Carla & Filipe José

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Description

We are a couple that after living in the UK for two years moved back to Filipes' home country Portugal at the beginning of this year.
Now we are in search of a piece of land to call our future home and start an agroforestry orchard and market garden, based on syntropic agriculture and permaculture principles.

Carla (25) gained some experience working in commercial organic horticulture by doing an apprenticeship as vegetable grower in her home country Germany.
She also stayed as a volunteer/intern at different farms all over Europe, as well as setting up her own veggie garden multiple times in different climates. She finally took part in a 2 week permaculture design course in April '25 after self-studying about permaculture, organic horticulture, food processing, seed saving etc. for years.

Filipe(36) is working as a veterinarian, but besides his love for animals has discovered his interest in plants in recent years and now dreams of planting a agroforestry system with a big variety of edible species.
He also likes to birdwatch and taught himself to play multiple instruments, and we both love to be outdoors for hiking, camping or just to enjoy nature.

We adopted a dog in summer 2025 from a local shelter, after spending the first three years of his life there Churro needed some time to get used to many new situations, but after building enough trust between us has made a lot of progress and is now a mostly confident and curious dog. He gets on really well with other dogs, when meeting new people he's often a bit scared at first but usually warms up after a while.

Interests

Water sports

Yoga / Wellness

Vegetarian or vegan

Sustainability

Plant care

Pets

Outdoor activities

Nature

Music

Mountain

Gardening

Hiking

Farming

DIY & crafts

Cooking & food

Camping

Books

Animals

Languages spoken

German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent

Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

Some knowledge of:  

DIY and building projects

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Hospitality/Tourism

Languages

Art Projects

Helping with Computers/ Internet

House & pet sitting

General Maintenance

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Able to teach about:  

Gardening

Creating/ Cooking family meals

More details about your skills

Listed above in the description section

Age

25 & 36

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  Special dietary requirements
  vegetarian/ vegan