Help us revive a beautiful piece of land in Guarda, Central Portugal

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  Description

  This past autumn, we have bought an old farm in Central Portugal with about 3,5 hectares of land, boulders, several smaller and bigger ponds, meandering streams of water coming from the nearby Estrela mountains and lots and lots of fruit trees. The land has not been attended to for years, so it needs care on quite a few levels.
  
  So much so, that we really could do with some help. We are currently busy restoring our old farm, but also hope to revitalize the surrounding land, clear waterways, build more natural pools and ponds (aside from reviving the ones already sitting on the land), prune trees, harvest and plant new ones. There's lots of them here: from a vineyard to orange, lemon, mandarin, pomegranate, apple, fig, cherry, pear and almond trees and hundreds of olive trees.
  
  Our aim is to turn it into a thriving place where we have, in addition to the accommodations we have now, small (cob style) eco-builds on the land where people can stay.
  
  Oh and perhaps also good to mention: as there will be plenty of time to relax, you'll have a sauna, trampoline and ping pong table at your disposal! Plus, our pool will soon be turned into a lush natural pool including waterfall (and we have an old granite water tank we have dubbed the "Roman bath" you can dip in any time). :)

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Bénévolat

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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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

  We can offer you -what we believe to be- a peaceful, beautiful -and piece of land with quite dramatic backdrop, with terraces, boulders and varying vegetation, at the foot of the Portuguese Estrela mountains. Depending on what stage we are at with renovating our farm, you can either stay in our large sized, seventies campervan, our gypsy trailer or in our guesthouse. In addition, we hope to offer you lots of opportunities to learn about permaculture, organic farming, natural builds, pond & water management and natural pool creations!

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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

  It's by no means a must, enthusiasm for us is key, but we'd love to have people with knowledge of gardening, farming, permaculture, eco-building, natural building and building at large, off grid living as well as water management or natural pool building.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant
  Français: Débutant
  Portugais: Débutant

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  Hébergement

  Depending on where we are with renovating our farm, we can offer you either our guesthouse (an independent house with a bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom), our gypsy trailer (which is sitting secluded on the land and only contains 1 space with a bedroom & heater), our large seventies Hymer van (with several double beds, shower, toilet and kitchen) and the possibility of a daily meal(s).
  
  But you could also help create small cob and/or strawbale houses, or refurbish one of the 3 sheds on the land into tiny houses, in which you can then stay as well.
  
  Or if you have your own camper van you wish to stay in on our land, then by all means be our guest.

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  Autres infos...

  We live close to the Serra da Estrela mountains and its national park, but there are also lots of ancient and not so ancient historic sites nearby that are worth visiting. Guarda and Covilha are the cities closest to us, but if you want serious haute culture, Porto is the place to be (but 2 hours driving from here).

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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

  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Female dogs, cats & other pets are welcome, but we do want to be informed about it in advance

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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