Permaculture and Electro culture small farm in the center of Loma Plata, Paraguay

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  Description

  After the move from a Permaculture Foodforest in Northern Europe we are ready to start building a new Food forest according to Permaculture and Electroculture principles. The garden is 4.300 m2.
  
  All buildings as well as the garden will be equipped with Electroculture. We also recycle.
  
  We prefer a minimum stay of 2 weeks or longer, but a shorter period can be discussed.
  In case of a 3 months + long stay with lots of practice and educative talks, watching Permaculture tropical podcasts together, studying our Permaculture library, we will be able to give you the PDC-diploma (Permaculture Design Course certificate).
  
  If helpers stay on the small farm on days off, and eat here as well, we assume that they will be helping to clean the kitchen after the meal. Or if you want ,you can be reponsible for making the meals. Normally we cook on turn, or all of us together.
  
  A second big double room is in the make. When it is ready, we will also be able to host Families with children from 10 years old.
  When the second room is ready, we will continue with making a (workaway) kitchen in the last room in the row of doors on the photo.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Light gardening

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Music

  

  Photography

  

  Charity work

  

  Culture

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Cycling

  

  Camping
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  The 'family' exists of me, Annette, psychologist and 67 is what the calendar is saying, but young of spirit, the rest of the family consist of Mau Mau a domesticated wild cat and little Ukky the 2 month old Labrador. There will be possibilities to meet my extended Mennonite family/friends, as well as we can visit a cow ranch in Neuland or east of Loma Plata, or a permaculture farm cow ranche north of Filadelfia. We can also visit other Permaculture gardens.
  
  This is the third country I live in after being born in the Netherlands and more then 25 yr in Norway, all in northern Europe. Before settling down here I traveled the world of warm countries, from Laos to Jamaica, from Nepal and Tibet to Thailand and Ecuador. I even wrote a travel blog those days.
  
  Here we speak English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedisch, Danish, and less fluent French or Spanish.
  
  There is a guitar you can borrow, or you can play the electronic piano. There is a Greek Cretan lyra in the cupboard and soon more instruments will again be collected and played on. Maybe a Paraguay harp?

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  Help

  In the beginning we will work together, learning while doing. Later we still keep you company, but when older legs become tired, by sitting on a chair.
  
  Dont think this is all new, but in fact this knowledge have been used before and later became forgotten.
  In the food forest we will every time build soil for 10 m2 and so plant a 10 m2 guild, you can see this as a mini food forest. There is a lot to do, everything from seeding, watering, soil building, mulching, chop and drop, maintenance of existing trees and bushes.
  Feeding the ducks, cat, dog and the chickens. Closing the leaks in the duck pond, and if you like to work with wood, building a small duck house so that it becomes easier to find the duck eggs.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  Norwegian nynorsk: Fluent
  French: Intermediate
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  Maybe you want to learn English, while I want to learn more Spanish. Then I could be speaking English to you...while you respond in Spanish. The same for Deutsch and English.
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  Accommodation

  Double room , 4 x 4 meter, 2 single beds of 90 x 202 cm, big cupboard. All new.
  Bathroom with washing machine, 2 x 4 m.
  Airconditioning.
  
  Located in the center of town Loma Plata, Today the city has around 25.000 inhabitants, but is expected to grow into the number 3 city of Paraguay within the next 5 to 10 years. in June 2027 it will be 100 years ago that the first Mennonites arrived here!
  
  If possible we eat our meals together, also when they are different.

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  What else ...

  There are direct busses from Asuncion to Filadelfia and Loma Plata. We will pick you up on arrival at the bus station in Loma Plata. There are also luxious busses to choose as well as overnight busses. It takes during the day 6-8 hours, while watching the wide views of the Chaco while driving.
  It is also possible to come by small plane to Loma Plata (or Filadelfia), where we can pick you up (LP).

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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

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Next to the house is enough parking space.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  White sussex (2 years)

  chicken

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