Share some music and help us with house and garden in the Midi Pyrenees, France

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  I am English and my husband is French . We moved here from England 18years 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. We can't change the world, but we can make sure that our land is managed to encourage biodiversity. 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

  Cuidar de casas e pets
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  Interesses

  

  Mascotes

  

  Sustentabilidade

  

  Música

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Carpintaria

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Livros

  

  Animais

  

  Naturaleza
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Meal times are important, a time to talk and learn from each other. I normally cook all the meals, but I encourage our workaways to prepare a meal for us all to share. We love trying new foods and finding new ways to make use of the fruit and vegetables in the garden. We provide the food and accommodation, in return we profit from the extra help and hopefully new ideas.

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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 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.
  May, lots to do in the garden and catch up on some housework .Possibility to house sit for a few days.
  
  June, we start to cut the meadow, watering systems to be put in place, fruit to pick and jam to make. We also need somebody reliable to look after everything whilst we visit family.
  
  July, often hot so the main focus will be the house where it is cooler.
  
  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.
  
  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 normally walk Priska every morning, helpers are welcome to join us as we know all the paths.
  We welcome most people but not supporters of Donald Trump.

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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

  Access is tricky for very large vans. Need to park on a slight slope

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  2

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  

  Merlin

  Merlin is very affectionate with me, tolerates Yves, loves Priska and hates strangers. He normally hides when people arrive, it takes a while for him get used to new people

  

  Priska

  Female Jack russell, loves people, but not too sure about children.
  She was 5 months old when she arrived and then there was Covid so she just didn't have much contact with children. She is quite timid, but very gentle. Likes to dig holes and chase balls.

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