Tatiana

Greece
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I am currently
Travelling
Activities i am interested in:
I am interested in learning everything i can on agriculture, gardening and constructions!

My next destination:
Spain - from Oct 2022
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Hello,

Im Tatiana, 35yo from Greece and I have been volunteering in farms around Spain since October 2022. Previously, living and working in Berlin, I realized I wanted a change in my life and so I decided firstly to quit and then to volunteer in farms.

So far I have helped in :
- agricultural duties (weeding, planting, pruning, watering, olive harvest, mulching, making beds, harvesting olives, avocados/oranges/pommegranades etc)
- animal care for horses, sheeps, goats, pigs, chickens, cows and dogs (feeding, cleaning stables or chicken houses, making the bedding, mucking out, bring horses in/out, walking the dogs etc)
- general maintenance/constructions (building beds for the garden and tomato's support pyramides, clearing paths, fixing fences, painting, plastering, making cement, digging, work on garden's hoses and irrigation system etc)

I am far from expert on gardening or constructions, however after all these months I would like to think that I am at least a wannabe farmer already, I am trying to learn as much as i can and once you provide instructions, then I can follow by myself. Demanding manual work challenges me to try harder and I love feeling my body after a strong working day!

I have realized that i love working on the land, from planting to shovelling or any type of construction and I wish to continue learning more on the agriculture world (including permaculture, self-sufficiency and eco-sustainability) and explore this way of life (as currently i cannot see myself returning to a big city!). I love using tools and I am really really organised, so ill definitely return them at the same place every time ;)
Languages spoken
Greek: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Beginner
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
DIY and building projects
Eco Projects
Some knowledge of:
Languages
Gardening
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Able to teach about:
Hospitality/Tourism
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
I have been a WWOOFer (wwoof.org) for 3 months in a farm in Greece. I was taking care of the animals (chickens, rabbits, donkey, dog and a cat) and the garden. Daily manual work from feeding the animals to weeding, harvesting olive trees, work on the garden and cleaning of the farm all around. I also joined during the honey harvest as the owners of that farm have their own bees and honey production!

During my workaway experience, I was involved daily in the animal care, feeding, cleaning their spaces, and doing maintenance work around the barn and inside the house.
Age
36
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  No
- Special dietary requirements
  No

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29 Mar 2024

Left by Workawayer (Tatiana) for host (Help me to fix up an old ...)

I have stayed 2 weeks at Gil's place and it was a unique experience!

Gil (and his whole family!) is a great guy, very friendly, very easy going and at the same time very good and clear with giving instructions on the daily tasks. I contacted him last minute and he was really welcoming, helping me out with everything. I felt really comfortable… read more

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26 Mar 2024

Left by host (Help me to fix up an old ...) for Workawayer (Tatiana)

Una muy buena experiencia con Tatiana, siempre con ganas de ayudar i estar implicada en nuevos proyectos. No tiene problemas con tareas complejas y siempre está alegre. Es una persona perfeccionista y muy responsable.
Te deseo lo mejor :)

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29 May 2023

Left by host (Transform a traditional farm ...) for Workawayer (Tatiana)

Tatiana was great, in every sense. She worked hard, did her job with attention to instructions and always the best she could. Never left anything unfinished. She was happy to learn and didn't mind getting her hands dirty. Apart from that she has a good sense of humour, is easy to chat with and got along very well with the other volunteers. I have… read more

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14 May 2023

Left by Workawayer (Tatiana) for host (Transform a traditional farm ...)

I have spent almost 5 weeks in this beautiful place, between March and April, and i can say honestly that it has been an amazing experience.

First of all the finca itself: The farm is a small paradise, a huge place with so many fruit trees, nut trees, colourful flowers growing everywhere, the garden with all the veggies! And then you have the… read more main house with all the comforts that you need at an off grid farm like this one (and some times even more, like proper hot showers and 2 bathrooms!). Medhi does not live there, so you get to live and take care of the place yourself with the rest workawayers!

The daily work: As it is mentioned on the title of this profile, the place is getting transformed currently and you get to participate in all these changes, which for me was really interesting. Especially the garden keeps getting upgraded continuously. During my stay we: raised beds for the garden, filled them with soil and horse manure, planted veggies, did some weeding, waterproofed the main water tank, watering, "played" with irrigation and garden hoses, taken care of the chickens etc.

The host: Medhi is a very sociable and kind person (although on your first call he might appears a bit strict! :) ) . It has been really easy to be around him, communicate on the daily tasks, always responsive even when he was away. He comes 2-3 times per week, you work together and he gives instructions of all the pending tasks. Keep asking questions if you dont happen to be a farmer (like me!), he will love to share his knowledge! Medhi is a very generous host, expect some great barbecues with friends and family or fun days at Estepona.

To conclude: You get to live at an off grid paradise and feel it your own (if u like the sense of responsibility like me). if you have specific knowledge on constructions or gardening feel free to discuss with Medhi and you can own you own projects! You live with the volunteers, hence it all comes down to the team for your daily life in the farm (from the working schedule to your daily interactions and fun). There is even a car for the workawayers to use, so if you wish to travel around you can be independent although isolated (the next "white village" is a 20 min drive). Oh, i ve missed those avocados and the big wooden table at the terrace ! There is even a river (5 min walks) where you can go "swimming". The only thing that you might miss here is the spanish local cultural exchange, however you get to experience a different lifestyle of an English speaking community in this posh part of south Spain. (Medhi speaks Spanish fluently, hence if you want to practise your spanish, go for it!)

I will definitely come back, the fig trees are waiting for me ;)

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20 May 2023

Left by host (Mixed farm help in beautiful ...) for Workawayer (Tatiana)

ayyy Tatiana - come back ! Tatiana was outstanding. Excellent communication and arrived exactly as organised, which was a foretaste of all she did. Organised, sensible, absolutely reliable. In terms of the work she turned her hand to anything - if she didn't actually know how to e.g. build a deerproof fence, then by the end of the morning she'd be… read more

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29 Mar 2024

Left by Workawayer (Tatiana) for host (Help me to fix up an old ...)

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26 Mar 2024

Left by host (Help me to fix up an old ...) for Workawayer (Tatiana)

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29 May 2023

Left by host (Transform a traditional farm ...) for Workawayer (Tatiana)

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14 May 2023

Left by Workawayer (Tatiana) for host (Transform a traditional farm ...)

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20 May 2023

Left by host (Mixed farm help in beautiful ...) for Workawayer (Tatiana)

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15 May 2023

Left by Workawayer (Tatiana) for host (Help us refurbishing our ...)

After quite a few months, here is my feedback (better late than never, no ?!) : I have spent 2 weeks with Mario and Clara back in November 2022. I was travelling with a friend and they hosted us after a last minute request and saving us somehow! We had 2 amazing weeks. The work was never too hard (we prunned the olive trees, made cement, digged a… read more

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14 Dec 2022

Left by host (Help us refurbishing our ...) for Workawayer (Tatiana)

We have a wonderful experience with Tatiana, she stayed 2 weeks helping us and it was great.
She is a hard worker and really happy about helping. She dig a dicht for a plumbing pipe, prune olives trees, worked with cement... She has good skills, and thing she didn't know how to do, she learned very fast. She did a lot and always on the best mood.… read more

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