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Description
Welcome to our family with 2 teenagers aged 26 and 18.
We try to live a healthy, self-sufficient and green life in the countryside with sheep, chickens and ducks.
We have an ecological building materials store at home. We know a lot about it and we're always at home.
We try to be self-sufficient in sheep, duck and chicken meat, as well as vegetables. We bake our own bread in a wood-fired oven. We enjoy baking and cooking.
Last year, we started a new activity with an Astrié mill. We produce flour for ourselves and for a few local stores. The cereals come from local organic farms.
We love working, but we also have a real sense of humor!
This spring, we'll be mowing the meadow (we'll teach you how), gardening, making a table/hut and fences, milling and bagging.
We're preparing to change our lives and perhaps become nomads, and we really need to improve our English.
You'll be working most of the time with me, Sophie and Danao, 18.
You'll really be able to improve your French here, as I used to teach my 4 children.
You'll also be able to cook, knit, play music, go for walks, learn to swing and find springs.
We love the cinema and watch a film every day.
We are close to Ghent and Brussels by train.
We can pick you up near Flobecq.
There are lots of walks to do.
The house is pleasant, the landscape magnificent... !
Types of help and learning opportunities
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
We can exchange about building of course, homeschooling, home birth, alternative medecin, medicinal plants, old cereals, ...
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
This spring, we'll be mowing the meadow (we'll teach you how), gardening, making a table/hut and fences, milling and bagging.
We're preparing to change our lives and perhaps become nomads, and we really need to improve our English.
Languages
Languages spoken
French: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
Indonesian: Intermediate
Dutch: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I am motivated to help you learn French. I was my children's teacher for 10 years and I know the basics of French grammar well. It sounds boring like that but I love learning through games!
Accommodation
We offer you a spacious, quiet room for two person. With internet access. No wifi in the house.
What else ...
What you can do here : walking, cycling, fitness, judo. The center of our (small) town is at 2 km. Ath and Renaix (Ronse) are bigger cities about 20km where you can find everything and do shopping.
You can catch the train to Brussels and Gent.
In Lessines, you could visit the medicinal plants museum.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Internet access is available in your room.
Can possibly accept pets
We have sheep, a cat, a dog and lots of poultry. Your pet will be welcome if it respects the other animals!
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day 5 days a week
