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We are a family (couple and two children born in 2002 and 2005) from Elduain, Basque Country, who live in a restored farmhouse of about 500 years old (it actually is a two homes building). In 2013 we expanded the familiar vegetable garden and started with the small scale production of ecological vegetables (bio/eco/org) that we sell directly in a previously set out client group, in the market of Tolosa every saturday and also to a dining room of a school sensitized with local commerce and healthy eating. We also have a dog, hens, chickens (not all the year around), 2 cows (most of the time they're in the meadows) and a goat.
Based in our experience we ask you to contact us only if you are really interested; it isn't a tourism accommodation where you can make & cancel reservations nor a cheap holiday place, as workaway isn´t an cheap labour agency for hosters. We also appreciate to respond to all messages, even to say "No thank you, I'm not interested".Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Ayuda en una granja
Mantenimiento general
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Besides biofarming experience exchanging, you can participate in the weekly distribution of vegetables on Tuesdays and the weekly market on Saturdays. We also can exchange knowledge about biology/nature/ecology as I studied the career of biology/ecology.
You will listen, and lern, why not, the oldest language of Europe, Basque language, which is our mother tongue & everyday language. Any way, we are able to speak Spanish and some English as well.
We also would share our knowledge about Basque culture, if you are interested.Ayuda
We would like to share or exchange our experience and knowledge with people willing to collaborate in the daily labours of a ecological farm (bio/eco/org) with a variety of tasks depending on when you arrive here: weeding, preparing the ground for seeding or planting, harvesting vegetables, meadow maintenance, cutting and stocking firewood, trimming trees, construction...
We usually ask to help about 5 hours in the morning (8:00-13:00); weekends are time off (coming to the market on Saturdays is optional). Sometimes some work may be conditioned by the weather, so you may have to help on some after lunch or weekend instead of morning or week days.
Don't worry if you never had work in a farm, you will be wellcome if you have a good working ethic and you are proactive.Idiomas hablados
Español: Fluido
Basque: Fluido
Inglés: IntermedioAlojamiento
We offer food and accommodation. You would have a private room (2 beds) in our house, bathroom shared with family and family meals. Some times we ask solo workawayers to share the room with another workawayer (always under agreement of eveybody).
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Elduain is in an coutryside but you can reach here by public transport.
You can get to Basque Country by train and/or bus (from Madrid, Barcelona, Paris,...). There are bus or train services from Bilbao or Donostia to Tolosa (the main city in our area) and buses from Tolosa to Elduain.
You can come by and park your own car or small van, as well.
In your time off you can visit the Atlantic Basque seaside, go to the beach (sunbathing, seabathing, surfing...); Donostia city is easy to get by bus or by train. You also can make many excursion in the area (much easier by your own transport), plenty of beautiful villages, practice mountaineering, biking...Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
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5 days a week, almost 5 hours a day
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He is an interesting guy: quite but talkative enouthg to have a good conversation about any topic, specialy sensitive about basque language and culture, already having some knowledge about environmet but still interested to learn more, calm but not passive, paing attention to how to do tasks and… read more
Eneko was a great host and gave me a thorough introduction to his organic vegetable garden.
Tasks were always explained and communication was clear. As the profile states, the work is physical (weeding, planting) but… read more
I wasn´t sure wether to replay or not but here I am, because we (and, it seems, nearly all other volunteers) aren´t agree with your opinion, specialy because I would like clarify/object some statements as we sensed a different reallity:
We agreed 5 work hours a day 5 days a week;… read more
She has done all her tasks very well, with a good working ethic and in a perfectionist way, so we can recommend her if you have chores not to make in a hurry but very well done.
Good luck in your trip, Anne.
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He is an interesting guy: quite but talkative enouthg to have a good conversation about any topic, specialy sensitive about basque language and culture, already having some knowledge about environmet but still interested to learn more, calm but not passive, paing attention to how to do tasks and… read more
Eneko was a great host and gave me a thorough introduction to his organic vegetable garden.
Tasks were always explained and communication was clear. As the profile states, the work is physical (weeding, planting) but… read more
I wasn´t sure wether to replay or not but here I am, because we (and, it seems, nearly all other volunteers) aren´t agree with your opinion, specialy because I would like clarify/object some statements as we sensed a different reallity:
We agreed 5 work hours a day 5 days a week;… read more
She has done all her tasks very well, with a good working ethic and in a perfectionist way, so we can recommend her if you have chores not to make in a hurry but very well done.
Good luck in your trip, Anne.
Emilia, thanks a lot for coming to us!
La casa está situada en un sitio espectacular, un lugar idílico rodeado de naturaleza y bosque. En tu tiempo libre… read more
Eneko was all in for living in a farm and having volunteers, but I can't say the same for his children who gave me the impression that they did not like having a bunch of… read more
He has fulfiled all the tasks that has been asked to do.
