House sitter to look after animals and garden at my farm in Penig, Germany

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  Descripción

  The farm with four buildings and 0.6 ha of land was built 1802. I have bought it in 09/2009. Ever since then, work has never stopped and I try to rebuild it the old-fashioned way (lots of clay) and keep all I can. I also have a big garden with veggies and herbs. There is always plenty of jobs and projects to do. There are a lot of jobs in winter as well. I have a piano and need someone to teach me, I have lots acoustic guitars and would like to play more. I love to go rock climbing!
  
  I am currrently looking for help with the living room, the plaster needs to come down and it needs to be rendered again with clay and also cement/lime by hand.
  
  We are also looking for people to join us and build a community here, because the farm needs people! At the moment, we are only two persons here but there is room for at least two more!
  
  At the moment, I live with a flatmate and three big black Labrador-Ridgeback Mixes. So you have to love and be able to handle dogs if you want to come live here.
  
  I do not have a philosophy about life except live and let live and make the best out of what I have.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Práctica de idiomas

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general

  Ayuda informática
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  I am learning by doing and have been restoring the house the old fashioned way. I got most of the info by research and from old books, people who told me and I am willing to share my information. You can learn how to work with clay, learn about herbs and veggies, pruning, woodworking, welding, electrics...
  I play the guitar and would love to have fellow musicians here so we can have a good time around the camp-fire on the weekends in the evening in summertime. I also love rock climbing and if you like it, too, I can show you some famous Saxon rock climbing spots in the area and also in the Elbsandsteingebirge.
  The town of Penig has about 1000 inhabitants and is situated in middle Saxony along the river "Mulde between Leipzig (65km) and Chemnitz (15km). There are lots of interesting things to see around here and we like to take helpers on daytrips to some of our local castles or go geocaching.

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  Ayuda

  Garden help (ride the mower!), harvesting, (according to season), prune and cut trees, cooking, household work, rendering/plastering outside walls, cutting firewood, repair and make doors and windows, paint, insulation of attic, digging, lots more. I have indian runner ducks and three dogs, so help with animal care is also appreciated.
  
  Help in the house with cleaning and cooking is also much appreciated! I can cook for vegans, but not all the time. My vegetarian cooking skills are ok, too. I usually eat lots of salad and veg from the garden so you will not starve. I love to bake and there is usually more food around than I can eat. I like inviting my friends and cook for them. I enjoy learning new recipes from helpers, too.
  
  I like to take people on board for at least a month and longer, if it works out for everyone.
  If you are interested in staying and helping, please mention the code 'Erbsensuppe mit Speck' in your email!
  
  I expect you to work by yourselves as independently as possible. I obviously show you things but I do not want to have to supervise you all the time.
  
  Smoking outside.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Alemán: Fluido
  Inglés: Fluido
  Español: Fluido
  Francés: Intermedio

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  Alojamiento

  medium size single room with french bed, single bedroom, camping possible

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  Algo más...

  I have done 2 years of volunteering in Australia and Scotland 1999/2000

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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 can offer you a place where you can work (internet is generally good, sometimes it behaves funny but the mobile reception is very good and always works)

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  Up to 3,5 t we can accomodate, anything else might have trouble coming up the hill and around the steep bend.

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  Only female dogs, but must be sterilized. No cats.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Dos

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  Horas esperadas

  4-5

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