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.*We have a 30 acre lifestlye block, 25 mins from Motueka with cows, sheep, chickens, bees, horses/ponies and a glowworm grotto!. There is a large veggie garden which provides most of our vegetables, tunnel house and an orchard. We try to eat as much as possible from our land so most meat will come from our property and our son is a keen fisherman, so we eat what he catches too.
Our projects include, gardening/landscaping in our veggie garden and orchard, help with animals/kids, fencing, cleaning paddocks, making mulch building projects that need doing. This summer we will be setting up an old bus for living and coverting a container into accomodation, so if there are any keen DIY people, we would love to hear from you! We also spend time preserving/canning food that we have grown so there will be opportunities to learn and help with this. There seems to be a never ending list.
Our ideal volunteer would have at least an interest, if not experience with organic veggie growing and must be prepared to be outside in all weather.
We have accommodation in our retro caravan or the classic bedford bus. Both share our bathroom and composting toilet
. **If you would like to stay with us you will need your own transport, there is no public transport close by and between the land, animals, horses, working and kids i do not have time free to do the hour round trip into town to pick people up.
Our horses are all in work, Kate trains young horses and along with Kuri competes in showjumping and endurance riding. The horses are not suited to novice riders and are mostly pony size, so please do not come with expectations of riding as we are only able to offer this occasionally, to very experienced, small riders. However, we can certainly give plenty of contact with the horses for those less experienced who are keen to be involved.
We are not vegetarians, but only eat meat from our own farm or wild caught fish/game..... Happy to cater for vegetarians - We do use dairy and eggs in our cooking, so if you are vegan, we may ask that you prepare your own meals.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers can learn about organic gardening, preserving food, fishing and animal care.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need help with various tasks including, but not limited to gardening/landscaping projects, animal care, planting, fencing, compost making and general farm maintenance.
Languages spoken
Czech: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
Currently our farm has no official house, we are living in a converted shed, so you can get an experience of real Kiwi ingenuity! however we do have a full kitchen, shower and composting toilet. Our helper accommodation is in our caravan or housebus.
What else ...
There is no public transport close to us, but with your own car, you can visit abel tasman, kahurangi and local beaches.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
piva
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Almost a year ago I stayed with the family and I enjoyed it a lot.
I felt very welcomed and we experienced a few adventures, even though I just stayed for 3 weeks.
I could have stayed much longer.
Thank you Kate and Tomas for having me with you!
If you do enjoy family life and work outside in the garden and with… read more
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Almost a year ago I stayed with the family and I enjoyed it a lot.
I felt very welcomed and we experienced a few adventures, even though I just stayed for 3 weeks.
I could have stayed much longer.
Thank you Kate and Tomas for having me with you!
If you do enjoy family life and work outside in the garden and with… read more