It’s a pity our miscommunication.
Kristofer and Louise satied here for amaizing five weeks. They are a joung but mature and well educated couple; easy to stay, talk, work… with. They made new friends anywhere they has gone with or without us. I think also the animals miss you 😘
They has been very interested in learning about… read more
We had never tried Workaway before and therefore it was difficult in the beginning - but Eneko and his lovely family… read more
Eneko took the time to share with us some many things about organic farming and ecology, this made our experience even more interesting. He explained to us really clearly all the task we had to do.
The schedule was very good, we… read more
Flo, we hope now you have a better knowlodge about not so urban live style!
She came fo 2 and a 1/2 weeks but she finaly stayed for 6; yes, it’s true, helped by covid movility restrictions, but we would like think she didn’t mind too much.
She is like she says in her profile: always ready to help, tidy, not used to work in the garden but really interested and… read more
She hasn’t a lot of previous experience gardening but she supplied it with a great working etic and paing attention to learn how to do.
Also at home, she has been really polite and observed home rules.
Thanks a lot for the good and sincere conversations. It has been helpful and really easy to host you.
So, thank you very much for your help.
Eneko, in a week, taught us a way of handling a sustainable way of farming and food production surrounded by nature… read more
Daniel estuvo con nosotros durante dos semanas y fue una grata experiencia. Es un buen y atento trabajador, a pesar de su limitada experiencia en horticultura. Una persona muy interesada en todo lo relacionado con la agricultura y su relación con la naturaleza.… read more
Muchas gracias, Jade, por tu ayuda y… read more
Thank you very much, Alex.
Besides, they observed all house rules and we had… read more
Hace menos de una semana que nos fuimos y ya estoy echándolo de menos.
Durante un mes hemos disfrutado de la hospitalidad de Eneko, Amaia, Gaizka y Nagore: un lujazo de familia.
Eneko es muy buen comunicador y sus explicaciones sobre agricultura ecológica me van a venir muy… read more
So, thank you very much for your help.
Margaux is a great person, excellent workaway, hardworking, good communicator, easy to talk with, ready to get start on working and very easy to host at home. Some of the days her friend Vicente staied with us, who is also a great person, always ready to talk and work.
She worked very well in all… read more
Eneko tiene mucho conocimiento sobre agricultura ecologica y lo comparte, lo cual me parecio genial. Gracias a él, di mucho sentido al trabajo que hizé.
Tambien aprendi… read more
About the garden tasks, she worked really… read more
Thank you very much for your help… read more
Thank you very much for your help.
He is well-mannered and tooke in count home uses, timing...
We hope he has improve his spanish level as much as he expected, because he made an effort to talk only… read more
La… read more
She… read more
It's nice to see you enjoyed your stay here, including the meals where you learned 'ogia mesedez' ;). By the way, we already harvested the first tomatoes.
Thank you very… read more
La familia nos recibió por tres semanas, abriéndonos las puertas de su hermosa casa y de su vida, haciéndonos sentir como… read more
He is a calm person, well-mannered and always ready to help at home.
We hope you had improved your gardening and spanish skills. Thank you very much!
They cooked a German meal (I could pronounce… read more
You have been a great help in the garden and considered at home; also a good company with good conversation moments. You both showed interest to learn about organic gardening and I hope you have learned useful skills for your future garden.
They cooked a German meal (I could pronounce it's… read more
She has been a wondreful volunteer, paing much attention in her tasks and really respectful at home with all the familly. Thank you very much also for your interest about our… read more
Regardless of being in a unconfortable situation, we now know that they were considering not coming back after their time off trip last weekend but they didn't let us know about it or about any other problem they could have.
My be it was a… read more
I have been for 2 weeks with Eneko and his family, and It was a very rewarding experience for me! I knew nothing when I arrived, and Eneko explains me a lot of things and had always been kind and patient, so It was easier to learn.
All the family is really nice and will make you feel at… read more
Despite not having much experience in agriculture, he has been a great help, with his willingness to work and his concentration and patience; and also interested in mathematics homeworks of our soon.
Thank you very much. It's a pity that eather has not helped much; that is not in our hands.
See you… read more
About the garden tasks, they worked really well in all different tasks (Theresa, the gaerlics ar… read more
A really greenfinger person in the garden; It is enough for her to observe a moment to learn how to do any task in the garden. He is very detail oriented and likes things well done. I… read more
Despite she previously had minimal contact with agriculture she worked hard in all her tasks and showed great interest in learning both about horticulture and about all the nature and landscape that… read more
From an agricultural point of view, what I learned on Eneko's farm was priceless and readied me for my future in farming. Eneko was very hands on and… read more
Pablo has agricultural studies so we have also learned… read more
Eneko knows a lot of countryside and will make you feel like at home. My tasks have been varied, but most of them in the… read more