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Over 10 years I have had the opportunity to be a backpacker and a volunteer in Australia and South East Asia and to live in different places in France and Spain and it was time for me to settle down and in turn to welcome volunteers to help me in my dream of a simple life surrounded by nature, vegetable garden and animals.
In 2021 I bought a house that I am renovating, with 11000m² of land including a small piece of forest.
My little menagerie currently consists of about 15 chickens, 2 bee hives, 4 ducks, 3 miniature goats, 2 cats and a dog.
I work as a software developer during the week (except Wednesdays) in full remote, so I'm at home all the time.
In my free time, I take care of my animals and tasks related to the season: sowing, vegetable garden, development of animal space, harvesting/transformation of harvests into juice, jams, jars..., wood management in winter, renovation of the house.
I try to have an extended consciousness level and live in harmony all living things, including the subtle realms :)
In terms of diet, I mostly don't eat meat but seafood and fish.
I want to welcome volunteers who are friendly and interested in my way of life an also relatively independent because I work during the day. There's enough to do for everyone! I would be happy to share meals and evening/weekend activities.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Self development
Pets
LGBTQ
Farming
Plant care
Gardening
Cooking & food
DIY & crafts
Animals
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The practice of French or English. For my part, I would be happy to speak English or Spanish again on a daily basis so that it does’t get rusty :)
For the rest I touch a bit on everything but am not an expert in anything :D I will share with pleasure during the activities my knowledge on how to take care of a barnyard, to grow and store what I eat or what I heal myself with, cooking, maintaining outdoor spaces, managing wood and renovating a house.
Help
There is something for every taste! Volunteers will choose what they want to do 4h/day from a non-exhaustive list of tasks that will depend on the season. Some examples:
- create new veggie garden areas
- drill wells
- re-green the chicken coop
- littles DIY and fixes in the garden/animal shelters
- create a roof above the bee hives
- dig a pond
- create a playground for the goats
- cut the dead wood in the small piece of forest,
- "clean" the end of the forest by removing all the branches on the ground to be able to move around,
- participate in vegetable sowing/planting/maintenance/harvesting
- making jars,
- move the manure to the veggie garden
- participation in daily tasks (cooking, cleaning)
- clean the swimming pool,
- ordering the basement.
- tidy the green house
- +1 if you have experience with building a bread oven for outside (I already have the refractory bricks)
There are no particular skills required but If you are a handyman/woman or have experience living in a eco-village or eco-place, I would be very happy to get any advice an suggestion on how to build/improve my project!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
I provide a single bedroom (see photos). The rest of the house is shared (bathroom, separate toilet, living room, kitchen). I will provide and share the meals.
The outdoor area (garden, terrace, forest, swimming pool in summer, meadow, ping-pong table, barbecue, etc.) is also available during free time.
I can lend a bike and an inflatable kayak in summer, there are many pleasant cycling areas and the Pierre-Percée lake 10 minutes drive. I can also lend sledges and snowshoes in winter, and my car on a case-by-case basis when I'm not using it
What else ...
The town center is a 15 minute walk away. There is a train station in the city but I can pick you up in Saint-Dié, where the station is bigger and better served.
I am on the edge of the forest at the start of several hiking trails.
The Pierre-Percée lake is 10 minutes away by car (see photo).
The nearest ski station is 50 minutes by car, Strasbourg is 1h20 away and Nancy 50 minutes away.
I prefer idealy to host one or 2 person at a time (couples, friends...) for a duration of 2 weeks maximum. I prefer not to host single men over 30 because I'm on my own most of the time and I may feel unsafe, but we can always discuss about it (I you have you own van for example).
