mimosa!)
  FOREST (we will not ask you to use heavy machines unless you have experience with them and you feel comfortable with that, but you might help with moving logs and collecting wood around the property, pruning the trees etc.)
  HELP WITH MAKING FIREWOOD FOR THE WINTER (assisting us while we are cutting the wood, storing it, bringing to the kitchen)
  HELPING WITH SMALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (E.g. we might build a new compost loo this year)

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  Languages spoken

  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  French: Intermediate
  Portuguese: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  We provide accommodation and food in exchange for about 4 hours a day for 5 days a week through the days of your stay. Typically, you prepare your own meals but we are happy to purchase shopping from the local town for you!
  For our guests and helpers we have several bell tents. These are surrounded by trees and all have a lovely view of the land. Each tent has a double bed and mattress, plus storage for clothes, belongings and power to charge a phone etc.. Also there is a lot of space to park a campervan, pitch your own tent or set up a hammock.

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  What else ...

  We will be a good match if you:
  Have a passion for working outdoors and nature
  Enjoy physical work
  Have a community mindset
  Like to work in a group and be social, but can also be independent.
  Are tidy and responsible person, that cares for the facilities and tools as if they were yours.
  
  We might not be such a good match if:
  
  If you are a strict vegan. We are not, so dairy products and meat are kept in the refrigerator and used in cooking etc.
  If you are looking to chill all day and party every night, our place is maybe not the best choice for you.
  If you don't like to be alone and need to have company all the time. We are busy in the day and we like to have the option for privacy in the evening. So we won’t be able to hang out 24/7.
  
  There are loads of great outdoorsy activities in the area, hiking, swimming, cycling etc. We are happy to share our knowledge of the best spots in the local area!

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  We both work remotely, so have strong wifi connection (1000MB) and indoor areas where you can take calls etc.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We had dedicated areas close to the the outdoor camping facilities (kitchen, showers, toilets) where you can park your campervan.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Yes, we welcome cats and dogs!

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  

  Badger (5 months)

  Sera de Astrella

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