Help us with our olive groves and enjoy a cultural exchange in Aix en Provence, France

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  Description

  Hi !
  
  We welcome workawayers twice per year:
  
  °°°In March/April to help with the olive tree trimming.
  
  This year we are accepting two helpers as soon as March 15, for at least two full weeks.
  
  
  Please get in touch if you're interested in using a secateur/pruning shears (manual or electric), in Aix en Provence, as well as gathering the branches, piling and probably even burning them ! What fun !
  
  °°°In September/October it's time to clean up the grounds, a lot of raking to do, then attack the olive recolt.
  
  There are always miscellaneous tasks to do; triming, cutting, raking, piling wood, painting, etc.
  
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  Hi, I'm a Canadian, from Vancouver, living in Aix en Provence for the last 30 years. We have a large property with over 100 olive trees and always need assistance with that ! You'll have your own private bedroom and will share the shower room/wc with another workawayer or woofer.
  
  We welcome helpers in March, April, September, October.
  
  In March and April : olive tree trimming, fertilizing, digging out baby olive trees and replantig them
  
  In September, October, is the time for preparing the fields for the large tarps (filets), then finally, in October, starting the recolt.
  
  Trimming other trees and bushes, raking, retrieving wood from the forest, chopping, piling, is an all-year affair.
  
  We'd like to fix up the caravane so that we may welcome a woofer or workawayer in it.
  We've built a chicken house and appreciate your assistance in taking care of our three girls !
  They provide 1 - 3 eggs per day ! WOW
  
  Inside the house you'll find our two daughters, 24 years old, in need of help with Italian; we can offer French and English in exchange.
  
  We ask for 5 hours of help per day, five days per week. To keep you happy and satisfied we try our best to furnish everything you need during your stay; your help is greatly appreciated !
  
  We offer 3 simple meals per day (breakfast consists of bread or toasts, jam/butter/cheese/fruit/yogurt, coffee, tea), lunch could be sandwiches, pasta, while the main meal in the evening is shared with the family and could be just about anything.
  If you need particular food items, lke sugar and snacky foods, I can drive you to the Auchan 5 minutes away where you can buy everything you'd like.
  We are a carnivores but eat a varied diet. I buy organic when I can, but not always. Vegetarians and vegans are welcome; If you have other special dietary needs we will do our best to accommodate you.
  
  All guests have taken advantage of our proximity to the centre of Aix (by bus 15 minutes max), and to Marseille (30 minutes extra), as well as the beautiful weather enjoyed here in the south of France.
  
  We have a larger property in Nyons in the Drôme where you'd be welcome as well; the Domaine de Chausan is the large red building in the photos.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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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 live in a rural environment but we're only a short drive (5 minutes) from the centre of Aix where you can enjoy the city life, attend exhibitions, visit museums, colorful markets, etc. Working with olive trees will bring you knowledge of this particular type of agriculture. We have bee hives on our property, owned by a local bee keeper; if you're interested in that we can get ask David to tell you all about his job (he keeps his bees on our land in exchange for a few jars of honey per year).Our family is bilingual English/French and happy to communicate in either language. I teach English in Aix to children and adults. We have a 4 year-old dog of mixed race, and two 4-month old kittens.

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  Aide

  Outside help would be maintaining the olive trees, trimming, watering, weeding; cutting grass, tidying up, digging, raking and filling up the holes the dogs or wild boars have made !
  Hopefully by the time you read this we will have started our chicken house......
  Inside help would be assistance house cleaning, painting if we get around to it !

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Italien: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  My husband Benoit speaks Italian very well, along with some Provençale. He is a history fanatic, can spend the night in discussion. The girls are perfectly bilingual English/French; while my mother tongue is English, my French is very good.
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  Hébergement

  We live on the ground floor of a large house. The upstairs is completely independant with kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, etc. Usually two of these bedrooms are rented by students, who consider this their home.
  
  There are two bedrooms for workawayers. You are considered invited guests and are expected to follow the rules of the house (don't touch things that don't belong to you, clean up after yourself).
  All of your meals (which we provide), are had upstairs in the kitchen or on the terrasse with your partner workawayer, except for the evening meal during the week when we sit down all together.
  We have discovered that most guests go exploring during the weekend and meal provision is sometimes unnecessary; we play that by ear.

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  Autres infos...

  The bus passes in front of the house; you'll be in Aix en Provence in 15 minutes; from there the world is your oyster, going to Marseille, côte d'azur......

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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 no problems with internet/fibre !

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have plenty of room for any size camper.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  No problem with well-behaved pets. We have a dog ourselves.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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