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Host rating
100 %
Last replied
8 Feb 2024
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Description
Our family lives on a 5000qm property in Brandenburg in a small village surrounded by fields and woods. We moved here in this 100 year old farmhouse 2 years ago and are still renovating it step by step. We grow vegetables, herbs and flowers on a small scale and we bake our own bread. Our family that‘s me Melanie, 48, my husband Tobias, 49, our 5 children, my mother in law Heide-Marie, 2dogs, 2 cats, chickens and our haflinger mare Fora, who lives in a stable nearby. Our oldest son, David and our twins Simon and Elias live most of the time in Berlin. They visit us on weekends and we love to take on projekts around the house together, make barbecues or play cards. Our daughter, Isa is 11, she loves to swim, play outside, riding and laughing. Our son Jonas is 21, he has Downs Syndrome and works in Jüterbog. He likes to play board games, playmobil and he loves to listen to music. In June 2022 my mother in law moved in with us and is now part of the farm family too. We love to have guests on the farm and help in the garden and around the house is always more than welcome.
Guests can also take the train to Berlin for a little excitement, it takes 50 min. right to the center of Berlin ( departing every 2 hours ). We have a huge bysicle trail right in front of our house and guests are welcome to take our bikes on beautiful rides.
We do eat meat, but we also have vegetarians in our family and we recently had a guest who ate vegan, which was a fun experience too. I even baked vegan cakes, which turned out absolutely delicious.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn about the benefits of the no-dig method in gardening, lots about growing vegetables and flowers. How to process vegetables and herbs and flowers.
How to bake sourdough bread or german Bauernbrot . How to enjoy good food .
How to be grateful for what you have and enjoy life!
Projects involving children
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Help
I always appreciate help in the garden, weedeng, planting, watering, making new beds, sowing ( in plugtrays or beds), mowing, harvesting, installing dripirrigation…
And there are still many projects waiting in the house such as painting, putting up shelves, moving furniture…
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: BeginnerThis 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 have a guest room located in a seperate building, with a wooden stove. The bathroom is in the main building and is also used by family members.
What else ...
Our village is located at the flamingskate, a large bysicle road which is really fun to ride.( Guests can have bysicles from us). As mentioned before, you can easily reach Berlin by train and plunge into the big city jungle. But for me the gratest advantage of our place is, that there is no big city background noise, it is absolutely quiet.
We also have a small „pond“ nearby , where we love to go swim in the summer.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (6)
I assisted Melanie most days in her gorgeous garden, learning new methods and discussing the similarities and differences to my gardening back home. The work itself was exactly… read more
Melanie have a huge garden , She uses lots of different methods in gardening and you can learn a lot .
Isa, Jonas and Heide Marie are also in contact with you and you can talk to them to ask any question and get support.
Melanie is a wonderful cook… read more
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I assisted Melanie most days in her gorgeous garden, learning new methods and discussing the similarities and differences to my gardening back home. The work itself was exactly… read more
Melanie have a huge garden , She uses lots of different methods in gardening and you can learn a lot .
Isa, Jonas and Heide Marie are also in contact with you and you can talk to them to ask any question and get support.
Melanie is a wonderful cook… read more
Melanie and her family were amazing and welcoming, i never felt a stranger for a second, they took care of me and we had great moments together.
I learned so many things during my stay like how to take… read more
I highly recommend this place and family.
Mélanie and I spent really good time working together. She is such a great cook also.
They received me like a member of family .
The children are fabulous and well educated. I was sad to go back to France and I hope they will visit me in Britanny .
I have spent a month in… read more
First of all I want to thank you for invitation; I felt comfortably and accepted by whole family.
I stayed at your place for 2 weeks and you took care of everything I needed - excellent food, hospitality and accommodation. I really enjoyed:
- learning something new: how to use different tools (fuel cutter :-) and principles… read more
