Help with gardening and daily life close to Budapest

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  Description

  We are a family of 5. My wife is from Transylvania and grew up in an off grid community, until she was 10 years old, using a bartering system, exchanging goods, produce and physical work. I was born and raised on the California coast and moved to Virginia as an adult. Our two boys were born in Virginia. When they reached the ages of 3 and 5, we thought we would expose them to a different culture and smaller community life, so we moved to Hungary.
  Our family is multi-lingual. The children are fluent in English and Hungarian, and my wife is also fluent in Romanian as well. We are big in crafting with leather and wood and play music together most days (drums, violin, banjo, recorder, harmonica, guitar, accordion, etc) .
  We also like to organize farm to table events in the summer.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Aide à la maison
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Learn ethical practices for living simply and resiliently
  Learn about harvesting wild foods
  Learn how to work with traditional building materials
  Learn how to use recycled, scavenged and natural material
  Learn how to set up an off-grid solar system
  Learn how to work with animals, from goats, to poultry
  Learn to milk goats
  Learn how to grow mushrooms
  Learn to bake fresh bread from ancient grains
  Learn to make cheese and much more
  Wake up to the sounds of nature, absent of cars or city noises. Center yourself among blooming cherry trees and songs of the birds as you drink a fresh ground cup of coffee and bite into a slice of fresh baked bread. Walk the homestead and great the chickens and ducks as you make your way to the back garden. Put in some honest tasks either digging and mixing soil, tending to the vegetable garden or nursery, feeding/milking the goats, planting a couple fruit trees or building a fence from locally collected trees.

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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

  We are in the process of turning all 3 properties into self-sustainable farms using natural, permaculture/bio-dynamic practices and techniques that we have learned over the years. Currently we have projects that range from planting bushes, trees gardens, making a fishpond, swales for water retention to working with animals, milking goats and turning to cheese to construction with traditional building materials and techniques. All properties have off-grid solar panel systems.
  Planting vegetable gardens, digging swales, planting herbs
  Garden maintenance, harvesting veggies, developing swales for water retention
  Converting soil for organic agriculture, Clear brush
  Building and outside shower, build fences for gardens and animals
  Help with animals such as goats and maybe cows
  Restore stone built buildings with hand made bricks and mortar
  Please keep in mind that making cheese is seasonal.
  Walking our dog twice a day it is very important.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Hungarian: Courant
  Romanian: Courant
  Espagnol: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  If you speak a foreign language, you can practice English with us and we can help you perfect your English.
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  Hébergement

  We have 3 properties in Hungary that we are developing for sustainable living, to teach our children the values and lessons from living a simple life in harmony with nature. We are obsessed with alternative living . One property, our main residence, is in a small village North West of Budapest. Here we have an off-grid solar system, ducks and chickens, a green house, young fruit trees and a permaculture/bio-dynamic garden and forest garden. The other 2 properties are 8km away (close to Pilis hills) on a hill with a scenic view. There we have a fruit tree orchard, with various cherry, plum and other fruit trees, goats and off-grid living tiny houses.
  We have separate rooms or apartment or tiny houses or tent.

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  Autres infos...

  We enjoy growing, harvesting and cooking our own food and sourcing our own materials for making crafts, structures and instruments. Hiking in local vineyards or walking along ancient Roman roads is as close as walking up the street. Bluegrass banjo often generates a improvisational sing-a-long and frequent quests keep each day eventful and unpredictable. Budapest is easily accessible by car or bus and we often go for a day trip.

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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 do have two off grid tiny houses to use for long term.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have big fields for parking.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Dogs, cats yes no rats or snakes

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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