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Hello
Would you like to come and help with a permaculture garden in rural Normandy which could involve a bit of house/cat sitting if i were to go away for a few days or longer. I don't have much time free during term time as I work online but I could work with you at weekends and you could have your days off during the week and help independently in the garden for the other weekdays. We would always cook vegan food together.
For house/catsitting, the accommodation is free but you would pay for your food while I am away. If you wanted to stay on to help out in the garden this would be possible. The cats are not used to other animals so it would not suit someone who wants to bring a dog or cat. It would be better if you had a car as it is 6km from the shops and nearest transport.
There are four lovely cats that live at the house. So this is not a place for people with cat allergies!! The cats are very independent - they come and go as they please - there are three catflaps for them to use.
The house is in the heart of the Normandy countryside and it is a short drive to Mont Saint Michel. There are extensive gardens all around the house and lots of books to read on all sorts of subjects relating to sustainability and well being.
I am a bilingual (English/French) English woman with qualifications and experience in plant based cooking, ecoconstruction, furniture making, organic/permaculture gardening, teaching and art and craft. I am also discovering Buddhism and am interested in the links between all these elements. Vegan permaculture appears to me to be a useful holistic framework that can bring a lot of elements together into a coherent and humane worldview.
Help so far has centred around renovating an old earth house with natural materials (now finished) and creating an edible landscape on almost one hectare of land using many ideas and techniques of permaculture. We grow wild plants, edible flowers, herbs, annuals and perennials. The garden is a bit overgrown as I have had to be away a lot. I need help clearing brambles in the forest garden areas and in re-creating the mandala garden that got a bit overgrown during covid. There is a fledgling forest garden and an apple orchard.
It is tranquil here. There is high speed fibre optic wifi but no television, There are plenty of books you can borrow on all aspects of ecological living and a guitar.
For longer term stays, if you wanted to concentrate on vegan cooking, you could offer 2 hours of work on the land in exchange for accommodation and contribute to the cost of food. In this way we could experiment with some more exotic vegan food making - your stay could be more about learning about vegan food and cooking. Alternatively, you could offer 4 to 5 hours of work on the land in exchange for food and accommodation.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Proyectos artísticos
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Ayuda informática
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
In coming here you can learn about aspects of vegan cooking, eco-construction and/or permaculture gardening (I am qualified in all of these). I have a good number of books on many aspects of permaculture that you can borrow. I love to play the guitar and sing so always interested to exchange songs.
Ayuda
Are you vegan or interested in becoming vegan? Do you have some knowledge and experience in gardening/horticulture? I need help with my overgrown edible landscape as I have been away for a while. The mandala garden needs attention and the brambles that have invaded the forest garden need digging out.
I am also looking for someone vegan who would like to stay longer term to help me maintain the land (food growing) - I can offer a lovely room in the house or a caravan on the land or you could put your caravan or tiny house on the land. I am open to suggestions/offers. It could suit someone who has an online income and could help part-time on the land.
There is high speed internet at the house. It would be great to have some longer term help with the garden food growing project. In an ideal world I would love to welcome someone who has at least some knowledge of food growing/horticulture/agriculture to help with developing this aspect (the vegan edible landscape). I would like to develop the use of herbs, green manures, beans for protein and more edible perennials. We built a solar dryer last year and drying and storing more herbs would be great.
If you are interested in helping to develop vegan permaculture courses here - that could also be great.
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Francés: FluidoEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
I can speak English or French.
Alojamiento
Accommodation is in caravans or camping if you have a tent. In the winter months and during some other months there is a room in the house available.
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There are 4 cats that live here so this is not a good place for someone with a cat allergy!! You must love cats. It is not possible to come here with dogs or other cats.
Mont Saint Michel is half an hours drive away and there are many interesting old towns and cities to visit like Fougeres (with its old castle) Granville, St Malo and Dinan. There are beautiful waterfalls not far from here and a busy weekly market at the nearest town - Saint Hilaire du Harcouet (6km away). You can borrow bicycles to get to town or to explore the local area. It is possible to cycle to the waterfalls and Mont Saint Michel from here. There are buses to different places that you can catch at Saint Hilaire du Harcouet. We are in the middle of the countryside so it would suit people who enjoy peace and quiet.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
I have high speed internet here. I would be very interested to offer a room in the house to a digital nomad who has some interest and knowledge of gardening, who is vegan and who loves cats, permaculture and the countryside. We could discuss conditions - eg some work on the land in exchange for accommodation/wifi or other - I would consider all offers.
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
You could park your van at one of the two entrance areas or help me clear a space on the land for you. There is the possibility to stay longer term here on your own.
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This place has a lot to offer, and the garden kept me busy. Weeding, clearing brambles, mulching, ... I never got bored and I learned a lot on this wild permaculture land, I loved it! I was able to learn more about edible wild plants… read more
We got up to a fair amount of interesting and varied work, Liza always being aware of if we wanted to switch between things if one task was getting too much.
We cooked… read more
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This place has a lot to offer, and the garden kept me busy. Weeding, clearing brambles, mulching, ... I never got bored and I learned a lot on this wild permaculture land, I loved it! I was able to learn more about edible wild plants… read more
We got up to a fair amount of interesting and varied work, Liza always being aware of if we wanted to switch between things if one task was getting too much.
We cooked… read more
We found a project for me that I could really hang into and work on independently:… read more
We were put onto the task of building a tyre wall for the entrance to the… read more
There was usually a variety of jobs to do each day, depending on the weather and how… read more
This is definitely a place to learn a lot about permaculture and vegan cooking. We also had serious conversations on self-sufficiency, environmental topics as well as a lot of laughter and singing while Liza was playing the guitar on my birthday. :) There… read more
If you like to explore, experiment, learn and garden Lizas project is a great choice! My time with Liza, Kevin and part of the time with other volunteers was full of interesting and intensive discussions about all kind of Eco topics, especially gardening, self sufficency and vegan lifestyle. I was so happy, that Liza knows a lot… read more
There was always a list of things to do, so I never got bored. The projects were fun and diverse. I transplanted various plants, rendered some walls with lime, built a teepee for the beans, made a path next to a garden bed, leveled the… read more
Steve is a true Renaissance man - talented in many domains. He was able to successfully build a cabinet for the bathroom here using pallet wood with minimal supervision. He also… read more
she is super fun and her place offers so many possibilities to get into various fields, whatever your eco-friendly heart might be interested in. she accepted to host me on short notice and i was very grateful to her openness and general flexibility towards her volunteers.
the food was always delicious and… read more
