Help with gardening and experience village life in Mansonville, Canada

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  Description

  My name is Edith and I'm living on a 3,5 acre (1,5 ha) property in a rural area, with a mountain surrounding, about 150 km south-east from Montréal, Québec. Our view on the Appalachian mountains is just fabulous.
  
  I 'm an organic gardener (today they call that permaculture!) for over 40 years and I'm teaching it as well as flowering lawns and meadows. But my husband (Christian) and I are now around the 80ies and many tasks seem more and more exhausting!
  
  Look at my Facebook profile here: ask me for the link

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  The social life in our small village (2000 inhabitants) is very dynamic : we have a well-stocked library at the town-hall, yoga classes, pickleball, etc. depending on the season and movie screenings every 2 weeks .
  
  The population here is originally from all over Europe, especially from Germany, France, Poland, Ukraine and of course from the US since we are at the border. We have a little polish store, a nice French bakery and the village grocery store is now owned by a family from Afghanistan.
  
  We have done house-exchanges for over 40 years and we are interested to meet other people and cultures.

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  Help

  I will need help essentially in the garden in the fall and the spring. I can teach all about it such as planning, composting, mulching, etc. We can do it together but we both are quickly tired. We planted a windbreak about twenty years ago and it requires maintenance. There's also some small culverts to repair over the ditches, posts to replace in the garden fence, etc.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We are bilingual but we speak French at home and you could learn the basics of French conversation.
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  Accommodation

  We have a complete finished basement with guest rooms and a full bathroom and living-room. This will allow some privacy for workawayers when needed. We'll provide bedsheets and towels of course and access to our laundry room.
  
  I can provide meals and show about cooking, especially gluten-free/dairy-free diets. But Christian has a regular diet, so there is no problem for that too.
  
  We can host a couple or a single person.

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  What else ...

  Our area is just beautiful and ideal for hiking or visit villages around . We have a huge lake (42 km long) with a little beach 5 minutes from our house. Also a ski hill open in winter only of course. The closest town (Magog) is about 35 min away and a major town (Sherbrooke) is about one hour.
  If transportation is a problem to come to our house, we can pick you up at a bus stop and drive you back again on w.e. for visiting Montréal or Québec.
  We are 20 min away from the US border (Vermont).

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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

  We have a very good internet (fiber) connection finally, for over a year now. You can work from our home, watch movies, etc.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have lots of space for parking a camper or a motorhome

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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