General help with our little family in the mountains of Ariège, PYRENEES France

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  4 years ago we decided to settle down here in the mountains of Ariège, Pyrenees, in a rather wild, isolated place. We adopted a simplier way of life, closer to nature. We are in the process of renovating a little typical mountain house, called « grange ». This place is simply stunning to us, it is very calm, the view is magnificent, the possibilities endless in this magical place…
  It only requests lots of physical effort, for sure. There isn’t a big proportion of flat ground here !
  
  We love farming, cultivating as much as living in the middle of the forest.
  We have a vegetable garden and a greenhouse, an orchard (the trees are young for now), a medicinal garden and we also harvest wild edible and medicinal plants. We are not connected to the main supply and we ensure the satisfaction of our needs (water and electricity) thanks to some installations. We aim towards energy self-sufficiency.
  Hervé loves to tinker, he’s a handyman perfectly at ease with – and enjoying, let’s be honest - all the practical aspects of this alternative way of living.
  Medicinal plants and animals are my things. We have a few here with us : a horse and his friend, my dear Justine (a donkey), two cats and two young sister dogs.
  In the beggining of spring this year, I gave birth to our dear daughter, Lou, an event that changed our life rhythm. Everyday we are amazed by her simple presence. There is a lot to do here, even more since we take care of this little beauty =)
  
  We are interested in practical things as much as spiritual. It is an important part of our life to take care of what kind of individual we are, to try to get better by getting perspectives on ourselves. We will be happy to welcome open minded people here with us, so we can share with and learn from you, and get even more perspectives !
  The area is gorgeous, it’s mountains all around, there are tons of hikes to do of every levels possible, you can bike or find any mountain activity you’d like to do. The little villages around are plenty cute. What we like most here in Ariege apart from nature is that it is a welcoming, resistant and culturally active land. There are plenty of events all year around, just about everywhere.
  We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we do 😉
  
  NO DRUGS and NO ALCOHOL at our place.
  Take note that this is mountain/forest living place, you need to be in good shape, and you need to have hiking shoes for every day living and for work - simple sneakers won't do !!
  We also ask you to bring :
  - only organic ecological hygiene products, as they all go back to earth.
  - clothes for cold weather, even in the middle of summer (it gets damp/cold every evening/morning)
  - clothes for rain

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Trabalho beneficente

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  We are both french, so culturally that's all you get! haha I am Franco-Algerian and Hervé is from Marseille. We love eating, as good french people ! A good meal makes us happy =) We love to share, to chat, to discover new people and other cultures. Meetings are always rich and enriching. We live an alternative life in the mountain, aiming towards self sufficiency, we can share about choosing this life and what it implies.
  I do not know what else we will be able to pass on to you, but we will do it with our hearts, thats for sure !

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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

  AUTUMN 2024 PROJECTS :
  - the building of a veranda (porch) in front of the house
  - cleaning the horses pastures off ferns and thorns
  
  Otherwise, there’s always things to do where we live 😊
  We have a vegetable garden and a greenhouse, an orchard and a medicinal plants garden. For all that, the usual : seedling/sowing, subculturing, planting, harvesting, weeding, mulching and general maintenance… depending on the season. It is of course more intense in spring and fall.
  Taking care of animals : feeding the horse and donkey, and medical care if needed.
  Also fence maintenance, wood work (logging : firewood and opening up pastures – we practice slow wood cuting, with a limited number of trees to cut each year) so tree cuting and spliting, wood storing…
  We can share our knowledges in all those fields.
  We also have building projects, of course. Renovating the house, dry stone walling, fence building, building wood store, workshops, dry toilets or other stuff… which imply all kinds of job. Hervé is always happy to share his knowledges in all those areas.
  We try to make it so you do a little bit of everything, as far as possible for us and depending on your preferences 😉
  Contact us to know whats up at the moment you want to visit us !

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Fluente
  Espanhol: Iniciante

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  I speak french and english, and I would love to learn spanish - which I understand better than I speak =) Hervé speaks french and a cute frenglish, english speakers will help him improve his english ! We will be happy to discover your language, whichever it is
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  Acomodação

  The accomodation is a caravan, in which there is one bed for two people. So we can welcome 2 persons, only if they are ok to share a bed ;) It is also possible to camp.
  The caravan is on our land, it is not very far but independant from our house. Inside there is a gas cooker, so you can cook for yourself. In front of the caravan outside, a space with water, a big wooden table and a beautiful mountain view. If nice weather condition, solar shower outside, if not, warm shower in our house. Internet is in the air, you can connect to it with your phone. We don't have a wifi spot, we can share with our phones if needed.

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  Algo mais...

  You can do walks, hikes, meditation in the forest, contemplation, painting, drawing, doing music (we suck but we love it and we d love to learn!), spending time with our animals, visiting friends and people around here in the mountain, they have nice life projects to discover, visiting the little villages around, taste the specialties from here, you can find all the mountain actvities ever (biking, kayaking, paragliding and so much more), concerts, cultural events of all kinds... Ariège is beautiful region and culturally active.

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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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  Pode aceitar animais

  We have 2 young female dogs, 2 cats, a horse and a donkey. If you are to come with your dog or other, it must be educated and used to farm animals, so there isn't problems with our animals. wild animals in the forest or the herds around ;)

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

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