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Ciao, Hola, Bonjour Hello lovely host’s of work away!
Our names are Eden and Tom. We are a couple from a small country town in Australia.
Since July 2020 we have been travelling around UK, Europe & Australia volunteering at many different farms.
We have worked on sheep & cattle farms, worked on organic veggie farms, worked picking and packing strawberries, ran a ski chalet in the French alps, renovated a van and trekked around Italy for 6 months, hiking in Morocco and recently lived and worked in FNQ for the last 7 months on a permaculture farm where we had our own veggie garden, I like to bake my own bread and focaccia using my sourdough starter and love to cook everything from scratch.
We love staying on farms and learning about off grid, self sufficienty & sustainability.
Our goal is to purchase our own farm one day grow our own fruit & vegetables and serve delicious home cooked food with lots of love!
We love working with nature and using what it has to offer. Alot of people these days are so reliant on supermarkets and online shopping, we both like to take a step back in time and do things the way they were done 100s of years ago.
Skills
- Cooking skills ( Eden is a very passionate cook & baker, she loves baking sourdough bread, focaccia etc, she also likes to cook in the “ slow food “ method doing things the more traditional way. She currently also creates recipes for a local cheese company in Cornwall.
- Craftsman skills
- Creative
- Hard working
- Take initiative
- Gardening and growing skills
- Artistic skills
- Bulding skills
- Can use tools
Both of us have experience with
- Running a catered chalet for 5 months in the French Alps - cooking, cleaning & looking after guests.
- House sitting for 6 weeks in Southern Italy
- Cows & Calves ( We worked on a cattle farm for 5 months during the winter season.
- Lambing ( Both of us were apart of a lambing season, helping deliver lambs etc. )
- Painting ( Both have painted houses inside & out for hosts. )
- Tiling experience ( Tom only )
- Growing and gardening ( Both of us have grown things from seed, transplanted things out, harvested things & general garden macitence. )
- Fruit picking ( Grape harvest in France, strawberries, apples, oranges, chilli & capsicums. )
- Tractor driving ( Tom only )
- Sanding and paint removing.
- Hospitality
- Mulching trees.
- Animal care
We are friendly, easy going, open minded, sociable, not afraid of hard work or getting our hands dirty.
The both of us love traveling, learning about new cultures, getting to know new people and making life long friendships. We enjoy the outdoors and exploring what Mother Nature has to offer from walking, hiking, camping, bike riding, swimming etc and we also have a HUGE love for animals!
We are both tidy, respectful and honest. We are looking forward to hearing from you and hopefully having you host us.
Much love Edes and Tom :)Interests
Vegetarian or veganDIY & craftsVan lifeCharity workBooksBeachDrawing & paintingYoga / WellnessSustainabilityPlant careLGBTQNatureMountainGardeningHikingFarmingEvents & socialCooking & foodCultureCamping
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English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: BeginnerSkills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco ProjectsLanguagesSome knowledge of:
GardeningDIY and building projectsAnimal CareArt ProjectsCharity WorkAble to teach about:
Creating/ Cooking family mealsLife at a FarmstayHelping around the houseMore details about your skills
Skills that we both have
- Cooking
- Can speak English
- Hard working
- Gardening
- Artistic
- Painting
- Fruit picking
- Building
- General Maintenance
- Help in the house
- Animal careAge
28 & 31
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Driver's licence
Allergies
NoSpecial dietary requirements
Eden is pescatarian
Feedback
The way these two live is an inspiration, we learnt a lot from here from them and their way of southern Italian life ( piano piano. )
We ate the most delicious food all from their beautiful orto, we had lots of laughs, lots of card games and lots of fun.
The tasks varied from… read more
Prior to us house sitting we got to spend a week with Cathy and Keith getting to know them and their land. These two are such funny, chill, generous, kind hearted and extremely hospitable people.
As soon as we met them it was like we had… read more
We are delighted to have met them and become good friends.
We really covered some serious ground while they were here, all in a very relaxed and fun loving way,… read more
Each day the tasks varied which was alot of fun some days we’d be in the garden, some days painting and some times doing other tasks.… read more
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The way these two live is an inspiration, we learnt a lot from here from them and their way of southern Italian life ( piano piano. )
We ate the most delicious food all from their beautiful orto, we had lots of laughs, lots of card games and lots of fun.
The tasks varied from… read more
Prior to us house sitting we got to spend a week with Cathy and Keith getting to know them and their land. These two are such funny, chill, generous, kind hearted and extremely hospitable people.
As soon as we met them it was like we had… read more
We are delighted to have met them and become good friends.
We really covered some serious ground while they were here, all in a very relaxed and fun loving way,… read more
Each day the tasks varied which was alot of fun some days we’d be in the garden, some days painting and some times doing other tasks.… read more
I won’t go in to detail because it would be annoying to hear how perfect they were with every aspect of their visit.
We have been hosting volunteers from all over the world for over 20 years and… read more
They treated us like family from the moment we arrived. Marie taught us both so much in the garden she really knows a lot about gardening and is very proud of what she grows. She loves to teach and show you… read more
They made themselves super available. Tom is a machine and Eden a master chef in the kitchen!
Despite the intensity of harvest (long days, physicaly demanding, hot days, etc..) their good humor and… read more
Motivated , efficient and… read more
Jon the scone, Father Jon or Farmer Jon is such a legend not only is he warm, welcoming, extremely generous, understanding and kind he is also willing to let people have a go at anything because he really trust you.
Jon greets you with a big… read more