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Experience organic farming in Cycladic islands

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The experience

•We have ca. 700 trees out of which 320 are olive trees), 3,500 aromatic herbs and a small green house whith tropical fruits
•From May to July the activities in the farm are related to harvesting of aromatic herbs, drying process and packaging, harvesting of figs, bananas, vegetables etc
•The olive oil process (harvest & pressing) takes place early October
the daily tasks are related to agro works, including watering, weeds removal, pruning etc

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Additional fee required

Amount: € 10 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Materials for volunteer activities

Description: Volunteers contribute 10 Euro/day to pay expenses for accomodation

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate French

Between 20 and 45 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

• Daily from Monday to Friday 08:30- 13:30 (weekends & bank holidays closed)
• We are an organic certified farm and we follow the principle of permaculture approach
• We recycle everything and we make our own compost plus we have a worm farm
The best period is April to June or from end-September to end-November
The farm is open daily from 08:30 up to 13:30 and for visitors (upon booking) from 10:30 to 13:00 for the period May-September. Weekends we are closed.

Activities & Shift

During fall/winter period we do the preparation for the spring/summer
Mainly we prepare the soil using different techniques (laying the compost we prepared to all the trees roughly 700 pcs, irrigating with prepared active microorganisms, covering the soil around the trees and plants with chips from the branches we prune and hay, green lubrication of the soil etc. This means there is quite a time-consuming activity. Then we start preparing the compost for next year making bio charcoal, collecting organic matter from neighboring farms plus manure etc.
Pruning of the trees start early March.
During winter period we take care of the aromatic herbs (pruning, clearing the area from weeds etc)
We do the maintenance of the irrigation lines (some we change, some we rearrange etc) and we check the proper flows for each and every tree & plant.

Rules

During your activity days, the supervisor of the farm gives you instructions and guides you how to perform the help. It is required to closely coordinate and follow the instructions.