Information du profil
Évaluation d'hôte
100 %
Last replied
28 mars 2024
Taux de réponse
100.0 %
Usually responds ≤ 1 jour
Feedback
96
Facebook verified
ID verified
E-mail vérifié
Badges (4)
Séjour min. souhaité : Au moins deux semaines
Infos
Description
Welcome! I’m Simone, a former engineer who left the city life for the countryside and live a life more in tune with my own values and dreams.
After several years of experience in another farm located just next to this one, I moved here to start my second permaculture project in the mountains of Valchiusella.
In this area there are several abandoned houses and pieces of land, and my wish is to renovate them one by one and at the same time open the ground for a community to settle and grow, preparing vegetable gardens, planting fruit trees that will provide for the generations to come and safe spaces for people and nature to thrive together in harmony.
I’m looking for motivated people who are not afraid to live in a place in contact with nature, people that want to be open and challenged, people who like to work but who are also able to take the space for themself and their self-care.
My wish is to create a space where you can have the chance to grow, to experience a different way of living, to be more connected with the natural cycles, the seasons and the life that sorrounds us, to be happy and peaceful.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiquesPratique d’une langueAide avec des éco-projetsJardinageBricolage et constructionAide dans une fermeCuisine/repas pour la familleAide à la maisonEntretien généralObjectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Some experience gained in the past years (by studying, reading, experimenting, living) to be shared with you:
· permaculture
· self-sufficiency
· no-dig and organic gardening
· soil improvement
· animal care, milking and cheese making (not actively anymore)
· edible plants and medicinal herbs (recognizing, harvesting, processing)
· preserving the harvest (jams, chutneys, cremes, spreads, pesti …)
· cooking (vegetarian, vegan, regional, seasonal)
· household management
· basic yoga training and one extra yoga mattress for sharing
· construction with wood, metal, recycled materials
· DIY-space for out- and indoors
There is also a library with books about everything listed up above and more. There's also a non-fiction-area. The books are mostly in english and italian.Aide
There is plenty of tasks to do, mostly in the fresh air:
DURING ALL SEASONS
- participate in the household duties (cleaning, cooking, etc.)
- continue to renovate the house (carpenters, in-door designer, plumber or experienced craftsman are very welcome!)
- clean the woods and grassland from brambles
- make firewood for the cold season
- collect and process herbs
- enrich this place with art, good conversations and life
APRIL – JUNE
- prepare the gardens for the season
- constructions (fences, dry stone walls, indoor-design of a caravan, and much more)
JULY – OCTOBER
- repair dry stone walls
- take care of the gardens
- harvest fruits, vegs, chestnuts, nuts, herbs and more
- preserving harvest
WINTER
- cut firewood
- cleaning gardens, spread compost and get them ready for the next growing season
- general cleanings and manteinance
- stay warm and cozy by the stove
Working together should be an enriching experience for all, so it's important to know what pushes you to join this project, hoping it would be a step ahead for your projects as well.Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Italien: CourantHébergement
You will stay in a traditional 100+ years old Piedmont cottage house or in a renovated caravan, with a beautiful view on the plains in front of it:
- In the summer time there is a shared area for the guests on the top floor under the roof where there are two tents for maximum 4 persons. The tents are stocked with mattresses, pillows, bottom sheets and additional blankets but, blease bring your own sleeping bag.
- In winter time the only heated space for guests to sleep is a caravan with a little stove inside, so there is space for one person at the time or a couple/friends who don’t mind share the bed.
- All the meals, which will be mostly vegan/vegetarian, are included. You can either eat together or by your own.
- WIFI is only available through mobile phones and just for important uses
- There is a bathroom with hot showers inside the house but at the moment the toilet is outside the house (compost toilet).
- VERY IMPORTANT! The weather in the mountains can change quickly. There are many hot days through the whole year when the sun's out and it can get pretty cold when there are rainy days. So bring clothes for all kind of weather situations in every season. Weatherproof jacket and boots are essential. The temperatures can be between 0 to 20 degree in spring/autumn and 10 to 35 degree in summer).
- Please bring your own sunscreen/sun protection.
- A head-torch can be useful for the night walk to the toilet.
- There are a few solar panels with batteries, so the electricity may be limited if there are several cloudy days without sun. A powerbank could be useful.
- Water comes from a wellspring and we use wood for cooking and heating - so fresh water is provided.
- Sometimes there is a cat inside of the house.
Feel free to get in contact if you have any question and for more information about the accomodation.Autres infos...
The house is at the beginning of the beautiful Valchiusella valley with many beautiful trails and views, so if you like to hike bring some outdoor mountain equipment.
There are also other workaway hosts around us, some you can reach within foot walk. With them we meet sometimes to share work or just simply celebrate together :).
You will have two free days each week. In these you will be free to stay at the house or explore the surrounding area. The nearest city is Ivrea, which can be reached with a bus in less than an hour. Milan and Turin are easily reachable from Ivrea train station within a couple of hours. But also some close by villages provide entertainment with very good local made icecream (Gelaterie), bars and little shops for daily needs. There's a place with table-tennis and a pool closeby and in summer we have the river of the valley within a walk to spend the hot afternoons at! Also Damanhur, a big spiritual community is not far – worth a (cost intense) visit.
