Multi-generational family, home facing the serra da Estrela, Portugal

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  Descripción

  Me (Leah), my mother Rachel and my 5 year old son Oscar are keen to start hosting again after taking a little pause...
  
  We all live at my mothers quintal, me and Oscar live in a wood cabin, Rachel lives in the main house and our guest accommodation is the basement. This is a lovely little place close to the town of Seia. The house is surrounded by a modest garden with a stunning view of the mountains. We are on the edge of a village but feeling a little secluded.
  
  I work 3 days per week as a gardener and do a bit of online work teaching English. Rachel works mostly online tutoring children.
  We both like to be busy with activities in the garden and the kitchen and there are always endless tasks to do here.
  
  We need help with gardening, house maintenance, cooking, fermenting and preserving as well as fixing a few things on the buildings. Of course it depends on each individuals skills as to what we will be doing. Mostly the reason for hosting workaways is to make friendships and enjoy the company of others, eat work play, laugh and go on adventures together.
  
  I am in the process of saving to buy some land to start a forest garden myself, with some interesting land based projects in mind. I would also like to build a porch onto the cabin at some point if there is someone with these skills who could help me.
  
  A bit about us -
  I am passionate about real food and soil, love animals and working with nature, keen to be part of reforesting our local area with native species. Rewilding feels important to me and everywhere I have been so far I have created amazing habitats for wildlife to return, I have enjoyed seeing bare and barren farm land transform into a safe haven for the many different species of birds and insects to come and thrive, along with growing super healthy food to forage.
  
  Over the years I have created growing spaces based on the ideas of synergistic gardening among other designs using Permaculture principles in setting up systems. I have been in Portugal for 6 years and have previously worked as a gardener and a farmer in the UK. I am a kind, humble and motivated person who is happy working together with others and sharing meals and playing games. I love taking hikes and being in nature, foraging and picnics by the lake in the mountains, to name a few.
  Communication and connection is important so I value those who can be open and honest. I enjoy welcoming people to our home and sharing whatever we have to offer at the time.
  
  Oscar my son loves to be involved and likes to play and have fun, campfires and board games too, he goes to a montissori/forest school project 3 days a week. When he feels safe and connected he is a super loving, helpful and funny character.
  
  Rachel is a welcoming and friendly person who is happy to share her home with us and others, she has also been hosting on workaway since she bought this place and has her profile on here too, hopefully I can connect them together.... Rachel has also travelled a lot and has plenty of life experience to share.
  
  There are often social activities to be involved with locally. There are artisan markets with live music near by and really fun community events and work days to get involved with. We have friends near by, a good mix of people from all over the world. I am 38 and my mum 60 but we welcome people of all ages and backgrounds.
  
  We also have Indi a very sweet and quiet dog who is a real character and loves outdoor adventures. Then there is Bubu, the cat that came with the house, you may see her from time to time.
  
  The accommodation is most likely in the basement so you can have your own space and small kitchenette but meals will mostly be shared in the main house or outdoors.
  
  Check out the photos at the bottom of this page to get a feel of what its like here and we have some photos of trips out that we regularly do such as Tabua market and mountains, lakes and river.
  
  We eat all types of food and love to taste foods from around the world, you need to be ok with the fact that we eat meat (which we try to source as ethically and locally as possible) so if you are vegetarian then sometimes you may have to cook a separate meal or just not eat the meat part of the meal, we always have plenty of veggies in our cooking and often eat vegetarian meals too.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general

  Cuidado de casas
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  Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

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  ¿Que es esto?
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  I can offer you experience in sustainable ways of growing food, knowledge of soil and plant health, cooking tasty meals with fresh seasonal produce, preserving and fermenting, visiting beautiful places and being part of the local community, tasting Portuguese life authentically and meeting people from all over the world.

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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

  On top of the tasks I also expect guests to take on their fair share of tasks such as cooking and domestic duties. I expect guests to be clean, tidy and mindful of others space.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Inglés: Fluido
  Portugués: Intermedio

  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.
  
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  Alojamiento

  Cabin and main house or basement, sometimes self catering but often sharing meals, depending on individual situations.

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  Algo más...

  Visit local markets, see the mountains, rivers beaches, go walking and explore a beautiful area. Near by towns are Seia, Oliveira do hospital and Tabua. We can offer lifts when we are going into town.

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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

  Este anfitrión ha indicado que le encanta acoger a nómadas digitales.

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  Este anfitrión dice que acepta a viajeros con mascotas.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Dos

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