Dominik

From: United States

Account Type
Individual account
Travelling to
Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Philippines, Switzerland, Thailand, United States
Travel dates
01/12/2019 - 06/03/2021
Badges

My status
At home
Description
Since living on a farm, when I travel I like to look for opportunities to learn and gain more experience in practical fields. Sharing solutions for better life, take ideas and solutions with me and leave some behind.

My farm is in the early set-ups and got 2 great guys helping me, we take care of sheep, chickens, turkeys and the gardens; in the summer we host Camphill Village's cows as we have lots of grass to share, they \also hay our fields for their cows and our sheep during the winter a

Now in the winter I get to travel to exchange ideas and learn from different cultures, as our farm manager takes care of our animals and works on projects with his wife and 3 kids, these kids get an early start on learning life on the farm, like if former times before we learnt most from computers or in class rooms.
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Animal Care
Teaching
Able to teach about:
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice
More details about your skills
I am all-round person, and after working in hotel & restaurants for 15 years, I spent about 10 years organizing and helping to renovate old houses; for last 3 years I have been living on a farm in the New York's Hudson Valley - https://www.facebook.com/AlliesNY/
........and we hosted workawayers during our 2nd summer on the farm, and plan to host again in 2020
https://www.workaway.info/en/host/157622978917
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
Age
50
Nationality
Swizerland - live in Hudson Valley, New York
What else ...
Looking forward to spend winter travelling, exchanging and workaway in different places. In summer I work on my farm with 2 employees.
Non smoker, and I do have a drivers licence.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  no, except heavy parfumes effect my sinuses
- Special dietary requirements
  no

Photos

our sheep, prior owner did not shear them this past summer, so they do not look pretty

Feedback

04/01/2020

Left by host (Come help, learn how to grow ...) for Workawayer (Dominik)

Dominic is a person who values the global environment.
By spending time with him, I was able to think comprehensively about how to use plastic products.
I will review all parties and the use of plastic products.
And Dominic loves organizing.
He hurt his back and I corrected his job.
However, even after he exceeded the scheduled five hours, he… read more

(Excellent )

17/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Dominik) for host for (Come help, learn how to grow ...)

Thanks Shiba-san and family for great stay and work experience.
Great place to learn about natural farming, and stay in great house with international visitors, great atmosphere and we shared in cooking and house responsibilities, and Shiba-san did shopping. So Shiba-san joined often for meals, other staff unfortunately not, we know Japanese are… read more

(Excellent )

30/12/2019

Left by host (Rural island seashore living ...) for Workawayer (Dominik)

Dominik has surprising knowledge and skills in the hospitality and agriculture areas. He helped much in both fields without asking him. I hope he returns since we are building a hostel on a farm and encourage DIY lifestyle there for people who want to step away from the Matrix.

(Excellent )

19/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Dominik) for host for (Rural island seashore living ...)

Mots let me stay on very short notice, when I was coming from another workaway on Shikoku Island and via Imbari easy to reach him, and also easy to travel North via Fukuyama.
I spent a few days helping Mots on his new farm land, and organized his off-grid guest house and museum.
More work there and with his knowledge about solar, Japanese life… read more

(Excellent )

04/12/2019

Left by host (Come help us to create a ...) for Workawayer (Dominik)

He was sharing his skill and experience, good time together! I was able to learn lots of things from him. Thank you for coming Ushimado and helping me ! Wish his all the best and we hope to see her again !

(Excellent )

01/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Dominik) for host for (Come help us to create a ...)

Spend great long week with Yuri, helping around house, as still areas to finish of her new guesthouse.
Nice guesthouse concept, energetic young owner with very good English.
Yuri showed me around historic fishing town, and i explored with her bicycle. Also i was able to help with guesthouse set-up, as in past I had a guesthouse in Thailand myself.

(Excellent )

27/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Dominik) for host for (Help renovate an old Japanese ...)

Great joining Mark for a 10 days at his country side house in Kamikawa, and help out with garden and his extensive workshop.

(Excellent )

30/12/2018

Left by Workawayer (Dominik) for host for (Small, family farm help, live ...)

Had a great and interesting time at Werner's in Emmental. Nice artwork, and make sure to visit one of Werner's exhibit.
Werner hope you had good trip, and you returned safely from Middle East art exchange project.

(Excellent )

30/09/2018

Left by host (Help us start our organic ...) for Workawayer (Dominik)

Dominik is an interesting, allround and easy going guy. He worked hard picking tons of apples in the rain for days, and he pressed hundreds of liters of apple juice with a very good mood. Very self sufficient, fun , responsible and interested in learning new stuff, especially about farming. I can recommend everyone having Dominik over to hang out… read more

(Excellent )

30/09/2018

Left by Workawayer (Dominik) for host for (Help us start our organic ...)

Great time at Tessa'a farm and also nearby farm of her boyfriend Jan-Hove (also on workaway); great place to stay, good company and well cared for during my 2 weeks, one week we picked apples and then we pressed then for cider.

(Excellent )

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