Join our organic farm and learn to grow and make your own in Abruzzo, Italy

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  Description

  Hi everyone, this is Piero and welcome to my place. I travelled myself when I was younger and I really appreciate the happiness and friendship from people coming from all over the world. The place where I live is just 20 minutes far from the beaches (Francavilla al Mare, Pescara) and 20 minutes far from the beautiful Majella mountain and its great hiking paths and lookouts; it's the countryside in Abruzzo but everything is nice and close so during the day you can get the peaceful and relaxing feeling of the country and at night you can have fun in the several clubs and discos that are not far at all. Getting here is easy, but to make it even easier for you, I can pick you up from Chieti Scalo (train/bus station), Pescara (airport, train/bus station) or from any other hub place around.
  
  On the farm we grow our own food, we save our seeds, we have chickens, olives and vineyards: some of the jobs are daily (f.i. feeding the chickens) and some others are connected to the season (f.i. seeding, harvesting, preparing jams). We are not vegetarian/vegan but we will not have any problem in offering such meals, we normally eat together so we can share even deeper what we have grown and produced. No one in the house is a smoker but we have no problems at all in hosting someone who smokes.
  We normally are quite, peaceful and go to bed around 10PM, on the other hand when the vibes are good, we don't mind to have fun together, play, sing, drink and being late.
  
  I really hope you will enjoy your stay!
  See you soon!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You will learn
  
  - HOW TO PRODUCE YOUR OWN FOOD: seeding starting from the seeds, taking care of the seedlings, transplanting the little plants in the garden, creating a watering system, understand how and when doing the right operations in the garden, harvesting, turn the harvest into food, collecting the seed to start everything again the next season.
  
  - HOW TO COOK TRADITIONAL ITALIAN DISHES: taking advantage of what we grow on the farm, we're going to prepare several delicious traditional preparations that we would be happy to share with you.
  
  - HOW TO CREATE OBJECTS AND TOOLS: on the farm we tent to make everything we need instead of buying so you're gonna learn how to create yourself what you need for the job you have to do.
  
  A MUST - While you're here we're gonna prepare and cook
  - ARROSTICINI - little peaces of sheep meat piled on a wooden stick
  - PIZZA - we'll prepare the dough and wait the right time for leavening, then we'll add the topping, cook and eat
  - HOME MADE PASTA - starting from flower and water, we'll work the dough with the machine, cut in shape, cook and eat
  - TRADITIONAL SWEETS - such as Chiacchere, Cicerechiata, Pizzelle, Parrozzo, pasta frolla, biscuits, ciambelloni and so on

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  Help

  House caring, feeding the animals, seeding, watering the plants, looking after the garden.
  It depends on the season: seeding, harvesting, pruning etc.
  Making or processing food such as olive oil, wine, jams, tomato sauce, sweets etc.
  
  I keep bees and produce honey and pollen as a business and your help here on the farm is required so I can have more time in taking care of the bees. Anyhow, if you are interested, sometimes I can show you what I do as a beekeeper but your work in NOT REQUIRED IN THIS AREA of the farm, just in taking care of the garden and everything else connected to it.
  
  Your help is welcome 5 hours/day for 5 days so you're gonna have 2 days off. We are very flexible on helping hours and you can organize them as you prefer, but never doing more than 25 hours per week. If you want you can help more hours per day and having an additional day off, it's up to you, we just want to get the tasks done.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent

  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'll have a private single room with a 1.5 size bed, a big desk, mirror, wardrobe etc. Your room upstairs is few steps away from a just renovated bathroom. Hot water, clean sheets, hair dryer, washing machine, free internet connection and other facilities. All of the rooms are furnished and have windows.

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  What else ...

  I'll be glad to show you around and bring you to several spacial spots we have in the area or I can give you all of the information you need to get there by yourself if you prefer. There are beautiful beaches not far from here and very interesting hiking paths on our beloved Majella mountain. If you want to visit Rome, we are just two hours far from it, there's a cheap bus service that offers daily routes to and from "The eternal city"

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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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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week