Help around our old farm in the Ardèche mountains, France

Infos

• 

  Description

  We are Florent and Astree, a French couple living in the Ardèche Mountains with our baby girl Luna, born in november 2024.
  We have been renovating an old farm since november 2020, qbut still have some work to do on it. We also pick and transform apples and sweet chestnuts from our land (end of september to mid November).
  
  In summer time (JUNE-JULY-AUGUST) we take care of a natural camping site at the river, with a little restaurant, it’s very quiet and friendly, and like 10 minutes from home. Unfortunately we cannot welcome any workawayers on that little camping site as we cannot afford an employee (it’s very small and our only income of the year). This is the law with this website regarding business es of all kinds, thanks a lot for understanding. Being very busy with this season, we don't spend time at home so cannot welcome helpers at home either.
  
  At home we have a small guest room for one or two people, not very big but at least you have your privacy, and the rest of the house is very big we can share all this space with you, watching a film some evenings on our projector, platine board games, and sharing good moments eating together (all homemade and organic food).
  
  We ask for your help 5 hours a day and 5 days a week. You could also do longer days and have more free days to go and visit places if you prefer. In exchange of small but cosy accommodation and all the meals provided. 1 week minimum would be great for you to stay.
  
  Tasks will be very various depending on what is going on at the time we welcome you : dry stone walls to re-build on our land, taking care of trees, gardening, cooking together, some house renovations, picking apples and chestnuts ..
  
  We have two cats living inside the house.
  
  We usually take a break and go travelling between January and march (it might depend of our plans. don’t hesitate to contact us anyways if you’d prefer this time of the year)
  
  We both speak English as we spent 5 years in the UK where Flo was learning instrument making.
  
  Hope to meet you soon in our beautiful mountains !

• 

  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

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
• 

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

  ...

  ...

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
• 

  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  You will be immersed in a very wild and preserved part of France in the mountains with beautiful lanscapes. You can go cycling, running, hiking, rock climbing, and all river sports also around here. In the summer we can bath in the beautiful river (fresh but absolutely pure from the mountain). We can speak French with you if you want to practice. We will cook nice meals for you and would love to also try your cooking (we love trying different types of cooking). We want you to feel like you’re home !

• 

  Aide

  we will ask for 5 hours of help per day, 5 days a week (you could also do longer days and have more free days to go and visit places if you prefer). In exchange of small but cosy accommodation and all the meals provided. 1 week minimum would be great for you to stay.
  Depends on when you come throughout the year and what you feel comfortable with. Picking apples and making apple juice, picking chestnuts, helping with house eco renovating, gardening…

• 

  Langues parlées

  Français: Courant
  Anglais: Intermédiaire

• 

  Hébergement

  Private accommodation with access to shared bathroom. All meals shared with us unless you want to go away for some full days to visit around. Also if we are away (once a week max) you could prepare your food with our ingredients

• 

  Autres infos...

  Very nice places and activities to explore around, see in the description.
  Transport is a little difficult here without a car but hitchhiking works very well. Also if you take a train then a bus to Aubenas we can pick you up there at the bus station

• 

  Informations complémentaires

  • 

    Accès Internet

  • 

    Accès Internet limité

  • 

    Nous avons des animaux

  • 

    Nous sommes fumeurs

  • 

    Familles bienvenues

• 

  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  A desk with internet in your bedroom

• 

  Espace pour garer des vans

  We don’t have a huge parking though

• 

  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

Sécurité du site

Feedback (1)