Help with DIY and the garden in Borau, Spain

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  Description

  Hi everybody! I live in a beautiful little valley in the Spanish pyrenees, with no neighbours, at 950 m, together with my three horses, two dogs and a varying number of cats. The house is made with self made clay bricks, is heated with wood and has dry toilets. The electricity comes from solar panels, and the water comes from a well. There is a smashing greenhouse of 300 m2 where the delicate part of the vegetables grows, and outside there are different places for cultivating more. In the greenhouse there is also a swimming pool of 25 m length, which is heated in the warmer season. Apart from that there is a riding pit where the horses and I are training.
  My home is a wonderful place to find peace and quietness, to enjoy nature and forget about the crazyness of the outside world.
  But as it is rather big, I need some help to look after it, to maintain what is done and to keep finishing things that are just begun. During the last 8 years, I had somebody helping me with everything, a fantastic person who knew to do almost anything and was great to help and be with. But now he has decided to do something else, and I finally feel ready to share my house with new people. 15 years ago we used to have helpers when we were living at the coast, and it was usually a great experience, so I thought I might try it again.
  The help which has to be done here is varied, it includes feeding all the animals, weeding, planting vegetables and looking after them, taking care of the irrigation system, checking the fences to keep the horses out, and maintenance of the house. Depending on your skills and interests you could also help with the excavator to make the water reservoir bigger so that we could put a foil inside to finally get it waterproof, or you could use the manitou to collect all the fallen branches in order to burn them to charcoal to fertilize the soil with.
  
  To give you a little idea about myself: I am Swiss, and I am living alone here. I enjoy growing vegetables, horse riding, bee keeping, doing pottery, walking the dogs, swimming, and my interests are learning the Feldenkrais method and, above all, spiritual learning. Because I feel so at ease in my little valley, I hardly ever leave it to visit other beautiful places nearby, so you would have to discover the surroundings by your own.
  
  The accomodation I offer is in the house, on the lower floor, where you have your own bathroom, tv, and you could even have two bedrooms. The middle floor is the living area with the open kitchen, and the upper floor is my private space. Smoking isn´t allowed in the house.
  
  The closest place to my home is Borau, about 3 km away. It is a little village with very friendly, but few people. It only gets crowded in the holidays. For shopping purposes we have to go to Jaca, a little town, where we find everything.
  
  I am looking forward to hearing from you!!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  This is a great place to find out how it can feel to live far away from the rest of the world, although it doesn´t take more than 20 minutes to get to a small city. You can learn here what it takes to maintain a place that has the potential to be self sufficient, and you will be able to enjoy the quietness of nature without any neighours.

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  Help

  I am looking for people who don´t mind to get their hands dirty, and who are good at DIY. There is a lot of maintanence help like weeding during the warm period, but there are also other projects like painting, woodworks, or clayworks. I am looking for people who stay at least one month, but preferably longer. I am also seeking people who could do house and animal sitting.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  French: Intermediate

  This 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.
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  Accommodation

  You will be living in my house, on the lower floor, with your own bathroom, a tv and a choice of bedroom.
  
  As long as you stay here I will pay for your food. I usually cook for lunch, being this my main meal, and you will have to prepare the rest of your meals yourself. I very much prefer if there is no meat cooked in the house, because I have an open kitchen and I don´t like the smell at all.

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  What else ...

  In your spare time you could do pottery here, or you can discover the beautiful valleys closeby, in the winter there are two skiing resorts just half an hour away. But to be honest, the helpers I had this summer mostly enjoyed the swimming pool and the pottery.

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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

  I have had digital nomads here for half a year, and they had no problem with the internet.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  If your camper has a "normal" size, it is posible to put it under a covered place, if not, it will have to stay outside, there is plenty of space

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Dogs are very welcome, cats are not posible because of my dogs.

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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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