Irlanda
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1/11/20 : We have availability from the end of January 2021 for one or two helpers. At this time of year, it's mostly about the newborn calves - helping out with feeding and rearing them. Its fun, but also surprisingly busy. Some experience of farm life and animal care would be a big advantage.
We are living on a farm just one hour by bus from Dublin in the foothills of the Wicklow mountains in (South) Co Kildare. We are a big family and although our kids have all left home now, COVID has had the benefit to us of bringing them home more often. Normally though, it's just Karl and I along with dogs, cats, ponies, hens and Jersey cattle. Our agricultural industries are dairy, tillage and forestry, and we farm in an environmentally friendly way from a large 18th century house and garden which is open to the public for some parts of the year. We live just outside the village of Moone. We have a tennis court, lovely farm walks, bicycles. A couple of km away is the 11th century Kilkea Castle, home to the Dukes of Leinster. A great cycle for the day takes you on a tour of Round Towers and High Crosses, or perhaps take the bus to Dublin or Kilkenny (one of the smallest cities you'll ever see!). The peaceful monastic mountain retreat of Glendalough is 45 minutes by car.
Jardinería
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Mantenimiento general
You can of course practice your English and learn about archaeological and cultural heritage, farming, gardening, cooking and how life is on a busy farm in Ireland. We hope to learn more about your background and culture, as well as showing you ours.
Este anfitrión ofrece alojamiento y paga.
El anfitrión ha indicado que pagará al menos el salario mínimo por hora de su país por cada hora trabajada y que también ofrecerá alojamiento. Pide ayuda con un negocio o una actividad empresarial. Ponte en contacto directamente con el anfitrión mediante la mensajería de la página para obtener más información y detalles sobre el salario ofrecido. Cualquier acuerdo con el anfitrión debe cerrarse por anticipado.
Being on a busy farm and heritage property, we always have a different project, whether it be feeding calves, milking cows, a stone wall to rebuild, a flowerbed to weed, a shed to repaint or a window to replace. The farm animals often need to be moved or treated, fencing needs doing. The garden needs lots of care - everything grows so fast in Ireland.
The vegetable garden is active but needs more loving help to produce to its best, overgrown shrubs, tangled fencing etc.
In the springtime we are mostly occupied hectic with newborn calves to birth and feed and keep warm and healthy. Ireland can be wet - you really have to love animals and the outdoors!
Idiomas hablados
German: Fluido
English: Fluido
French: Intermedio
Spanish: Principiante
Irish: Principiante
Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
Este anfitrión ha indicado que está interesado en compartir su idioma o aprender otro.
Ponte en contacto con él para obtener más información.
Accommodation depends on what works when you come. Usually our helpers will be accommodated in a self-contained apartment, and, very rarely, in a guestroom in the main house. We have internet access. We can accommodate couples and singles.
We always interview our prospective helpers on Skype because its very important to us that we like each other: and we also suggest that if after a week you don't think that our home offers what you want, then you really should feel free to say so and move on, with no hard feelings.
We really enjoy having practical people with us, because the projects we need to work on are really for 'hands-on' people. It would be a help if you have worked on a farm or garden.
Due to the fact that we take language students during the summer, and that we undertake that no other native speakers will be in the house while the students are here, we sometimes have restrictions on the nationalities we can accommodate.
Look forward to meeting you.
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Our download speed is normally about 30gb/mms, though it can get slow at busy times.
Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.
Dos
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Son opciones de calificación adicionales para cuando los miembros dejan sus comentarios. Se muestra la calificación media dejada en cada opción.
Precisión del perfil:
(4.0)
Intercambio cultural:
(5.0)
Comunicación:
(5.0)
