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Hello everyone and welcome.
If your goal is to experience a simpler, more gratifying life in tune with the environment, you´ve come to the right place.
Our place is a 70-year-old olive grove.
We´ve just moved 3 years ago and we are working to create a Permaculture farm.
We lead a simple lifestyle, respecting and cooperating with nature and our neighbors in pursue of a healthier humanity on Earth.
As it is a rather young project, there is plenty to do and we need people willing to help.
We have done a permaculture design that we are in the process of implementing (swales, ponds, reforesting, etc)
We already have the organic veggie garden, the chicken shed (wood and cob), the compost area and the outside compost toilet. Now we are working on building a new house.
We also grow edible mushrooms with our own recycled logs.
The options on tasks are varied: from the basic structural building to the delicate creative decorations.
We appreciate everyone’s skills and advice.
We are happy to help and learn from each other.
My name is Gustavo and at the moment I live by myself in a recycled cob and concrete house. Most of the time, there are other volunteers staying with me so it is a dynamic environment.
I have a horse called Blacky, a friendly dog called Pepa, a cat called Minina and a bunch of happy chickens. We all live alongside the local fauna. Bird watching and fox sighting can be delightful here for Nature lovers.
There is a room in my house to share among volunteers and plenty of space to camp under the shade of old trees.
Basic facilities like a shower with an electric water heater, electricity, drinkable water from a well, shared compost toilet and a wood burning heater are available.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can experiment living in a rural area in Argentina, learning Spanish and getting to know the real Argentinean culture, far away from the big cities.
Permaculture and Ecobuilding techniques and many Argentinian style creative ways of problem solving.
You will also see how a simpler lifestyle is actually possible and easier to achieve than expected.
Help
Tasks depend on the season. We appreciate everyone’s skills and advices
- Helping with the veggie garden
- Feeding the chickens
-Olive harvesting
- Composting
- Eco-building
-Opening water channels and swales
-Pruning trees
-Chopping wood
-Knowing and harvesting of native plants
We offer 3 daily vegetarian meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) in exchange of 5 hours, 5 days a week. If you need a snack between meals you need to bring your own.
We advice to bring:
-Gloves and working cloths.
-Torch
-Hat/cap and any protection from the sun you might consider necessary
- Snacks, if you need to eat between meals.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
There is a room into the house to share between volunteers and plenty of space to camp under old shady trees.
Basic facilities like a shower with an electric water heater, electricity, drinkable water from well, shared compost toilet and a wood burning heater are available.
What else ...
The farm is located 4 Km from the San Francisco del Monte de Oro town, in the hill area of San Luis province, a very quiet and peaceful area surrounded by farms and native forests. There are two pristine fresh water rivers close-by where you can have a swim or start a trek to the “sierra”.
Weather is mild the whole year, always pretty sunny and dry with good rain only in summer.
There is mobile reception at the farm, free Wi-Fi a 1,000 m away and a groceries store 400 m from our place.
No TV. Smoking is only allowed outside and we don't drink alcohol. Thank you!!
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?
More than two
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Gustavo cocina muy rico y saludable, probé nuevos sabores. Me alentó a cocinar en horno a leña, masas integrales. Pudimos junto a mi compañero Rodra colaborar en la huerta y armar un riego por goteo.
Gustavo propicio tareas para cuidar el agua y… read more
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda y tus charlas.
The daily activities were varied and really interesting, ranging from helping to build new cabins using bioconstruction techniques, maintaining and repairing… read more
Muy trabajador y respetuoso de las normas de la casa. Nos ayudó a cosechar aceitunas y a pintar los pisos. Trabajó horas extras para terminar los pisos. Estoy muy agradecido por eso!!! Espero volver a verte para charlar y jugar ajedrez.
Las comidas fueron excelentes y mantuvimos conversaciones muy interesantes.
Gracias por tu acogida
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda!!!
He is willing to help and now he is an expert in olives harvesting, jaja.
He did a delicious pizza and plays guitar very well!!
Thank you for everything
It was wonderful to meet Antu. He was traveling in his bike in a very long trip. He is very enthusiastic and willing to help. He is super cool!! I recommend him very much!!
Gracias Gustav :)
Thank you very much for this great experience! It was a quite spontaneous request of mine and gustavo was really easy and helpfull with the organisation beforehand. Our stay there was only for a week but we had an amazing time with a lot of cultural exchange and we got to learn a lot about… read more
Thank you very much for your help it was a pleasure to meet you.
Gustavo was very kind since we got in contact and he’s very enthusiastic about his project and willing to share it with whoever is able to enjoy it as much as him.
There’s a beautiful river, walking distance from his place and all the surrounding is amazing.… read more
Muy bueno compartir con él. Siempre dispuesto a ayudar. Tuvimos unas charlas muy interesantes.
The experience with Alvaro was great!!!
He was always willing to help. Chatting with him was very interesting.
They left but we are keeping in touch, I feel I have made new friends from France.
We worked on lots of differents things : eco construction, gardening, carpentry, renovating chairs.
It was sooooooo interesting.
There is a LOT TO DO at Gustavo's place.
The house, the bedroom, the bathroom were perfect.
We really enjoyed spending our free Time in the… read more
Thank you so much for hospitality, veggy food, funny stories and debates. The work was quite hard but We loved every second of our stay. allthough we travelled for 2.5 month and saw some incredible sights and met with other fantastic workaway projects, we will never forget your simple and beautiful way of life. Thanks a mill.
gustavo,the owner look a very nice and good guy,and we had a good feeling ,on internet,and by phone
but the problem:he was not here!
and i had to cheer the job and the house with a german guy
I spent an amazing time with you, your friends and your neigbours all along of this 20 days in a fabulous countryside.
I hope the horse and ninja (the cat) are going well.
I'm very proud to have install… read more
