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HELP NEEDED STARTING FROM APRIL 2025:
> gardening & landscaping
> veggie / fruits garden
> general maintenance
Minimum stay 2 WEEKS
We are a couple (42 and 35) living in the Tuscan countryside since 6 years.
We have a small farmstead with olive trees, saffron, fruit and vegetable garden, then there's woods, a small lake and a eco-camping.
We've renovated and moved here end of summer 2018. We are located on a hill among the woods - quiet, very isolated and with an amazing view.
We need help in the house and in the garden: bush clean up, mow grass, harvesting herbs, fruits and veggies, wood chopping, maintenance and carpentry, building and fixing things, managing the garden and plants, etc.
we are on Workaway because we love meeting travelers and sharing our lifestyle with them!
PLEASE NOTE we do not accept volunteers who need the residency address for the citizenship request, sorry for that.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We are an architect and a digital marketer who moved to the countryside and away from Milan a couple years ago.
By staying with us you most probably get a good feeling of what living in the Tuscan countryside means: extraordinary skies and sunsets, homegrown italian food and many other beautiful things. It also means hard work, sore hands and arms, wild nature, silence and isolation.
You will share our lifestyle and activities during your stay. Help and learn to take care of the vegetable and fruit garden, and outdoor and indoor maintenance of our home. We often have friends visiting and we host parties every now and then. We've travelled a lot around the world and are happy to share experiences and meet other travellers.
You can check our Instagram profile to get a sneak peak of life here
Aide
More generally, help can vary a lot in the seasons and it includes anything in our personal garden and house., for example:
> outdoors: clean and cut trees and bushes, chop woods, dig the soil for new plants, harvest fruits and vedgetables, general gardening, move stuff (woods, vases, etc), build or fix structures (eg. fences, shed etc)
> in the house: general house keeping and cleaning, help cook, building or fixing furniture, building new architectures (tables, chairs etc).
It is mainly physical work, it can be tough but all the help is manageable if you are fit or practice some sport. Workaways Andre not employees and do not take any part in our business activity.
We live in an isolated place, which makes it very unique because you feel immersed into nature, but it can feel lonely if you are not used to it. You'll love it if you are a person who enjoys alone time and entertains with outdoors activities into nature.
We also have our own jobs (architect and digital marketer) so we do spend time during the day in the studio with our laptops and wifi. Some days you might take care of your tasks by yourself after being instructed on how to do them.
*Seasonal major activities*
SPRING (Mar-Jun): cut trees and bushes, clean up the garden, mow grass, building new furniture/wood structures, sanding and painting, digging and planting veggies and herbs
SUMMER (Jul-Aug): harvest fruit and vegetables, cook and bottle preserves
AUTUMN (Sept-Nov): we're busy on the farm with harvests (hemp, saffron, olives) we need volunteers to help with olives and in all tasks related to preparation for winter: wood chopping, cut bushes, mow grass, maintenance in the house, landscaping and new plants
Winter: we usually travel and do not need help!
Workawayers who come to stay with us are not employees and do not take in part in the "business" work. You will help with all the tasks and hard work that living in the country side requires and help with all daily tasks related.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Italien: Courant
Espagnol: IntermédiaireCet 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.
Hébergement
Workawayers are welcome to stay in one of the guest rooms in the house. The house is newly renovated with all comforts.
If the house is full (friends often come to visit!) we have an independent caravan close to the house (interiors renovated, shared toilet with shower inside the house)
We expect Workawayers to keep the room clean and tidy - we've put a lot of hard work in the renovation and care deeply for our home, please respect that.
You might share the room/caravan with other workaway travelers. Please let us know in advance if there's a problem with that.
Please note that the house is 5km from the nearest town (you can check on Google maps Agricola Ombra in Lajatico). The road for the large part is a dirt road and there is no public transport.
We do drive to town every couple days and you are welcome to get a ride. Lajatico it's a small town with just a few food shops, a restaurant and one bar.
We provide food for 3 meals a day - breakfast, lunch and dinner - drinks excluded. We usually eat all together :)
When you join us for meals you are expected to help out. We are not vegan nor vegetarian and we eat mainly local or homegrown food. If you are on a special diet we will try to provide suitable ingredients.
In summer season in Tuscany there is water shortage, so we must avoid its waste, and it's very hot.
In the house live two sweet (and big) dogs and a cat.
Autres infos...
From the farm there are many trekking tours and natural attractions (waterfalls, ponds, windmills, etc).
We are 5 km from Lajatico, the nearest town - which is famous for hosting Teatro del Silenzio and Bocelli's yearly concert.
Beach is 45 minutes drive away. By car you can visit all main attractions of Tuscany:
Volterra - 20 min drive
San Giminiano - 40 min drive
Pisa - 50 min drive
Florence - 1 hr drive
Lucca - 1 hr drive
Siena - 2 hr drive
We can help rent a bike or car.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We have Starlink satellite connection
Espace pour garer des vans
The road to home is a bit rocky and uphill but manageable.
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I recommend them to… read more
No matter if we were alone with them or if there were many other helpers, we always got along great and felt very comfortable during the stay.
The food was super delicious and the room and bathroom we had to ourselves was more than we had expected. It was clean and very cozy.
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The warmhearted attitude continued throughout the whole stay and it really felt like… read more
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I recommend them to… read more
No matter if we were alone with them or if there were many other helpers, we always got along great and felt very comfortable during the stay.
The food was super delicious and the room and bathroom we had to ourselves was more than we had expected. It was clean and very cozy.
For the month we… read more
The warmhearted attitude continued throughout the whole stay and it really felt like… read more
He is a great cook, we are still trying to make hummus as good as his!!
She is hardworking, reliable and committed. She helped out in the garden, on the construction site of a wood shed and she is great help around the house. We’re happy to have her back anytime she’s is Europe!
Caterina and Francesco are a super lovely and welcoming couple who live in a very beautiful part of Tuscany in a cosy house that they’ve worked incredibly hard to renovate.
I loved my time here because for me it was so nice to get away from the busy city and I really enjoyed being somewhat… read more
Being a really good carpenter and architect he took the lead of our group in the construction of two wood cabin/platforms. He is organized, calm and precise. He took the time to… read more
He is also really… read more
She helped us out in the olive harvest, saffron harvest, hemp trimming, she was a great hand around the house and she also did house+dog sitting while we were gone for a few weeks.
She is reliable, polite, respectful of others, interesting and sweet. We loved our… read more
Gianluca is super hardworking with many handy practical skills, Chiara is very precise and into details. They have been always very reliable… read more
I found it unbelievable how kind and caring Caterina and Fransesco were, always making sure I was enjoying the work I did and making sure… read more
She was excited to work… read more
