Help us around our family farm and olive harvest while experiencing off grid living in Capestang, South of France

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  Descrição

  Hi ! this is Terii from the south of France ! Very quiet and peaceful place. We are a family based near Capestang a little city in the south of France. I run a small olive farm in the middle of nature.
  
  
  What we need help with now:
  
  Help with gardening, (harvesting OLIVE in october, november, December and sometimes in January) , building few things like a Solar dryer, a greenhouse and more ! The project is to build an off grid place to stay for travellers as I'm one, having a garden, growing food naturaly, filtering water, planting fruit trees and herbals plants and having fun connecting to the land !
  
  
  On the farm we grow mainly olive trees, and grapes ( old vineyard) and a smaller amount of Cactus, (Fruit trees we are planting now) we have fig trees, (avocado trees we are planting, peaches as well), etc. We are transforming the non ecological agriculture land farm step by step into a NATURAL designed fruit-forest, planting more plants and diverse trees, with a focus on species that need little water !
  
  
  This is not a business oriented farm. It is for NATURAL farming, overstanding and connecting with the land is the main purpose here. To have fun, learn and grow our REAL organic food, Any work here in the farm and in my house is complete benevolat/volunteer in exchange of a safe and nurturing place to stay and food.
  
  The farm is located in Capestang, France.
  
  My house is in the mountain about 50 minutes driving from the farm. so there is no restaurant or coffeshop here. litteraly nothing ! nothing around except fews houses and cows and horses ! SO You can enjoy nature, the forest, very calm and stunning mountain in the south of France.
  Our lifestyle is very simple, we live in ancient "farmhouse" away from the busy cities. It's similiar to a Temple !
  
  It gets very hot in summer and cold in the winter. As such, we ask you to prepare yourself for the expected weather. (warm clothes in winter as well as a warm sleeping bag if you can carry that with you)
  
  
  Please bring your own towels if possible, working clothes (we can borrow some if needed but it’s not guaranteed that we have your size)
  
  
  You as a helping guest :
  
  We welcome all people who aspire to lead a disciplined, ecological life and have a positive attitude to life and physical work. At the moment we have a special need for helpers who have solid experience in setting up and maintaining a functional garden, in building/ eco-construction, general construction, as well as woodwork.
  
  You will help 5 hours per day, 5 days a week. (Cleaning of the common areas is not included in this working time, and we consider around 30 mins/day of kitchen or common area or bathroom cleaning a necessary contribution to a tidy and clean community space)
  
  If you appear to be unwilling to follow the clearly mentioned rules even after reminding you of them, we will kindly ask you to leave within one day.
  
  We can pick you up from the train or bus station after agreeing on a time and place.
  
  Food : Vegan living food
  
  We have been eating vegan food in the past 10 years, We have salad and vegetables from the garden, fruits we mostly buy from local organic growers, except foursome fruits that we have.
  We offer one prepared (raw or not) vegan meal for lunchtime. This meal is prepared by us or volunteers for all. For breakfast we will provide something like porridge made of chia seeds, oats, sunflower seeds, cacao powder and fresh season fruits.
  
  For dinner we will have to talk about that as in general we do not eat 3 times a day but 2 times and snacks. Our previous guests have always been very happy and joyful about the variety and taste of the available fruit, vegetables and dry foods.
  
  The food is served on the farm or in the living-room area and. People who want to change their diet and would like to know more about (raw) vegan food are very welcome.
  
  
  Communication :
  
  Respect and gratitude should be the basic attitudes.
  
  
  Duration of stay :
  
  A minimum of two and a maximum of four weeks is the duration we like our working guests to stay. A longer stay is possible as well !
  
  
  Special rules we ask you to follow
  
  - We expect the people to live clean vegan diet on the farm and in the house, no cigarettes smoking, drugs or alcohol.
  
  - Please bring along only natural soaps and shampoos, thank you (from the trees). we ask you to shower as short as possible.
  
  - Please respect the calmness of the place and do not put loud music publicly (only with earphones).
  
  - If you like to help less than the required hours or cannot help due to some reason, we can reach other agreements that we can discuss in a call beforehand. In the case of inability to help because of sickness longer than one day, we would kindly ask you to contribute economically.
  
  - Since we have a cat, please do not bring dogs along.
  
  - You need to have your own health insurance.
  
  - Group-meetings: we have meetings to talk about your needs and our needs.
  
  
  Cleanliness :
  
  Everyone is expected to help with cleaning about 30 minutes per day. The kitchen and bedroom is to be broomed and cleaned daily.
  
  Laundry 1 time a week : you can give us your laundry and we will wash it with the machine . We only use natural soaps for washing. You can also wash by hand if you like.
  
  Internet
  
  - We don’t have wifi internet. Please bring your own internet (we can help you to get it easily : 20 euros for a month of 4G).
  
  
  PS :
  
  Please NOTE that this is a private farm. Only for our us and travellers. So we do not sell veggie or have a huge farm. We are going one step at the time, one tree at the time, one seed at the time to become in soon future fully off grid and not buying food from outside.
  
  On the way to the farm there is an organic market, a supermarket and a local fruit growers if you need extra fruits for you.
  
  You can enjoy walks in nature, forest, very calm and stunning mountain.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  many things to offer, secrets of meditaranneen diet to discover, many veggies, seasoning locals herbs and wild fruits and greens depending on the season. Yoga and Meditation. Learning to cook delicious meals as we are chefs and diet expert. How to make compost and grow food. Learn more about gardening and planting fruit trees. Enjoy the SUN and above all learn more about the secrets of Olive farming, harvesting olive and making the SPECIAL OLIVE OIL :))

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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

  gardening and farming at our olive farm so it can be harvesting olive depending on the season, composting, building a greenhouse, help around the house like general cleaning of the outdoors, general maintenance, for winter like helping chopping wood for fire, help in preparing the food. Mainly helping at the farm, preparing the land for planting, planting fruit trees and veggies

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Fluente

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  Acomodação

  Private Room or Shared room depending on how many people are here.
  2 single beds and 1 double bed. shared clean kitchen and bathroom. This is in our house.
  
  
  Sometimes we sleep at the farm so we have private Tents(double and single bed) for summer and 2 Volkswagen Vans (double bed) in the garden, shared clean kitchen and bathroom. we enjoy the fireplace and sleep at the farm.
  
  Mattress and all the bedding needed is provided. please bring our sleeping bag if you have one.
  
  As mentionned, I provide all necessary food for breakfast : fruits for morning veggies and everything needed for lunch.
  
  Helpers can access the kitchen and be free to make their own food for dinners and sundays as long as everything is keept clean. Fresh Veggies from our farm or local farms. Fresh and clean drinking water is provided. This is a strict vegetarian place so no animal meat in the house or on the farm. guest have to be commited to try a new experience. It's mediterraneen climate so we have so many veggies and fruits...

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  Algo mais...

  swimming in lake, river and the sea. Visiting Canal du Midi. Enjoying high quality veggies and fruits from local farmers. Hiking and walking in the beautiful nature of France !

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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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