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Please note - thank you for your continued interest, we have moved to a new location and currently setting up our new permaculture gardens. We will be available to take workawayers around June 2024. Thank you
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We are a small family of 3 plus our dog and other animals living rurally in the beautiful Motueka River valley. We are actively building our little permaculture paradise which includes a lot of gardening and - depending on the season - harvesting and processing. Our garden and work related to it is both a source of food and income for us - Roman works as a landscaper and Lenka is working on building her chilli business.
We spend most of the time outside in the garden, with our animals, and in the kitchen brewing or fermenting. Our aim is to be as self-sufficient as possible with a small impact on the environment.
We welcomed our daughter in March 2022 so our workaways need to be mindful of that, but we are still active in the garden and all things above. You can expect to be shown and explained the task thoroughly and work independently while I care for my daughter but we always try and find a good rhythm around work and leisure.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers can learn various permaculture techniques or gardening based on these principles. They can learn about various landscaping jobs, creating 4 season gardens, edible gardens, companion planting and being as self-sufficient as possible. Other things we share our knowledge of are backyard beekeeping, chooks keeping, fermenting foods and beverages :) and various cooking and preserving techniques.
We speak English and Czech in the house but also can speak Japanese and some French :)
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We want to make the stay enjoyable and enriching for both parties. We usually ask for different tasks or job every day unless there is a big project going on at the moment. Generally, we ask for help in the garden with weeding, preparation of garden beds, chopping firewood, turning compost and applying it on the garden (manure involved :) feeding animals and other odd jobs around the homestead. In the harvest months, we ask you to help with processing vegetables for sauces or freezer etc.
Please note we sometimes process animals as well but you are not asked to do that, only if you are interested in the process, you are welcome to join.
Languages
Languages spoken
Czech: Fluent
English: Fluent
Japanese: Fluent
French: Intermediate
German: BeginnerThis 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.
Accommodation
We offer our guests a separate sleepout next to our house. All linen is of course provided and there is only one bathroom in the house which is shared.
We provide homecooked meals and snacks. We have a crawling baby who keeps us very busy, but always try our best to make a nice meal and keep you fed.
We cannot, unfortunately, cater for any special diet - meat (mostly from our homestead or a neighbour farm), eggs, dairy and gluten in the form of homemade sourdough bread are on the menu :) However, Lenka cooks a lot of vegetarian meals as well.
What else ...
We live in the beautiful Motueka river valley - which means mountains and river are close. There are many trails around, you can go for a bike ride or drive to the national park and hike up Mt. Arthur. The closest village is 10 km and closest town with shops 40 km away.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
Since we have pets ourselves we are able to host workaways with pets - provided they are well behaved and have a crate they can sleep in (as our dog does as well) - we are happy to discuss the arrangement :)
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4-5 hours a day, 5 days
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Lenka and Roman explained a lot about sustainable gardening and how to be self-sufficient. I really enjoyed the work and in the evenings they gave me tips on what to do in my free time. We talked a lot about everything and got to know each other's lifestyles and opinions.
They are both uncomplicated, caring and nice people… read more
From the first moment I arrived at Lenka and Roman's I immediately felt at home. It really felt like spending time with… read more
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Lenka and Roman explained a lot about sustainable gardening and how to be self-sufficient. I really enjoyed the work and in the evenings they gave me tips on what to do in my free time. We talked a lot about everything and got to know each other's lifestyles and opinions.
They are both uncomplicated, caring and nice people… read more
From the first moment I arrived at Lenka and Roman's I immediately felt at home. It really felt like spending time with… read more
