Gardening, animal care, construction and permaculture in Bédarieux, Haut Languedoc, France

Details

• 

  Description

  I m looking for people who understand the princips off workaway: sharing, helping each other, learnig, social life.
  Now until October: a Lot off Garden work and watering has to be done :-)
  
  Also we build new places for vegetable. And we take care of the animals. If you are a good horse rider you can ride on our horses. .
  
  
  In summertime we start early in the mornig, for watering at 7 in the mornig. We eat at 12 and then you can go to rivers, waterfalls, beach ect. You can go there by bus, train or car.
  
  Also i look for somebody who can help out on demolision work (it s not MY choice and very urgend) and do some woodwork inside and outside of the house.
  
  I look for people who wants to save a old stone building (capitel) and build up dry stone walls. I can teach you about it.
  
  The horse stable needs a repairing hand. The horses need new pastures and fences. The chicken aviaries have holes.
  What can I say... I need help. It's not easy on 4 hectares alone.
  
  If you want to come for house and animal sitting 1. July to 3. august 2024 I could meet my family (my tougther will have a baby:-), wich is never easy with all these animals.
  
  I startet a new challenge 2017 with my partner. Today I am alone with the project.
  
  I love the nature and I want to build up a little farm in southern france. II bought 4 h land. Old wine terrasses with a lovely view and with a lot of walls "Pierre seche" and "capitelles Pierre seche" and "Mazets" . I d like to save a patrimonial capitell in charity work. Also I give out vegetables wich is not saled. we have to conserve it, stoage it and give it out in front of some stores.
  
  I startet to plant trees and changed the soil to plant vegetable in a permaculture way, I want to show how to cultivate on difficult land with less water, how to build walls with stones without anything and keep the terrasses free from erosion.
  
  I like to make marmelades and conserves.
  
  I have a problem with saying no, if animals need to be saved.
  In the moment I have 2 goats, at first saved from the butcher, then left alone on my farm by his owner. 4 dogs, two off them where born in my house the 2 other ones I saved from ending on the road. And here are 2 horses, one off them I have from a friend and another one I saved from the butcher. They need loving hands, good fencens, a clean environment and a lot to eat. I really need help with that.
  
  You can sleep in Tents, or your small Vans (not longer than 6,70m and 1,95- 2,05 wide. One or 2-3 beds in one room available. Everything is really simple In a wonderful landscape with a incredible view. Try toilettes, warm and cold water. A place to charge the telephones.
  
  Minimum stay 1 week! With your own Van or your own tent one week. Minimum stay if you need a bed: 2 weeks! And maximum;-) : much longer if we like each other.
  
  I hope I find some nice people who wants to join my old bones;-) born 1963.
  I have a lot off work beside animal care , gardening and farmworking, construction work. Office work, delivering vegetable and market work takes a lot off time in france. In summertime I need to work the weekend. I need your help then. that for you will have free time during the week. So you need to know that I can not allways join you.
  
  Sometimes you will cook alone, but I allways furnish food. Sometimes I might be tired in the evening and want to stay alone. I hope you understand that. But I also like sitting together and have some nice evenings and daily meats together.
  Breakfast,I like to take alone. You wouldnt like my face in the early morning hahahahaha
  If you like playing guitare, I have a old one here for you and I would join you to listen ;-) I can not play any instrument ;-)
  
  To visit is the great gorge d heric wich will cool you up in summertime Gorge Colombiere and the lac du salagou. Hiking or horseriding is wonderfull here, climbing and also kajaking. Sometimes you could help me at the beach, wich is 45 minutes away and join the beach afterwords
  
  I try to speak english, german and off coarse french

• 

  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
• 

  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  you can learn almost everything what we do and off coarse you will learn french and if you want german

• 

  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

• 

  Help

  We will build stone walls, renovate buildings, wood work, planting, gardening in the permaculture garden, animal caring, building fences and stables. All depends what you can do or when you come here.
  And we have a verry important stone wall to buid to save a historical building called Capitelle. If this wall will fall in the valley, this building will be broken.
  The plan was to renovate it and make a beautiful rare space for hikers (also to sleep there) or visitors with a fire place in the middle. It is a little bit like a yourte out of stones.
  For this project we need 5 to 10 people working together.

• 

  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Intermediate
  French: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  It s allways interesting to learn something
• 

  Accommodation

  I have space for your own tents or I can provide a tent. 2-3 simple beds. .There is a bathroom, inside and outside and a dry toilette and a kitchen for everybody and a great view.
  You shouldnt have fear of insects mouses, rats, snales..... because we live with the nature.
  I provide daily meals for the volunteers.

• 

  What else ...

  Bédarieux is a great place for hiking, horse riding, kajaking, bike riding, climbing, swimming in the rivers near by

• 

  A little more information

  • 

    Internet access

  • 

    Limited internet access

  • 

    We have pets

  • 

    We are smokers

  • 

    Can host families

• 

  Can host digital nomads

  internet quality is verry good here, so if you travel with your van and your internet its a nice place to work and stay here. It s even possible to help only 2 hours a day, If you have your own van and if you want to have only lunch provided. If you need a bed, I m sorry to tell you that I can not offer enought internet.

• 

  Space for parking camper vans

  only verry small campervans and tents, 2,05 large and 6,50 long. maybe 6,70 if there are less large-

• 

  Can possibly accept pets

  Dogs ( if you come with your own camper or tent) and horses

• 

  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

• 

  Hours expected

  4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week or 25 h a week

Feedback (5)