Housesit, learn about self sustaining gardening and help me declutter in Delft, the Netherlands

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  Description

  Nederlanders welkom!
  
  We are looking for a vacation house sitter Jul 20 ish till Aug 9-16 ish who would come a few days before we leave so that we can train you in taking care of the house, garden and animals.
  
  We currently have seven cats, some of which are kittens and are for Sale.
  Also four big rabbits, four chickens. And a containerised kitchen garden.
  We grow tomatoes, herbs, citrus fruits, potatoes et cetera all in containers.
  There are a lot of trees and bushes in the garden that needs some serious cutting back..
  We try to have a closed loop in the garden meaning that we shred our cuttings in a wood shredder and then throw it back in the chicken coop for them to compost further.
  If you come, we will have a daily chore list plus some videos of the jobs that you can do while you are here. We try to do up to 5 hours per day, five days per week.
  
  If you are naturally organised and like to clean, organise and declutter this position might suit you!
  It is very important that you are not afraid of chickens and rabbits and are able to catch them and hold them.
  If you have no experiece with chickens and are generally good with animals and are not afraid to learn how to handle chickens that could work too.
  
  You would arrive and get a big intro to tending to the garden. Focus is also on helping to clean and declutter the house.
  
  The main task is taking care of the container kitchen garden, cats, rabbits and chickens.
  
  We harvest the produce and make pickles, dehydrate, can, etc. If you want to take care of the garden during this period, you will receive guidance and you can learn a lot quickly.
  
  It all comes close, so it's also important not to experiment or even be proactive. (In the past, this led, for example, to fertilizing plants that had already been fertilized and then were lost, overwatering which caused plants to die, damage to garden equipment, etc. So always first take a photo and communicate via whatsapp with initiatives.
  
  We're family with Mom, Dad, two sweet girls age 16 and 12.
  
  Mom is an author. Dad is a teacher at aviation engineering. Girls play bassoon, harp, love horses and have many playdates.
  Couples welcome.
  
  Please note that we would only socialise during working hours and maybe share one or two mealtimes per week. You would not be integrated in the rest of family life outside of working hours.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Enseignement

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  If you are interested to learn what its like to run a small family, become self sufficient with food and learn more about cleaning and decluttering, this would be a great opportunity!
  
  Delft is in the "green heart". Meaning miles and miles of green Dutch landscape to explore.
  
  We will do our best to help fulfill your wishes and needs.

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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

  Very important: you must not be afraid to catch and handle chickens and rabbits.
  We need you to do some housesitting when we are away in which case you need to be able to handle the chickens and rabbits.
  
  Help to take care of our rabbits and chickens and our No-Dig container garden. You would also help to keep the house clean and tidy.
  
  If you stay longer, Help with meal planning food prep. Decluttering projects.
  The rest is a bit of everything needed to run the household: Tidying up, laundry,
  Gardening
  
  Volunteering hours an average of 5 hour per day so 25 hours per week.
  
  Other tasks depend on your skills and wants and our needs.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant
  Français: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
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  Hébergement

  Outside your helping hours we’re not socialising except for maybe joining one or two meals per week.
  
  We have top notch raw food equipment available: Vitamix blender, Angel juicer, Sedona dehydrator, Easy green sprouter.
  
  About the house: There's a south facing 82 m2 waterfront garden next to the groundfloor kitchen.
  The 45 m2 living room is on the second floor and the bedrooms, bathroom and study are on the second.

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  Autres infos...

  There's a ton of things to do. Delft is a very pretty historical and student town. Lots of museums, festivals in the summer. Train station is 11 mins walk away and takes you to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and the rest of Europe and the world.

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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

  Suitable for digital nomads

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  A campervan could be parked on the driveway

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Un

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  Mes animaux

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