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28 Jan 2024
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Description
Welcome!! You are entering into a third generation family home, This house has become an informal cultural space comprised of musicians and custodians of the soil. A house in continuous activity, where work in the countryside, spiritual path and music proceed together. We have four hens and three cats with us. We cultivate a vegetable garden, which we water with rainwater that is now also conveyed into a bathing pond. Last year we built a compost toilet and soon we will build an earth oven. We are working the land for house consumption with regenerative farming methods. Our vision is toward authonomy and economy of gift. We produce fermented beverages, agricultural ferments and cleaning products for the house. At certain times of the year we organize house concerts and musical workshops for children and adults. We are looking for help in the garden, in the vegetable garden and around the pond, as well as some plumbing, electrical and masonry tasks. We nedd also help to clean the house and to spend your time with a 7 years old child.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Music, anthroposophy. Culture of recycling and reuse, self-production, energy saving, water recovery, learning from observing nature, learning about fermentation and regenerative agriculture.
Help
We need help around the grounds, garden , maintenance on the house (some carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electricity). At certain times we may need support with a 7 year old child. We also welcome computer experts and people who want to take care of home cooking and cleaning the house.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Romanian: Beginner
Accommodation
Caravan with double bed. Availability of pantry and kitchen use. Cooking in turn.
We are happy to share all the food producted at home: vegetables, fruits, eggs, jams, fermented drinks, fermented vegetables.
What else ...
We are two kilometers from the station of Bra, we can pick up guests. Activities in the area: mountain biking in the woods very close by, visiting the villages of the Langhe (5 km), food and wine, Alpine valleys (40 km), the city of Turin (45 km , less than an hour by train).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
The wifi works good, we prefer to switch it off during the night to limit elecrtosmog
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4 hours for day, 5 days a week
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From the first moment she made us feel at home :)
The house is beautiful and warm, we loved the farm - taking care of the horses, the ecological garden and to build the fesn with Gulio the most 'forte' man we ever met :)
We had some fantastic meals with Manu and her son… read more
The house is really big, and super charming with many objects, musical instruments that Manuela let us try.
Manuela taught us a lot about recycling and waste, and it's really nice to see how everything through compost and other things is not wasted… read more
