Help us creating food-forest garden and more in Gennes-Ivergny, France

Infos

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  Description

  We are Edward and Lydia, a retired English couple living in a remote hamlet in Northern France, with a developing food-forest permaculture garden, a comfortable but rickety farmhouse and various outbuildings in assorted states of decay and renovation. We eat well, cooking food fresh from our garden and from the local markets, and we enjoy music and dance.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Learn with us rather than from us about permaculture, agroforestry, and traditional and modern building techniques.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  There's always stuff to do: pruning, digging, harvesting, building renovation and maintenance, housework, weeding. Practical skills are helpful, but we like to share what we have learned and to learn new skills together.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire

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  Hébergement

  Accommodation is usually in basic but comfortable bedrooms in the main house. In summer, possibly camping in a dedicated camping field. Bath and shower provided. Meals are taken together round the kitchen or dining-room table; everyone helps - if not with the cooking, then with the clearing up. Lunch is the main meal of the day, breakfast and supper are smaller meals. Diet is omnivorous, leaning heavily towards the plant-based and minimising ultra-processed food - we are happy to welcome and cater for vegetarians.

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  Autres infos...

  We're a few km from local towns etc, and there's no public transport, so mostly we rely on the fibre internet connection for our entertainment. Bicycles available to explore the local countryside and to go into town. We would collect travellers from the mainline railway station, about 35km away.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have a 1Gb/s fibre internet connection, and quiet desk space. However, it would be the volunteer's responsibility to comply with French social security and workplace law.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Smaller vans only. Larger vans will find it difficult to negotiate the track to the camping field.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Well-behaved dogs are acceptable; however, we are surrounded by farms with livestock often including suckler cows (suckler cows get very aggressive towards dogs and their owners, instinctively protecting their young), and the dog will need to come to an accommodation with the Tom, the resident cat.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  2-3 hours most days, occasionally more.