Help with caring for animals and gardening in Grünow, Germany

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  Description

  Hi. I am a 55 year old, gay Australian school teacher here in north Brandenburg, connected by 15 minute bus to the trainline Stralsund-Berlin.
  
  I've been here for 4 years developing my self-sufficiency small landholding (cottage-barn with orchards, permaculture woodlet, nut coppice, grazing animals, fowl, vegetable garden, flowers and edible hedges). With my friendly dog Max.
  
  My village is small about 12 km from Prenzlau. I enjoyed wwoofing in Tasmania and have extra rooms for volunteering guests on my farmlet.
  
  I speak German, English, bad Danish, some Spanish, worse French but I try. But! It's primitive here - bucket toilet for the compost, rainwater, and shower has to be connected. But electricity, internet, streetlights and recycling bins, town water.
  
  Basically, I often need just another pair of hands with things like mulching, poles, ladders. If y're good at handwork, great! I live without a car. If you bring a dog, it can't be male, sorry. Mine won't like that. That's us. Jon

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Entretien général
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Share mealtimes, chatting, practising languages. Recommend things to do nearby, lend bike. Work in projects together.

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  Aide

  Help with projects - I only have the one pair of hands.
  
  Feeding and watering the animals (goat, geese, ducks, hens, sheep), some fencework, garden-watering, Holding s ladder for me, caring for young animals, chopping wood in winter.
  
  Foodwise, I would offer three meals a day/shared cooking. And produce from the garden, orchards and Livestock.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Danish: Intermédiaire
  Espagnol: Débutant
  Français: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I like languages
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  Hébergement

  You can have your own room/s or put up a tent. Or park a caravan/van.

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  Autres infos...

  Prenzlau has many medieval buildings, cloister museum, to huge lakes, shopping, train 90 mins to Berlin or 2 hrs to the Baltic Sea. The village has friendly folks, a tiny minimuseum, and old fashioned train days. Megalithic and Slavic sites, bikepaths. UNESCO Biosphere Schorfheide and Uckermark protected areas not far. Hourly buses to beautiful unwar-destroyed Templin with spa, to Schwerin, to Angermünde. Stettin Poland (Szczecin) is only 40 away - culture, castles, shopping, scene, tourism. If that's yr thing. Cheap Deutschland Public Transport Card.
  I expect you to be friendly, tolerant, open.

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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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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Small. Place to park is in sheep Paddock with electric cord to house

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  No male dogs outside campervan, caravan, car. My dog is super friendly but doesn't like other male dogs. Sorry!

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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 // Maximal 4-5 Stunden am Tag, 5 Tage die Woche