See you soon!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I am connected to the optical fiber network
Space for parking camper vans
I have space for a campervan and we can see together of to do with electricity and water
Can possibly accept pets
I accept cats/small animals But for dogs it's more complicated because my cats are terrified by them. It can maybe work if the dog doesn't go in the house (if you have your campervan for example) or if the dog is very small.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
4 ducks
15 chicks and roasters
Carlos, Gaby, Oani
a couple of dwarf goats and their daughter
Oria (3 years)
Gustave (5 years)
Avaï (2 years)
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Those 2 girls were a very sweet company and helped me a lot with my autumn tasks (I am now enjoying the delicious chestnuts jam you made and the many stuff you repaired with you sewing skills!)
They are funny and always have things to… read more
She is discreet, respectful and the moments we spent together where nice moments of exchange.
She liked to take walks in the forest with my dog Avaï, which also helped me!
Thank you for everything and have a… read more
Accueillir Charline, Maïté, leur amie Sabrina (et Joe!) à la maison était comme accueillir des amies.
Je me sentais bien en leur présence et elles m'ont été d'une aide précieuse, tant durant leurs heures de travail qu'à la maison en rangeant et nettoyant derrière moi plus vite que leur ombre!
Je pouvais leur faire… read more
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Those 2 girls were a very sweet company and helped me a lot with my autumn tasks (I am now enjoying the delicious chestnuts jam you made and the many stuff you repaired with you sewing skills!)
They are funny and always have things to… read more
She is discreet, respectful and the moments we spent together where nice moments of exchange.
She liked to take walks in the forest with my dog Avaï, which also helped me!
Thank you for everything and have a… read more
Accueillir Charline, Maïté, leur amie Sabrina (et Joe!) à la maison était comme accueillir des amies.
Je me sentais bien en leur présence et elles m'ont été d'une aide précieuse, tant durant leurs heures de travail qu'à la maison en rangeant et nettoyant derrière moi plus vite que leur ombre!
Je pouvais leur faire… read more
He his easy going, curious about everything, nice and has interesting conversation for his young age :)
He has also been very sweet with my animals, which I really appreciate (and they loved him).
See you soon!
She was not scared to do hard work and I trusted her for doing a quality work, whatever the task was.
Thank you for… read more
Annelotte and Bram brought a lot of joy in the house, they are kind, funny, open-minded and very loving and caring with my animals, expecially my little doggo!
They helped me with various tasks, beeing volunteer, helpful and meticulous with their work.
I gained a bit of weight because we… read more
It's a wonderful dreamlike experience to me.I really enjoy my life in le jardin de Hélène with spirit and material of nature.But I'm not sure if I helped a lot there.So strong,powerful… read more
Christian is very handyman an has great skills and passion with wood craftmanship and Jana has very talented art skills and together they crafted a hay rack for the goat and an ingenious wood fence for the swimming pool that make me so happy each… read more
They helped making the swimming pool area usable again after winter, fixing, ordering, cutting food, and also cooking many delicious meals.
They are hard working, always happy to help and discover and also… read more
Hélène was always caring and attentive to our well-being. We did a lot of things together, such as… read more
Ils sont très respectueux, calmes et discrets, et dotés de multiples talents.
On peut leur faire confiance les yeux fermés pour exécuter à la perfection tout type de tâche, qu'elles soient physiques ou intellectuelles, manuelles ou artistiques, et ce avec un niveau de qualité et… read more
Dès la première minute, elle était très respectueuse et gentille, comme ça nous nous sommes sentis très à l'aise. Notre chambre était très confortable et parfait pour y passer quelques heures tranquilles après le travail.
Nous avons beaucoup aimé les longues discussions pendant les repas.… read more
They worked miracles in tidying up my cellar and my workshop, and worked outside despite the constant bad weather.
They are calm, respectful, extermely kind, curious and very good company, I really enjoyed our discussions.
I hope we see each other again soon, you are welcome to come back :)
Fabrice "Vive la vie!"
They are willing and serious in their work and help spontaneously with daily tasks. I hope to see you again soon, at La Criquette or in Germany!
Hélène prepared delicious meals for us but we… read more
And in top of everything, he cooked me delicious Korean meals :)
