Help us with gardening and eco-building in Noto, Italy

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  Description

  Hello Hello! We are Tiziana and Salvo with 2 daughters, Eva 17 months and Mariasole 5 years old and a nice dog.
  We live in a small wood house surrended by our organic farm with 2 he of centenary carob trees, orchard and veggie garden. We have 7 he more where we will make an agroforestry procect , bio lake , farm animals and agricamping in the next years. Here we organize dance in nature for family together with a nice dancer teacher, twice a week a self defence course , thai yoga massage course , cacao cerimony , temezcal and other nice events that our workaway can join it. Our next plan is to build an outdoor kitchen and compost toilets , build a yurta and other mobile structures to guest nice people and share this beautiful land
  In july we will guest our first bees hive and we are planning to have chickens soon.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Here you could learn thai massage , meditation, tai chi ,yoga , how to recognize spontaneous plants and trasform them in food or herbal remedies , learn Italian and about Sicilian traditions .
  Also could learn how to make veggie garden, seedbeds and to join Permaculture group and get to know many people and new skills from them.

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  Help

  We ask you to work for us 4-5 hours per day with 2 days off, we are willing to pay for extra hours. We need to plant more veggies and trees and put mulch, look after the orchard , the carob trees and garden around the house with some weeds, build a seedbed, do babysitter some day per week, help with building skills, cook meals and help us to keep the place and the house tidy and clean( once a week the housekeeper come to clean)
  we offer 2 meals per day with fresh and tasty food, and once a week for real hard worker we offer 2 hours of Thai massage to get fresh, relax and balance body and mind.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  we want to keep our english and spanish fluent and we would like that our kids learn english
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  Accommodation

  at the moment we offer as accomodation the van which has his own kitchen and fridge
  or a glamping big tent .There is plenty of shade to put your own tent or camper and be on your own .
  Outside the house there are showers with hot water and toilet
  Important to bring your sleeping bed cause the temperature from december to may is cold.
  From june to septermber the temperature can be very very hot that's why we have swimming pool.
  Flies and mosquito also come during this period.

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  What else ...

  We live in Noto only 6 km from Vendicari National Park with astonish beaches all around this area like Portopalo , San Lorenzo and many others ,. There is not public trasport as we live in the peace of the inner countryside. We have 2 cars and happy to share with you . To buy food we go to the near Rosolini, Noto or Pachino and also we get fresh local food from different places to support local business.
  During your time off you could go in many places for treeking, meditate and walk around the property ,collect herbs wih me and go to the beaches together. We are happy to bring you to visit nice place around. You become part of our family. So it's very important to be responsible , clean, tidy and serious worker.. to give a good example for our kids.
  we ask you to use only natural body products and reduce at minimum your waste. Try to be plastc free as much as possible.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  in the house we have wifi for worker we have a space just outside the house

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  Space for parking camper vans

  we have plenty of space to guest motorhome, yurta, tents

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  Can possibly accept pets

  we have a male 5 months dog

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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