Help us creating food-forest garden and more in Gennes-Ivergny, France

Detalles

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  Descripción

  We are Edward and Lydia, a retired English couple living in a remote hamlet in Northern France, with a developing food-forest permaculture garden, a comfortable but rickety farmhouse and various outbuildings in assorted states of decay and renovation. We eat well, cooking food fresh from our garden and from the local markets, and we enjoy music and dance.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Learn with us rather than from us about permaculture, agroforestry, and traditional and modern building techniques.

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  There's always stuff to do: pruning, digging, harvesting, building renovation and maintenance, housework, weeding. Practical skills are helpful, but we like to share what we have learned and to learn new skills together.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido
  Francés: Intermedio

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  Alojamiento

  Accommodation is usually in basic but comfortable bedrooms in the main house. In summer, possibly camping in a dedicated camping field. Bath and shower provided. Meals are taken together round the kitchen or dining-room table; everyone helps - if not with the cooking, then with the clearing up. Lunch is the main meal of the day, breakfast and supper are smaller meals. Diet is omnivorous, leaning heavily towards the plant-based and minimising ultra-processed food - we are happy to welcome and cater for vegetarians.

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  Algo más...

  We're a few km from local towns etc, and there's no public transport, so mostly we rely on the fibre internet connection for our entertainment. Bicycles available to explore the local countryside and to go into town. We would collect travellers from the mainline railway station, about 35km away.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  We have a 1Gb/s fibre internet connection, and quiet desk space. However, it would be the volunteer's responsibility to comply with French social security and workplace law.

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  Smaller vans only. Larger vans will find it difficult to negotiate the track to the camping field.

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  Well-behaved dogs are acceptable; however, we are surrounded by farms with livestock often including suckler cows (suckler cows get very aggressive towards dogs and their owners, instinctively protecting their young), and the dog will need to come to an accommodation with the Tom, the resident cat.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Horas esperadas

  2-3 hours most days, occasionally more.