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Hi,
I am Varsha from Bangalore, I bought a piece of farm land in the outskirts of bangalore you can say countryside about 40 kms from central bangalore, takes 1.5 hours on a good day.
I’ve already grown a few trees and following a permaculture principle of farming.
I’m now moving forward to build a fully sustainable mud house there and I need help from volunteers to build the home because it’ll be a great idea to have people from different countries bringing out their own ideas and I’m open to all the creativity we can put into the making of this house.
I have a design in place and now looking forward to implement & execute it.
This house will mainly be for people to visit, stay & experience a permaculture & a fully eco friendly stay and learn more about how they can also build a mud house in the future & to avoid using any renewable resources around us.
We have wooden cottages which is part of the general public use and that will be the main stay area for the volunteers with food made by our local workers three times a day. The stay is very minimal with light fan and a bathroom. Nothing fancy. There is no hot water but there is a shower for normal water supply.
Main work at the farm is cob building, carpentery, plumbing, & farming activities. If you have any other skills that can enhance the work we are already doing, you are welcome to do so.
There is a quarry just 1 km away from the farm for a mesmerising sunset.
It’s a permaculture farm and there’s going to be a lot of learning and ideas that can be exchanged.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They will learn how they can bring their ideas into action. An opportunity to build a mud house from scratch.. every part of the house will be made by them and it’ll e a great learning to have them all together and exchange brilliant ideas. A hands on experience with mud and a village atmosphere away from the chaos of the city. Lovely sunsets & you can spot more than 50 species of birds there. Different countries coming together we will only learn and exchange knowledge.
Help
Travellers can throw in their ideas on how we can make cob walls and also add in some artwork on the walls. The main help is going to be cob walls, art work on the walls, using reclaimed wood windows and doors, fixing them.. creative bathroom ideas.. mud floors, mud seating area etc. kitchen slabs, living room seating. A bright creative team to bring any ideas that come along to build the mud house.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Kannada: Fluent
Tamil: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I’m ok to learn basic French, German, Italian etc any language that can help me communicate with travellers. Would love to!
Accommodation
Wooden cottages or a big dorm 4 can sleep in 1 cottage.
There’s a bathroom in each cottage with normal water supply and no hot water. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be made by one of the lady workers who works at the farm for construction.
You can also cook if you’d like.. groceries and the village market is about 3kms away from the farm. An induction will be given to you in case you want to cook for yourself.
What else ...
When there’s a time off travellers can travel to the nearby quarry, Thally forest which is about 20-25 kms away.. there are govt buses that go to the closest city.
There’s a swimming pool where they can use and chill whenever they want.
Also go bird watching and just sit back and relax to watch the sunset. There’s also a waterfalls nearby which is 10-15 kms away.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Airtel network is good and you can use your own hotspot for internet access.
Space for parking camper vans
Feel free to use camper vans, tents etc on the farm and can park anywhere at the farm and use it.
Can possibly accept pets
We love animals and you can bring your pets, however food needs to be taken care of for them.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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We had a great time hosting you’ll.. since you’ll were our first volunteers everything was a trial & error and we wanted to make sure you’ll have a good stay + work comfortably at the farm with minimum facilities.
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Varsha and her Husband are very kind people. Actually I was supposed to reach their place by 7th July but the… read more
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We had a great time hosting you’ll.. since you’ll were our first volunteers everything was a trial & error and we wanted to make sure you’ll have a good stay + work comfortably at the farm with minimum facilities.
I’m so glad you’ll… read more
I… read more
Varsha and her Husband are very kind people. Actually I was supposed to reach their place by 7th July but the… read more
