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We are a family of 4, my husband and I, our 6 year old son and 13 year old daughter.
We bought this property in oktober 2021 and have been slowly but steadily building our life here. We have horses, goats, chickens, dogs, cats, two cows and a duck who oversees it all. Noahs ark on dryland sort of speak. All of our animals except for the meat cows have a love for humans and love to cuddle.
We have an organic back to eden vegetable garden. We would love some help in this department. Helping to make more beds and some upkeep, or taking care of seedlings and plants when we are away for a few days.
We are renovating an old farmhouse that has 900 square meters of living space, we started at the roof and are now in the process of taking out the old flooring to make reinforcements of the support beams to get the new floors in. We build 100% with natural materials. When your interest goes out to this kind of building, we welcome help, but it`s not expected.
What we search for is people that want to support us in our projects, help me around the house, do some cooking together and have some fun with the kids (we homeschool our children) and in turn get to learn about how we do all these things. Off course we are also still searching for the right way to proceed and are always open to suggestions.
We have a spare house available with three bedrooms, living space, kitchen, two toilets and a bathroom. When we don’t have family over for visits, workawayers are welcome to make use of this house.
We are also open to people that want to stay longterm and especially to families that want to stay longterm.
We are conservative thinkers, raising our children away from the crazyness of modern culture and are building a self-sufficient lifestyle. We don`t want any smoking or drugs on our property. We like to have lots of fun with nature around us.
If you feel spoken to, please contact us and we can work out details of a possible stay with us.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Interests
Politics / Social justice
Pets
Farming
Writing
Plant care
Photography
Gardening
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Books
Animals
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
When visiting us you will live in our house and share our meals, you`re welcome to share the days with us and learning about how to live on a small farm. We love to share our knowledge and love to learn from others as well.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
- Right now we are also looking for someone who can help us make a wood storage place and cut up 10 tree trunks into pieces. Off course also other work is possible for those that aren’t up to wood chopping. 😀
Generally we need:
- Help with the animals (feeding, cleaning stables, cuddling and brushing), milking our goats. Off course all of these things can be taught and will most of the time be done together with us.
- We have bees, I`d love some help if people are interested in this.
- Veggy growing the natural way. We work according to the back to eden gardening method. Working with nature to create nutrient dense food.
- Helping me around the house a bit with cleaning, we`re not neat-freaks, but like when things get organised and sufficiently clean, so just a little daily help.
- helping preparing our meals, we eat according to weston price`s principles, so lots of nutrient dense delicious food.
- If you have special skills that you can teach our children, we`re very happy. We homeschool so any additional learning opportunities are welcomed.
- Our 6 year old loves to play, there might be some moments that you could take care of him or keep an eye on him. He loves playing games and chess, checkers etc...
- When you have skills in building (electricity, plumbing, carpenter, etc.), some help in the building department of our property is very appreciated.
- we can adjust the help you give to the skills and interests you have.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Polish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We don`t speak Polish yet, just a little, but have sufficient other languages we will be capable in communicating in.
Accommodation
You will have a small seperate room in our house with a closet, a desk and a sofa that can turn into a double bed. You use the rest of the house together with us. So kitchen, bathroom, laundry room atc are shared.
We also have an extra house with 3 bedrooms, a bathroom, 2 toilets, a kitchen and living space. When there isn’t any family of us staying over, workawayers can use this house.
We have a fitness room where you will be welcome to work out.
Future plans also include a wellness area, but this still needs to get started. Not there yet. You can join sauna sessions at our neighbours tough at reservation (paid) when wanted. So there can be a good balance between work and relaxing.
Ski slopes are around 45 minutes away.
What else ...
- We don`t own a television and don`t listen to most of modern music styles. We do however have a cinema screen that we install around once a week to watch a movie together.
- We have WIFI available but prefer if you can use the ethernet cable.
- We have fields, forests, mountains and rivers around us, unlimited exploration opportunities. We even have a gold-bearing river down the road to go and play around in. Haven`t gotten rich from it tough. ;-)
- We are eco friendly as a house-hold so no harsh chemicals allowed in washing products, cleaning products, shampoos etc. Bring eco-friendly products please.
- Usually we do breakfast separately as a family. We love to cook together for lunch and diner but appreciate it when you can provide your own meat. You’re welcome to pick fruits from the trees as snacks when they are in season. If you need any other items you can join us to the store if you want, we go around 2/3 times a week to the city at 30 minutes from us.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have an ethernet connection, we use starlink and it is very fast and stable in our area. We have connectors for ethernet to usb-c and usb if needed. If other connectors are wanted, just ask.
Space for parking camper vans
We have camper space available with connection for electricity and a water hose to connect. If needed you can use our bathroom and kitchen with us.
Can possibly accept pets
We have livestock guardian dogs so pets are to be properly introduced and need to be social with large dogs.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Chateau and Briand
Marieke and goats
Pinto
Chessie
Jega
Chickens
Norah
Kroko
Vita (11 months)
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Marit was always ready to tackle some task we were doing and even volunteered to do some wax melting which we ourselves didn’t have the energy for at that time. We… read more
Louis was a really good match with our son and they played from morning till evening together.
Vincent really used his skills as a building engineer and helped us a lot with suggestions and the plan for the renovation we are doing.
Amelia took on the task of cooking us some very nice meals that were… read more
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Marit was always ready to tackle some task we were doing and even volunteered to do some wax melting which we ourselves didn’t have the energy for at that time. We… read more
Louis was a really good match with our son and they played from morning till evening together.
Vincent really used his skills as a building engineer and helped us a lot with suggestions and the plan for the renovation we are doing.
Amelia took on the task of cooking us some very nice meals that were… read more
