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Hello,
We are a Dutch- English Family of 5.
We are living our dream on our off-grid small farm in Central Portugal.
At the moment we are looking for a couple or friends that like to help us on our farm in October and November. The main projects will be helping with the construction of our tiny dome home and our olive harvest.
Please get in touch if you are interested in helping us.
We love sharing our passion for living in harmony with nature and share our knowledge about permaculture, natural building & farm life in general.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in a beautiful place, in nature with stunning sunsets. Next to this we also have swimming, beautiful walks as well as the local villages (walking distance) right on our doorstep it's a beautiful place to dive into Portuguese life.
We love community and learning from others. We love to share our permaculture/ gardening, natural building & general knowledge of living in harmony with nature. We are also an unschooling family, so are very open to share any insights on that.
As an active family you are always welcome to join with our Yoga, Running or Walking activities.
Help
We have 3 kids age 7, 3 and a little baby. We could do with help either with spending time with our kids or working on the land. There is always plenty of work. A lot is land maintainance, working on our annual garden as well as working with natural building techniques to create fencing and other projects we have on the go. Rich is building our wooden dome house which we could also use help with.
The workweek is flexible but will be maximum 5 days a week 5 hours a day.
It can also be less.
We do want that whoever works with us is willing to learn and motivated.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We love love love to get better in Portuguese!
Accommodation
We offer:
Caravan or
Tent (in Summer Period)
And if you come with your own:
Flat Spaces for Vans
What else ...
There are two small villages within walking distance, one with cafe's and a beautiful swimming spot.
Amazing walks are right on our doorstep and if you have transport there are so many great activities you can do. Especially if you love nature.
We also will go to markets, and try and do regular activities.
We do have good signal and WIFI.
We usually have space and time working and being together and time and space for our family to keep the right balance.
We usually find a good balance with whoever is sharing their time with us.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have good wifi and you can charge up during the day.
Space for parking camper vans
At the moment 100% welcome to van dwellers as we are living in our own van and will be restoring an old ruin/ which will be our permanent accomodation. We have a flat spot but no electricity, plenty of sun to charge up solar. We haven't been out with our van for weeks and have no problems.
Can possibly accept pets
As long as they will get on with our super friendly dog and females are spade . And also will not attack the goats and chickens.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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And most importantly I took a great life lesson like finding happiness in the simple things in… read more
Thank you.
Kind of what we where expecting workaway to be like. They are both easy going, take on any job and are independent.
The amount of times the animals where fed and out of the shed without asking was such a great help!
Also they both where really engaging with our kids, which in turn… read more
Their quinta is in between the green mountains with a veeery wide view and every night we can see a stunning sunset.
Everything here is still very basic, but I love that - imagining what it will… read more
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And most importantly I took a great life lesson like finding happiness in the simple things in… read more
Thank you.
Kind of what we where expecting workaway to be like. They are both easy going, take on any job and are independent.
The amount of times the animals where fed and out of the shed without asking was such a great help!
Also they both where really engaging with our kids, which in turn… read more
Their quinta is in between the green mountains with a veeery wide view and every night we can see a stunning sunset.
Everything here is still very basic, but I love that - imagining what it will… read more
