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I’d be grateful for your help with th harvests and packing (as im leaving), and to share in the care of this beautiful quinta (farm/smallholding), 10 minutes walk from the village of Benfeita.
In return there's the opportunity to learn about off grid living, wild food and other useful skills, to immerse yourself in nature and deepen your awareness and practice of concious care of our precious Mother Earth
If you’d seriously like and intend to help, you’re very welcome.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Pets
Farming
Culture
Writing
Plant care
Photography
Performing arts
Music
Languages
History
Gardening
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Books
Art & design
Animals
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Dancing
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The local villagers are warm hearted welcoming folk and my friends, so you can meet them and enjoy and learn from their agricultural, cultural, language roots, much of which they still live and honor. I also love to practice languages, and you can learn from the land through work experience and from skills that I offer - earth care, sustainable living, growing food organically, wild food, preserving, clay render, natural paint.....
Help
Im grateful for good help harvesting olives and walnuts, painting linseed oil on wooden buildings, care of plants, cleaning, simple care for animals, packing, mending…and whatever the day calls for
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Portuguese: IntermediateThis 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
Independant room
Solar electricity.
Outdoor kitchen
Spring water
Sustainable flush toilets, solar hot water shower and washing facilities.
Camping with your own tent by the river
With all the above facilities
What else ...
The village of Benfeita is just 10 minutes walk from here with very friendly local people, a little shop, post office, the popular outdoor cafe in the square and a river beach for bathing in summer.
From here old stone walkways link rivers, waterfalls, villages and off grid dwellers, interesting friendly folk forming a spontaneous mostly off grid creative community drawn here from all over the world.
There are local markets, a very popular alternative school, musical events ….opportunities to meet interesting people.
We've qualified as an 'Eco Fregesia', (eco local region).
Obviously bring clothes suitable for work and weather.
Food here is vegetarian, mostly organic, local, wild and simply delicious.
Please only bring organic washing, hair, teeth and skin products as it all goes into the earth and river.
I ask you please not to smoke here. Instead to let the fresh mountain air and our engagement with nature soothe and intoxicate us.
2 dear cats and 2 dear sheep also live here.
Read all this again before you come to be sure to b well prepared.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Heroi
Sweet
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He found a natural skill and worked swiftly and happily pointing with clay mortar never having done it before. Extra grateful as l've done quite enough of this work...and there's still plenty more to do!
When volunteers come who are… read more
Thank you for sharing Clio, v
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He found a natural skill and worked swiftly and happily pointing with clay mortar never having done it before. Extra grateful as l've done quite enough of this work...and there's still plenty more to do!
When volunteers come who are… read more
Thank you for sharing Clio, v
I totally recommend her.
She chose to follow me rather than count the hours.as she became accustomed she often led the way. I'd come in exhausted to find shed taken care of the cats, hens, got wood, lit the fire,started making supper and preparing preserves, and to finish the evening she'd clear and wash… read more
