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* We are looking for volunteers to help us with timber production *
I am Tif, 35, doctor in psychiatry and I live with Jed, 38, working in different spots depending on the seasons, our almost two years old baby, our dogs Aska and Chico, our cats and chickens. We moved, four years ago, to an old farm located in mountain in Royans. We'd like some help with our every days life at home.
We grow our chicken from eggs to running chickens. It's amazing to see a chicken's birth.
The dogs are nice but you'll have to proof that you are the leader otherwise, the walk can be very long ^^
We are also slowly renovating our house !
We like to hike around in Vercors area. We are also used to cycle with the dogs in the forest or on the road.
There is a lot of paths around the house and some climbing area can be reach by car.
I enjoy doing my own bread and experience new receipe I would love to teach you how to cook bread or brioche. We eat mostly organic, seasonal and local food.
JEd enjoys paragliding when he has free time. There is a paragliding spot located 5 minutes from home.
I already had some experiences aboard and I learned so much from those that I want to still experience it even if I am in France, travelling through people visiting us.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
LGBTQ
Farming
Pets
Gardening
Animals
Adventure sports
Hiking
Nature
Mountain
Cycling
Camping
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are close to the French Alps and it will be our pleasure to help workers to discover the Vercors skiing or riding.
Help
We'd like some help with the animals when we are at work. We'd like somebody to walk the dogs around in the forrest surrounding 2 times a day and play with them.
Aska is a husky mixed with a malamute and Chico is a one year old husky who needs to learn a lot of things, that why we are looking for people feeling comfortable with dogs.
We also need help with the chicken hoop (feeding, cleaning).
We'd appreciate your participation to develop a vegetable garden when the spring is beginning.
Step by step the house is getting renovated (heating floor, dry toilets ...) in the way of a more sustainable way of living, so we may ask volunteers to help us thinking and acting those missions !
We also count on workawayer to help in the house but as we will be sharing kitchen/bathroom etc... we consider it as task sharing as housemate, this is the same for keeping the house warm in winter, so we don't consider it as "work" more like "basics rules to live together" and of course, we'll take our part to that.
A basic day is starting early (specially in summer) by chicken's care: to open the hoop, check food and water before breakfast. In the morning, some cleaning missions (vacuum cleaning mostly) before going for a walk with the dogs. Spare time after lunch before the second walk. At 7pm it's feeding time for the dogs and the second round into the chicken hoop to grab the eggs and check again food and water dispenser. And then it's finally diner time for humans! That's how it usually works but as we sometimes have renovation missions, JEd could ask your help for something very different !
Languages
Languages spoken
French: Fluent
English: Intermediate
German: Beginner
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Jed would love to practice spanish and I am interesting in speaking german.
Accommodation
Our home is located in St Jean en Royans but we live far from the city's accomadations, in winter you need a car for the everyday's life and in summer if you have a bike and good legs you would appreciate the nice mountain roads. We can host you in a double bedroom. We use water from the rain, so quick showers are appreciate. It's an isolated way of living, workawayer have to know that.
What else ...
We can pick you up at Saint Marcellin bus or train station. If you come from far you can take a plane to Lyon, then there is a direct bus from the airport to Grenoble. There is no public transportation to the farm.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
You need to have winter tire because it's snowing a lot !
Can possibly accept pets
Your pet needs to be cat, dogs and chicken friendly ^^
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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super good experiences with the dogs, the forest and the country-life. ❤️
they're a little quiet sometimes, but they are super nice with me and they know a lot o lenguages to comunicate with each others
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super good experiences with the dogs, the forest and the country-life. ❤️
they're a little quiet sometimes, but they are super nice with me and they know a lot o lenguages to comunicate with each others
Thanks again Matteo !
It was my first workaway experience. And I have to say that I really liked It!
Jed and Tif are very good hosts. They have a lot of hobbies and passions and they really live life to the full!
I fell in love with all their animals. Aska and Chico are wonderful and going for a walk with them is very pleasant.… read more
It was a real pleasure to share those 2 weeks with them, we would recommend Alice and Rafaela for their… read more
We spent with my friend such an amazing with Tif and Jed !
They are really nice people, we laugh a lot with them.
We have discover their dailylife in their house surrounded by natur.
We had really a lot of pleasure to walk with the dogs and to do the daily task.
If you enjoy to be in natur and to have calm, you should go there ! You would… read more
Above all… read more
The work was good but there was a little problem with the communication and… read more
I wish you two all the best!
We learned many… read more
Aska is a curious and active dog, while Etna likes to take life more easy. It was fun to take them both on walks and see how… read more
They both made our life easier by helping us so much.
They have a good contact with animals and they are not affraid of taking risks with dogs or chickens ^^
We loved Lucia's zen attitude and Victor Hugo's tradition of drinking… read more
Nuestra experiencia con Jed y Tiph no pudo ser mejor. Son muy amables y te harán sentir genial.
Jed nos llevo en su camioneta a conocer hermosos lugares.
Tiph prepara unos panes exquisitos.
Ellos trabajan mucho y no están casi en la casa.… read more
Son una familia muy acogedora, amigable y muy tierna. Nos trataron como uno mas de la familia.
Más de alguna vez Intercambiamos cenas con comida típica de nuestros países, acompañados de risas y juegos de mesa. Nos… read more
We learned a lot from their experiences and our dog loved them.
They helped us much more than we expected.
La vida es un carnaval y el merken c'est très délicieux !
They didn't give us only help but also their smiles and good mood.
I am sure they will experience a wonderfull journey !
See you girls
