Come and help us with house and garden in a small hamlet in the Midi Pyrenees, France

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  I am English and my husband is French . We moved here from England 16 years ago. We have about three hectares of land. As we are in a valley most of it is woodland with an area of meadow and a large vegetable and flower garden. Every year we open once or twice for Open Gardens, to raise money for charity. We can't change the world, but we can make sure that our land is managed to encourage biodiversity. Opening the garden allows us to meet like minded people and encourage others to garden organically. We cut the meadow once or twice a year to encourage wildflowers. In the winter we cut our own wood, coppice and try to manage it for wildflowers. We have a Jack Russell called Priska, 2 cats, two chickens, lots of ducks, and incredible insects and butterflies ..

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral

  Ajuda com computadores/internet
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Meal times are important, a time to talk and learn from each other.we are a mix of english culture and french.

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  Projetos que envolvem crianças

  Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

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  Ajuda

  We cut the meadow gradually so we have different heights of grass , but all the grass has to be collected. This is done manually as we have quite steep slopes.Some of the slopes are terraced, but these are becoming very overgrown so they need to be cleared with a brushcutter. Work and maintenance on the paths so we have access with the motorised wheelbarrow. Lots of other jobs in the garden, picking fruit and vegetables, then preserving and baking. I bake nearly all the bread and lots of cakes. We are not vegetarain, but we do not eat a lot of meat. We grow most of our vegetables.
  
  August is generally hot. The house needs attention, a good clean and windows and doors need wood protection. More fruit and vegetables from the garden. The banks of the stream need attention and more of the meadow needs to be cut
  
  September, seed collection, fruit and veg to be dealt with. Fire wood needs to be brought in for winter. We are hoping to go away for a week to see family, so we might ask you to house sit, water and look after the animals
  
  October, is the main month for dealing with the garden,. moving, dividing and potting up plants.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Fluente

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  Acomodação

  A separate chalet in the garden with a double bed. Compost toilet in the garden and shower and wash basin in the top of the barn

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  Algo mais...

  We live in a small hamlet, beside a stream. The nearest village (La Bastide L\'Eveque) is 3 km and the nearest town (Villefranche de Rouergue) 11Km. There are bicycles. There are lots of paths for walking, including a GR. You can swim in the Aveyron river, just 2km. 10 minutes walk from the house we have the Martinet, where they used the water to work the copper. It is now a museum, with demonstrations.We have a piano and my husband plays the guitar. His first love is gypsy jazz, but he plays all sorts.
  We welcome most people but we don''t think we could cope with Donald Trump's supporters.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Este anfitrião pode fornecer espaço para vans.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  2

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  Horas previstas

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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