Help a family with gardening and small DIY projects near Villebois-Lavalette, France

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  Description

  Hello,
  we are Pierre and Winnie and we live in our little paradise. You can find us in the Charente, about 25 minutes south of Angoulème and only 10 minutes from the Dordogne. We have about 2 hectares of forest, 3,5 hectares of grassland and a big lake. On the land we have about 80 fruit trees: apple, pear, kiwi, cherry, kaki, nashi, plum,... And we started a vegetable garden.
  Very often we have deer in our garden and there are often traces of wild boar too. Apart from that there are plenty of birds and insects to spot.
  
  We have moved here beginning July 2019 and we still have lots of things that need to be done and with which you can help us.
  We have 2 donkeys (Bob and Maxou)
  We have a daughter Martha who is 4 and our son Tobias who will be 3 in November.
  
  We live in a very rural area. Villebois-Lavalette is the closest town to us, with a supermarket and small market on Saturday, and this is at 8 minutes drive by car. It is very quiet here, it is easy to get used to the peacefulness surrounding us. There is little public transport here, so it is nicer for you to have a car or at least a driving licence. You will be able to go discover our region a lot easier that way.
  
  Pierre works full time in IT (Monday to Friday). Winnie is managing a cabin (at our lake) and a gite for 11 people (in the village).

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Végétarien ou végan

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Vie en van

  

  Films et télé

  

  Musique

  

  Langues

  

  Jardinage

  

  Dessin et peinture

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Nature

  

  Camping
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We are open to many initiatives, so you can suggest things too.
  We both speak fluent French and English, Winnie also speaks Dutch. We can help you with these languages.
  We live a very rural life with the closest little town at about 8 minutes by car. You can really enjoy time in nature, surrounded by few people and little noise.

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  Aide « au pair »

  De plus amples informations sont disponibles ici

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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

  What do we really need help with:
  Autumn holidays : Help out with the kids or with small building projects
  September/October: Help out with harvesting and making all sorts of preserves, help in the garden, etc
  November: Help out with the kiwi harvest, preparing the fruit trees for Winter, small maintenance jobs around the garden and the house
  the rest of time: anything mentioned in the list below :-)
  
  
  What do we need help with:
  - keeping the veggie plot going
  - if you like cooking, that is a welcome help as well ;-)
  - cutting away brambles, cleaning up the land and the garden (mainly weeding in the garden)
  - fruit picking, making jam and other preserves
  - if you know how to: taking down some dead trees and cutting wood
  - we also have some furniture that we want to give a new look if that is more your thing
  - we have an old building on our site where we need help to take down some walls and take the debris away
  - ...
  
  Harvesting is a huge task where we could use help. There is the picking of the fruit, but also the transforming of it, which takes most time. We currently dehydrate, freeze, transform them into jams or syrups, or put them onto syrups. Winnie likes exploring this a lot, so any idea you have is a possibility. June is cherry harvesting, from mid-August to end of September we have the apples, pears, plums, mirabelles, figs,... And then even later we have kaki's and kiwis, and wild mushrooms depending on the weather.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I would like to get my German up again. I speak French, English and Dutch fluently.
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  Hébergement

  We have a room with double bed (or 2 single beds) available in the house, so please enquire about this if this is what you are looking for. Outside there is plenty plenty plenty of space for you to hide out with a tent. A campervan is welcome too.
  
  We will enjoy the meals together on the working days, on the days off this will depend on what everyone is up too. The kitchen will always be available. Breakfast is usually bread and homemade jams, lunch and dinner are often warm meals, or a salad or soup, it all depends. We almost always eat glutenfree (except for breakfast, but if you are gluten intolerant just like Winnie, then just say it in advance and we will provide glutenfree bread or porridge for you too). We often eat vegetarian or even vegan, also here, if this is the kitchen you prefer, just tell us and we can play along. We love travelling and also travelling by food, so we would love it if you could cook a lunch/dinner for us during your stay.

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  Autres infos...

  We live in a rural area with a lot of nature. There is very little public transport available, so you need a bike or even better -sadly- a car. On your days off you can visit some small towns around us (Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Brantôme, Ribérac,...), go to Angoulème, go hike in nature, go swim in a river,... or just enjoy the peacefulness here at our house. The sea is at 1h30-2h from us, but it is rather busy there in July/August.
  
  Pierre and I met in Plum Village France, after we met we went on a 2 month trip to Sri Lanka and Kerala, India. 1 year after we met we moved into our house in Ronsenac.
  
  We have a camping car with which we travel. We plan on going to Morocco in January/February 2024.

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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 good internet connection. Pierre also works from home.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  A normal sized campervan is absolutely no problem and can be hooked up on electricity. For water we can try and see if there is a solution, depending if you need it.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  It is possible but depends on the pet. We have donkeys and our land is not entirely fenced. There is a lake with free access for animals too. We also have the woods just next door with lots of wild animals living there. We also have people renting our cabin all the time, we don't cross paths with them often, but they might cross paths with your pet. Please think about all this before coming with your pet.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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