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Workawayers needed
Possibility that workawayers are needed
No availability
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Meaning of this:
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marked as available. This means that some of the months might be marked red (no availability.) If
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Hey there! we live next to a tiny village close to Sagres, in the beautiful and warm Algarve. I am a musician, and mother of a 8 year old girl and a boy of 2 years.
We share our home with my partner and 1 volunteer or a couple of such.
It lyes very ......
We fell in love with this land in 2023 mostly because of the epic waterfall. There are two rivers running through the 12 acres with multiple private swimming spots to choose from. We are in a beautiful valley with amazing views, and you can always ......
Heya :)
I'm Andrew, a 37 year old English guy, and have very recently bought a small quinta (just under 1 hectare) near to Sao Pedro do Sul in the Viseu area of central Portugal.
This is the very start of an exciting long term project where the ......
*Help with the horses and grape harvest? We are looking for a couple of strong volunteers to assist with the upcoming grape harvest. Mid to end September probably. Also is there anyone out there who is an experienced horse rider who would like to ......
**We need extra help after our land and infrastructure were damaged by recent wildfires - get in touch if you'd like to come and lend a hand.**
We are a family of six, originally from the UK. Since 2014, we have been living off-grid on a small ......
LAST MINUTE help is needed for the community cooking breakfast team :) We are also looking for help on maintenance with interest in cob and earth building.
To start as soon as possible :)
*** From November 2025 until April 2026: general help in the ......
Hi, me and Sebastião live in a one-story house in the city of Olhão and we are mooving to Spain. We have 2 dogs and 1 bird. We need to take care of and make some improvements inside and outside the house, such as painting walls and taking care of ......
Hi there!
I live with my two daughters in a small wooden house I built myself, off-grid, in the middle of a 6-hectare cork oak forest near the village of Sonega, just 10 minutes from Porto Covo, on the Alentejo coast.
We live simply, close to ......
Hello, I'm Marije, I live with my 17 year old son in Portugal in our new wooden house! we love surfing, gardening and living close to the surfing capital of Europe, Peniche! we lead an outdoor life and are going to work on our garden as well as ......
We are Catherine and Simon, our project involves the renovation of large farmhouse and 5 acres of surrounding land. Our aim is to create a retreat space for holistic practices like yoga and Qi Gong and creative workshops. We have been here for ......
We are an 11ha. Off-grid quinta nestled high in the Serra de São mamede Mountains. Our project has roots in salvage & recycling, art, sustainable forest management, permaculture, and so much more
We live in the Castelo Branco region/ Central Portugal since 2020. Covid brought us here and we fell in love with the area. We bought a piece of land (4 ha) and want to live a simple self-sufficient lifestyle. It is a long way to get there but with ......
We are a couple from Denmark that bought a farm in the beautiful Alentejo. The long term goal for the farm is to become a self-sufficient camping site, and also a community with room for everybody!
It has changed a lot in how many people we have ......
We are a German and English couple in our mid 60's. My mother who has Alzheimer and is 86 years old lives with us.
We spend 20 years sailing on our own small boat around the world and for the last 20 years we settled down 5 years in England and 15 ......
Update:
Our beautiful retreat was damaged by the recent wildfires in central Portugal. We are looking for a person or couple to help us clear the damaged trees on the land and clear space in the barn for winter. We will be cleaning and cutting the ......
Hello dears,
Right now we are looking for help starting early October. Physical tasks involve using a hoe, shovel, wheel barrows etc, to improve paths, build the base of a chicken house, plant some trees, enlarge the vegetable beds etc.
This can be ......
We are living on our homestead at the very edge of a small hamlet, in the middle of an Olive Grove.
30 years permaculture experience. Medicine herb garden. Self sufficiency for delicious meals, Solar cooker . Visit Farmers Markets and our famous ......
hello:) We are Shootzi, Liron and our 4.5 year old daughter soli , a family of 3 that just recently moved into this beautiful land.
We are located in south Alentejo, an alternative area with a lot of small growing Communities , gatherings, and many ......
Looking for two volunteers for our olive harvest
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We are a small homestead in central Portugal, trying as much as possible to be self sufficient and learning as we go.
We have 70 olive trees, 4 prolific cherry trees, some citrus trees and about ......
Hi! We are currently a small group of people, who are living on land in inland southern Portugal, by Estremoz (which is due east of Lisbon not far from the Spanish border).
The land is large and diverse, with traditional Alentejo "montado" - cork ......