*** How to get to here: I only go two or three times per month to the nearest town Ivrea and I can pick you up from there. All the other days of the week (except Sundays) there's a cheap bus going up. It starts directly at the train station in Ivrea and can leave you very close to the house. For more information feel free to send a message in advance and please try not to arrive on a Sunday (no bus coming up), grazie! ***Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
Max 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (43)
Simone is a patient teacher and i have learned there skills that will help me for the rest of my life.
Simone is also a great cook and a really kind person. We spend some rainy days by the stove eating cookies, playlng board games and having deep conversations, and let le tell you… read more
Since the first day he arrived, we could connect and talk openly and honestly, which helped us to find a good balance between helping… read more
I was the first volunteer to stay with him for some time, since moving into a new house, which meant that there was and is a lot of work to be done. That being said, Simone never made… read more
Photos
Feedback
Ce sont des évaluations supplémentaires en option lorsque les membres laissent un feedback. La note moyenne pour chaque option est affichée.
Exactitude du profil:
(5.0)
Échange culturel:
(4.9)
Communication:
(5.0)
Simone is a patient teacher and i have learned there skills that will help me for the rest of my life.
Simone is also a great cook and a really kind person. We spend some rainy days by the stove eating cookies, playlng board games and having deep conversations, and let le tell you… read more
Since the first day he arrived, we could connect and talk openly and honestly, which helped us to find a good balance between helping… read more
I was the first volunteer to stay with him for some time, since moving into a new house, which meant that there was and is a lot of work to be done. That being said, Simone never made… read more
Simone and Frieda are compassionate, friendly, open, and brilliant people. Our conversations were plentiful and always interesting. Seriously, these two can teach you a thing or two about a wiiiiiide range of… read more
Having Cody and Bonnie around will bring energy to your place, for sure! Alongside deep conversations about the world, being human, boundaries, personal growth, business and more we learnt a lot about their life in Canada, Australia and their intense journeys so far. Cody brought a big package of knowledge about… read more
We helped simone with making jam, preparing the gardens for the upcoming seed-sowing in late spring, cooking,… read more
He helped us preparing the gardens for the season – always on time and ready to work – and we shared a lot of great chats around the kitchen table or when going out for pizza.… read more
The work was quite fair, Simone was on a "taking it easy" mood for the holidays and the cold so we moved and cut some wood, helped dismantling an old caravan to turn it into a beautiful room, and other simple manual labour.
The cold and the frugal… read more
I was lucky enough to have the place… read more
We felt like meeting a connected soul who respects her environment, the people, animals and plants around her. We can highly recommend… read more
For me, this four-week stay was about living and sharing life together as a group. To connect in a true way as human beings and sharing so many good talks, lovely… read more
Having Pauli at your place means calm creativity, deep conversations, a lovely personal connection and a great support with every task in and outside the house. She has a lot of interests, ideas and experiences to share– therefore it was a pleasure… read more
living surrounded by a stunnig lanscape at the foot of the alpine mountains..
sharing their wisdom, ideas, stories, time and their adorable food and home..
we shared an eventful time together - working, cooking, laughing, playing, going on mushroom huntings..
i felt warmly welcomed in your place <3
thank you for everything and… read more
Arriving there felt like merging with mother nature and continuously discovering everything she has to offer. The simple yet so satisfying lifestyle touched me in a way I didn’t know was possible. I enjoyed waking up to chicken sounds, looking at the spectacular view from… read more
It's amazing to see… read more
I did a mosaic bath… read more
If you want to learn about organic gardening, cheese making, paths towards a sustainable lifestyle...and don’t mind getting up early, this is the place to go to!
The place Frieda and Simone have created is not only full of… read more
He built, created, fixed, smiled, joked, told stories, massaged and was always ready for tasks and entertainment. His handy and skilled presence helped specially Simone to finish our 3rd vegetable garden with it's fence, garden beds, hail protection and all of this on a slopy hillside. If he saw a… read more
It was inspiring to experience such a well run project, and to see what is achievable in just a few years! It was easy to fit in with the routine as they do such a good job of organising, also mapping out the whole year including what gets harvested when and jobs for the future. We felt… read more
The project which Simone has created with Frieda is very inspiring. One can expect a variety of work along… read more
The tasks where diverse, interesting and allowed us to learn about the different aspects of permaculture. Simone is kind, serene and calm. It was… read more
This is a magical place nestled among the mountains in the most stunning of nature. However, what makes it even more special is that it is full of wonderfully interesting people that support each other not only in everyday work but also… read more
I stayed two weeks with frieda and simone here.
I loved laughing about the chicken, learning makramee and especially being hungry after having worked.
I felt accepted, welcomed, and free.
If YOU want to go there, go there! :)
Frieda and Simone gave me not only the precious gift of spending time in a stunning piemontese landscape and nature. Working in respect and a caring spirit in and together with the breathtaking and fertile enviroment they guard.
They as well… read more
Thank you very much Blanca and see you soon again!
I loved the wide variety of… read more
We hope to have you here… read more
They helped in different project such as painting some awesome drawing on… read more
They helped in different project such as painting some awesome drawing on… read more