Help us with late summer/autumn fruit harvest in Velenov near Brno, Czechia

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  Description

  I am Marek, community school teacher and father of two daughters (10, 7).
  
  We live in a rural house with a decent garden. This summer and fall we expect quite a harvest of apples and pears so I figured that after several years I would like to invite someone from the wider workaway community to come and help out with the harvest.
  
  I offer a room, food, the occasional company of myself, my daughters and my girlfriend who often visits, as well as a beautiful spot in the north of Southern Moravian region of Czechia, about 50 min from Brno and 2.5 hrs from Prague, near the main railway corridor.
  
  Here's the job description:
  - Apples and pears are ripening from now till October. I'd love to have some of them turn into apple juice, jams or other forms of preserve. Experience with food preservation very welcome, almost essential!
  - Fixing vegetable patches for next year and do other garden maintenance help, designing permaculture-like elements for the next season.
  - English / Spanish conversation with the children
  - A stay of 14 days that could be extended based on our mutual fondness.
  
  Expectations/hopes:
  - I expect/hope for a respectful person(s) who is somewhat manually able, willing to interact with children, not too loud, not too shy, reasonably emotionally stable and flexible in their thinking, fond of cats and outdoors in general. Also, please don't expect too much comfort - while there's the toilet, fridge and all - but perhaps the bed is on the harder side, there's no microwave, no wifi (but mobile data work ok).
  - I'd love to bring in a person who is interested in permaculture, sustainable living and society. A natural philosopher would be fine (who can squeeze apples, though...half-way kidding there.
  - The house is in the middle of a small village, so no off-grid or extreme stuff like that. But I am interested in some elements of self-sufficiency.
  
  If you feel like exploring genuine not-at-all-touristy Czech countryside in an international-friendly ambient, contact me. Besides Czech, of course, I speak English, Spanish, Russian.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Culture

  

  Technologie

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Arts du spectacle

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Musique

  

  Langues

  

  Auto-stop

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Histoire

  

  Jardinage

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Astronomie

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Randonnée

  

  Montagne

  

  Nature
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  I am a person of many interests, intellectual and artistic - with decent traveling and living abroad experience (US, Russia, Spain) but also deeply rooted in our own Czech culture. I teach at an alternative high school topics ranging between languages-biology-evolution-psychology-community development-history-music. The house houses various musical instruments including the piano, guitar or a number of exotic instruments. There are also many beautiful natural sights like caves and castles - we really like trips and always have an extra seat in our car.

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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

  Copied from above:
  
  - Apples and pears are ripening from now till October. I'd love to have some of them turn into apple juice, jams or other forms of preserve. Experience with food preservation very welcome.
  - Fixing vegetable patches for next year and do other garden maintenance help, designing permaculture-like elements for the next season.
  - English / Spanish conversation with the children
  - A stay of 14 days that could be extended based on our mutual fondness.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Czech: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Russe: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  This applies mainly to the desire to expose our kids to natural bilingual environment.
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  Hébergement

  A room that is pretty much separate
  (not entirely, there's stuff in that room that I need from time to time, so it's not like an independent unit).
  
  Two persons can easily fit in there.
  
  Bathroom (with a bathtub, see picture) and kitchen are shared.
  
  The house has a large garden with lots of trees. There's also a barn and meadows and woods beyond it.

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  Autres infos...

  We live in a region of genuine Czech countryside with very few tourists (almost none from abroad).
  Beautiful natural and historical sights (castles, caves, medieval towns) are within a reasonable distance.

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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

  There's mobile data coverage but I don't own a wi-fi router. I use my own phone as a hotspot generally.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  There is space in the backyard for a van, up to 2,5 m of height I suppose.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  probably not (there are cats in the house and yard)

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  

  Raisa

  guinea pig

  

  Africa

  

  Benny, Bequi and Bechi

  

  Tunta

  

  Kotenac

  

  Licorice

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