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Description
I have an organic smallholding growing fruit, vegetables and trees.
Help is needed with gardening/horticulture, collecting wood, etc.
Help needed in the house and with maintenance. Any carpentry skills would be helpful.
Sailors with at least some experience also needed to help with preparing and sailing a small cruiser on the beautiful waters of Clew Bay.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn the basics of horticulture and some food preserving in season, i.e. Autumn ("Fall" for our US friends). Discover traditional Irish music, informal lessons in guitar & penny whistle ("Irish flute" in some languages). Ceili dancing in summer. I make sure to show you round the area, visit beaches & beauty spots, etc., go to the pub for trad. sessions (when possible) and generally enjoy life !
Help
Main focus in the summer is on cultivation, harvesting & preserving veg. & fruit, for both summer & winter crops. In addition to the organic crops, I collect seaweed* for nutrition & fertiliser and make salt from seawater. Firewood is collected in summer months. I am also interested in No-Dig cultivation, making compost, self-sufficiency, collecting herbs and DIY energy projects. Now starting on Syntropic Agroforestry.
Sailors are welcome. I own a small sailing cruiser. Help is needed in preparing it for sea and with sailing locally in Clew Bay.
Musicians are welcome. We play at home and in local pubs (not so much in summer due to schedule clash).
Help in the house is also needed, this can be combined with other tasks.
* Seaweed season is June or July to October and depends on tides and wave conditions.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Greek: Beginner
Irish: 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
Room in house (you might have to share a room).
What else ...
I have a cat in the house so you must like animals. Volunteers live with me as part of the family.
Derradda is an area of outstanding natural beauty, with plenty of opportunities for walking & hill-climbing. I am 5 mins. from the Great Western Greenway, an off-road bicycle path built on a disused railway line. 4km (2.5 mls) to Newport (shops, pubs), you can bike* it. Bus to Westport 5 times daily. I am keen on traditional music, I play whistle & some guitar. Local ceili (traditional set dancing) adjacent to farm in July & August. Westport is renowned for trad. music.
* No bikes available atm
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Good broadband.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (11)
It was our first workaway experience and it was amazing!
Colin and Alison are great teachers and they love to tell stories about Ireland or curiosity about permaculture.
Their farm is really nice and they tried to stay with us and show us around during their free time so we were able to visit a… read more
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It was our first workaway experience and it was amazing!
Colin and Alison are great teachers and they love to tell stories about Ireland or curiosity about permaculture.
Their farm is really nice and they tried to stay with us and show us around during their free time so we were able to visit a… read more
Diego
We… read more
As he said himself, he has two new friends in Ireland and we… read more
I make it clear that the accommodation was excellent, my stay was very comfortable. It was a very pleasant time where we had great conversations besides having had a chance to get to know the Irish… read more
I really enjoyed my stay here, I had a fantastic work environment, and working with… read more
