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***I am also searching, and opening up for farmsitters. There is help on the farm for somone available and looking for a peaceful space in exchange for taking care of the space and animals! In this case I would like to get to know the person(s) in advance.***
Dear Volunteer,
I have been hosting since 2017 on Wwoof, and since 2023 on Workaway. Many people have taken part in the farm's project in this time. Most of my volunteers were searching for their Eurasian roots, or wishing to help their fellow neighbouring country folk. I thoroughly enjoyed each volunteer's company, working together and/or communicating our ideas about life around the table, or just sharing space in the silence of the praerie farm in it's habitat where I live since 2014.
I coordinate a company and an organisation parallel to hosting volunteers, through which I am in contact with local, national and international associates. So it is that I am able to oversee volunteer tasks part-time, and meanwhile attend to the company's and organisation's projects.
From my own part these projects include:
- pottery,
- weaving,
- costume design and sewing,
- horse training and animal husbandry.
This is plenty of tasks for one person and I am open to sharing my trades in exchange for other trades of equivalent value or for the current European fee. Since the summer of 2024 I am hosting international workshops, which we did in a collaboration thanks to a generous volunteer from Workaway. I also maintain contact with other craftspeople.
So, I am eager to connect with larger craft and homestead projects at the farm or abroad!
Otherwise I am also happy to host volunteers who are just curious to be in this atmosphere, experiment, and see the world.
"Discover the universe in a blade of grass" said one volunteer a time ago.
2024 marks the fresh new start of the garden project after 4 years. The plains is more of a pasture terrain that is rich in minerals, great for livestock that require surveilance and training. Therefore the garden is firstly based on strong, low-maintainance herbs and vegetation that is capable of thriving only off of the attendance of volunteers.
The daily rhythm changes according to season. I prefer to rise with the sun. In the summer it is better to wake up early, rest at noon with the high temperatures, whereas in the winter it is better to make the best use of daylight while it is still accessible.
Electricity at the farm is minimal.
There are two carneval seasons and two fasting seasons in the winter half year. In practical terms at the time of Lent (Advent and Lent), fasting (being vegetarian, and modest) is encouraged. However during Carneval (All Hallow's Eve-Advent, Christmas-Lent) eating more animal produce, having a merry time in the winter is encouraged.
I look forward to your messages. Maintaining a farmstead with crafts is a very busy way of life, so I am not always available, however if we manage to arrange our schedules in agreement I look forward very much to having you at the Farmstead!
With kind regards,
Nóra
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers will learn the dynamics of a homestead with a large grazing area and of a bigger animal populace. Learn how to handle herds of animals, or get to know both smaller and larger animals' behaviour.
They will also experience the beginning of a new life of a farm building, that had been derelict for a couple decades but otherwise has the skelleton of around 250 years made out of organic material. They can understand the difficulties and benefits of what such a building has to offer in renovation and living.
I also strive to live as off-grid as possible, which is in process, and which process is exciting in itself as well.
Help
- finishing up mudwalls
- whitewashing
- painting (with bronze-age patterns and oxides)
- woodwork (gates, chickencoop)
- fence and pen building, fixing
- arranging firewood
- electric fence building
- animal care
- herding
- providing hey and/or water for animals
- gardening
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hungarian: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Polish: Beginner
Russian: Beginner
Ukrainian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Firstly I am currently looking at improving my French language skills. I am also proud to have finally settled on gaining a basic level of Polish out of my many favorite slavic languages, the language of our brother nation where I have travelled before and can't wait to connect with more! I grew up in part at my friend's russian-ukrainian family, so I am also interested in picking up this lost thread. In the first half of my twenties I was interested in obscure languages such as Gaelic, Basque and Quechua out of curiosity from my own native tongue, Hungarian.
Accommodation
- Seperate farm building
- Guest bed
- Guest room combined with the potters' workshop
- Spare room in larger building
What else ...
Körös-Maros National Reserve, Makó Spa & Thermal Bath, Rózsa Thermal Bath Tótkomlós, Neighbouring shepherd's cheeses, 100 year old church, 1000 year old church, dancehouses in Makó or Szeged
Horsebackriding, biking, walking, car by host on occasion.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is Wi-Fi.
Space for parking camper vans
There is bigger parking space as well if needed.
Can possibly accept pets
Trained pets are welcome that are not harmful to their environment! I have purebred breeding dogs, therefore I am only able to host other dogs if they are neutured or are okay with being in a seperate, enclosed space.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Candlelight, well water, and firewood remind me of my childhood. I seem to have entered another world, where everything is so simple, peaceful, and timeless. I help with farm work, such as whitewashing the fence and… read more
Thank you Nóra for the two weeks we could spend on your farm.
Through Nóra we learned a lot about hungarian history, tradition and culture. We enjoyed the conversations about god and the world with her a lot. The way Nóra is… read more
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Candlelight, well water, and firewood remind me of my childhood. I seem to have entered another world, where everything is so simple, peaceful, and timeless. I help with farm work, such as whitewashing the fence and… read more
Thank you Nóra for the two weeks we could spend on your farm.
Through Nóra we learned a lot about hungarian history, tradition and culture. We enjoyed the conversations about god and the world with her a lot. The way Nóra is… read more
Nóra is an amazing, energetic and admirable person, as well as very funny, I loved and deeply enjoyed our conversation (both deeps and dumb ones ahahah) and working togheter. I spent 2 amazing weeks in the farm where I had the chance to learn,… read more
This has been my best workaway experience so far !.......
I defiantly underestimated Hungary , hope to visit again soon and recommend to… read more
My experience began just like a Workawayer, however -- I helped out doing some installation of electric fences (in Hungarian, you… read more
