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Help our family with eco-construction and gardening in permaculture in Senezergues, France

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  • Last activity: 29 Feb 2024

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a family of 4, Serena and Florian, 36 and 30, and our two little girls.
    We live in a small hamlet in the south of Cantal (Auvergne 15) in the middle of the countryside, we are renovating several small houses in eco-construction, we are gardening in permacolture and we are trying to be resilient from an energy point of view (planned solar, photovoltaic installation , mass hair, phytopurification).
    Florian is a carpenter, Serena a phytotherapist, expert in edible and medicinal wild plants and ayurveda.

    On est une famille de 4 personnes, Serena et Florian, 36 et 30 ans, et nos deux petites filles.
    On habite un petit hameaux dans le sud du Cantal (Auvergne 15) en pleine campagne, on renove plusieures petites maisons en ecoconstruction, on jardine en permacolture et on cherche à être resilients d'un point de vue energetique ( en projet installation solaire, fotovoltaique, poile de masse, phytoépuration).
    Florian est menuisier charpentier, Serena medecin phytotherapeute, experte en plantes sauvages commestibles et medicinales et ayurveda.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    exchange for your help you could sleep in our guest room and have a meal, lunch or dinner with us. We cook a lot of organic vegetables, and even wild ones, but we're not vegetarians. In an outdoor bread oven we often make pizza, focaccia or natural sourdough bread too.

    the setting is magnificent, we are in a small typical village, in the middle of nature, on a not very well-known variant of the way to Santiago de Compostela. Lots of rivers for swimming, lakes, mountains, walks. Many small typical villages to visit around.

    Serena invites you to follow her in the garden or orchard and during gardening learn together about wild herbs, the synergy between plants and their use in cooking or medicine. In exchange for work, it is also possible to provide Ayurvedic treatments or massages.

    Florian is a very expert carpenter and works all types of wood for interior and exterior carpentry, carpentry, artistic carpentry and cabinetmaking. If you will be there during the renovation of the wood part, it will be possible to follow it and it may inspire you, and if you are a bit of a do-it-yourselfer you could learn the simpler techniques.

    En echange de votre aide vous pourriez dormir dans notre chambre d'hôte et faire un repas, midi ou soir avec nous. On cuisine beaucoup de legumes en bio, et meme sauvages, mais on n'est pas vegetariens. Dans un four à pain exterieur souvent on fait des pizza, des focaccia ou du pain au levain naturel aussi.
    le cadre est magnifique, on se trouve dans un petit village tipique, au milieu de la nature, sur une variante pas tres connue du chemin de Santiago de Compostela. Beaucoup de rivieres ou se baigner, lacs, montagnes, promenades. Beaucoup de petits villages typiques à visiter au tour.

    Serena vous propose de la suivre dans le jardin ou verger et pendant le jardinage apprendre ensemble les erbes sauvages, la sinergie entre les plantes et leur utilisation en cuisine ou en medecine. En echange du travail est possible aussi prevoir des soins ou des massages ayurvediques.

    Florian est menuisier très expert et travaille tout type de bois pour faire menuiserie interieur, exterieur, charpante, menuiserie d'art et ebenisterie. Si vous serez là lors des moments de renovation de la partie bois sera possible de le suivre et cela pourra vous inspirer, et si vous etez un peu bricoleurs vous pourriez apprendre les tecniques plus simples.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    Depending on the period, we will need help in the garden, with the animals (especially chickens), or in the construction sites to clear, break, build the structural part or carpentry, build the phytopurification

    En fonction des periode on aura besoin d'aide au jardin, au potager, verger, avec les animaux ( poules sourtout), ou dans les chantier pour debarasser, casser, construir la partie charpante ou menuiserie, construir la phytoépuration.

  • Languages

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

    This host offers a language exchange
    Je suis italienne, je peux échanger en italien ou en français

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Room with toilet, independent of our house. Possibility also to come by motorhome and position it on the ground.

    Chambre avec toilette, indipendente de notre maison. Possibilité aussi de venir en camping car et de le positionner sur le terrain.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    For your free time nearby: village of conques, typical villages labeled cultural heritage, canoeing, rivers, lakes, mountain biking trails, country markets, fairs.


    Pour votre temps libre à proximité: village de conques, villages typiques labellisé patrimoine culturel, canoe kayak, rivieres, lacs, chemins de randonné vtt, marchés de campagne, foires.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    4/5 heures par jour max, 5 j/sem.

Host ref number: 814943323715

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