Help with gardens, dogs and different projects in Algarve, Portugal

Detalles

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  Descripción

  HELP NEEDED SEPTEMBER 2024 (including Christmas week) INTO 2025
  
  THE SCOOP
  2024: I'm a retired American woman living in a typical rural Algarvean house, 4.5km from the town of Loule and 15min (by car) from the sea. Am a former entrepreneur: restauranteur, IT company owner, forest wildfire fighter and Mountain Search & Rescue volunteer. I am a Mother, Grandmother and a bit of a 'recluse'. I also breed Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs. I'm happy to show you special hikes, and introduce you to small local family run cafes, and nearby wonderful beaches and cook local dishes with you!
  
  I breed Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs but I will have no puppies for 2024. This Workaway offer has nothing to do with my business.
  
  NOTE: *** I require a 2-week commitment (but prefer longer)
  NOTE: *** I cannot accept any pets (at all), nor families. I DO have space to park a campervan.
  NOTE; *** I accept couples and single women
  
  GENERAL "WORK-A-WAY' WORKS:
  Gardening, maintenance of property, dog walking, housekeeping, some cooking in the main house.
  
  **You MUST have a valid drivers licence and experience with dogs, using hand and power tools and be a self-starter. I cannot 'teach' you how to use tools. It's important that you can take your own initiative and even use Google/You Tube to help fix things if needed.
  
  MY OFFER: Food and accommodation in private Ridgeback-Caravan-Cottage with Fibre Optic internet, UKTV and Aircon
  
  I need general physical labour on the land, house and walking my 3-dogs. My body is just too sore to do the work I need to do to maintain the gardens, housekeeping...(ahhhh the Circle Of Life). I hope to carve out of this stony Algarve soil some vegetable & flower gardens using creative watering solutions, weeding is needed everywhere and where I can, I will plant native species.
  
  I'm located by car: 15-mins from beautiful beaches, 5km to train & bus station. Sometimes I can drop you off in town or the beach. Otherwise use UBER. An UBER ride to town and back is around 8-9 euros.
  
  GENERAL PROJECTS LAND: (depending on the season) care and pruning of trees, WEEDING, planting, WATERING, maintenance of vegetable and flower gardens; transplanting trees & shrubs, mulching, organising compost pile,
  
  GENERAL PROJECTS HOUSE: walk dogs, care for hens, painting, carpentry, repairs, housekeeping/cleaning and organizing sheds, storage painting fences, buildings etc. etc.
  
  MY OFFER: Food and accommodation in exchange for help
  1) self-contained Ridgeback-Caravan-Cottage 1-bedroom nestled under an old Fig tree, Fibre Optic Internet, UKTV, Aircon/heating, the shower-W/C room is 1m outside the back door.
  2) 3-meals a day in exchange for 5-hours daily work, 5-days per week
  
  I have three friendly Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs 'Bob' (AKA "Keanu Reeves") 'Sierra Mariposa' AKA " Hoover" (yes as in the Hoover vacuum cleaner of the same name for obvious reasons) and their puppy Brunhilde. I also have 1-cat and 4-laying hens.
  
  IMPORTANT Requirements
  (1) bring proof of your own health insurance, Vaccination
  (2) a contact number of your next relatives in case of any emergencies
  (3) provide a copy of your photo ID, Passport and your drivers licence front and back
  
  Helpers must have a deep an abiding GSOH (Good Sense Of Humour) as I do! And we do not gather together by the campfire and sing Kumbaya, I'm friendly but I work long, long hours.
  
  I have 2,500 English language books and lots of music from original American blues 'n jazz, Irish traditional, Portuguese Fado, Opera, Classical. I love, LOVE cooking (and eating) and when the weather is warm/summer sometimes when I'm in the mood I have a pop-up eatery in my home; serving authentic Mexican, Soul Food from the South and American Cowboy food and I bake Irish Soda bread and home-smoke fish, cheese, meat and other stuff.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general

  Ayuda informática
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  There are SOOO many things to do and see and experience here in The Algarve of Portugal. Although we live 'rural' we live within 5km of one of the beautiful cultural centres of the Algarve; the ancient market town of Loule!

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  Ayuda

  I MOSTLY need help from folks with strong backs and who know how to use tools and who can do DIY work. I just can't (getting a wee bit old 'n sore) do the work anymore that is needed to look after both the land, care for dogs, clean the house, I'm happy to show my wonderful area and cook local dishes with you on occasion
  
  PROJECTS: WEEDING & WATERING transplant shrubs (stony ground), organize and re-pack storage rooms/cupboards, general cleaning of the house, PLUS refurbishing the original St. Catarina terra cotta floor tiles in the house, plaster, paint house etc.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido
  Alemán: Intermedio

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  Alojamiento

  I offer my beautiful (beloved) self-contained Caravan -Cottage. It is about 50-meters distance from the house, (very private) under an old Fig tree. The Caravan-Cottage has: Fibre Optic internet, UKTV, Aircon/heating, W/C, shower, HOB, oven, fridge/freezer, black-out curtains, mosquito screens, many reading lights, closets, 2-skylights with mosquito screens, a sliding door separates the built-in double bed from the rest of the 7-meter long touring caravan. We built and 4mx4m insulated room with sliding doors and attached it to the caravan. There is a BBQ and outside table + chairs for alfresco dining. You cook your own meals in the caravan. I fill the caravan with basic foods, staples: rice, beans, fruit vegetables, pasta, milk coffee, teas and the end of each week I give you money to buy your own groceries.

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  Algo más...

  More about the area later; it's the Algarve after all. There are many many kilometers of walks/bike rides from our door. We can drop you off at the Loule town center or at the train station, easy peasy. A taxi from to/from town to our door is between 6-8EUR each way. Loule is market town and there is daily baked bread, fresh fish, local meat, veggie & fruit Farmers Market, and a much bigger one each Saturday. Spend a day at the beach ...why not? Perhaps take a boat tour or a weekend donkey trek or rent a car for a weekend and see the Alentejo in the North? We have only had two couples do a (private) exchange here last year for a couple of weeks. One couple left as they wanted the city lights of Lisbon, fair enough it is a bit 'slow' here. The other, 2-friends from Vermont, went on their pre-planned travels after extending their time with us an additional week. It was a very good experience for all of us.

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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

  The accomodation has hi speed Fibre Optic Internet and a table/desk to work

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  I have space to park small camper vans, not easily the mega-big ones.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Dos

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  Horas esperadas

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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