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Garden keeping with a family in Kaikoura, New Zealand

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  • Description

    Description

    Our five-member family is keen on growing fruit and veggie produce, we keep hens, sheep and we run a holiday accommodation in Kaikoura.
    Staying in a self-contained unit close to us, you can experience an everyday life of a fresh-kiwi family. As we moved to NZ seven years ago, coming from Prague, Czechia, our family is bilingual /english, czech/.
    For last five years we have been growing our own produce, especially veggies, while learning about specific NZ round-year growing conditions. We are keen on compost building and we keep around sixty hens for eggs and couple sheep.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    Animal Care
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Learning about how it is to become a "Kiwi".
    Learning about gardening and maintenance practices and specific NZ growing conditions.
    Learning about animal keeping - hens and sheep.
    Bilingual environment.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    Help in the garden: preparing veggie beds for spring /weeding, incorporating green manure to the soil/, mulching.
    Help around the chicken run, with firewood, making cabbage-leave packages.
    House keeping works if needed.

  • Languages spoken

    Czech: Fluent
    English: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    En-suite room.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Kaikoura is famous for whale watching cruises and swimming with dolphins. We also have a seal colony nearby and various walks/hikes and a Zip Line. Stunning mountain-sea sceneries and sunrises:).

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Tintin, Blue

Host ref number: 734154577615

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