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Join our Peaceful Off Grid Family Farm in Central Portugal!

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The experience

We believe in a simple life, learning and experiencing nature with an emphasis on permaculture while enjoying what life has to give such as music good food, and good company.

The farm is located in the Penamacor district which is a beautiful area in central east Portugal about half an hour's drive from the Spanish border. There is a 5-minute drive off-road to get to the farm, so it's completely quiet and in a beautiful valley.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Hebrew

Only welcomes couples and partners (does not accept solo volunteers)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We're Daniel and Leah 37 years old, our daughters Sophia, 5 years old, and Priya 3 months old. 2 dogs Chuva and Unicorn, one cat named Calma, and 9 chickens. We're originally from Israel and moved to Portugal 3 years ago as we wanted to live a sustainable life in nature.

We felt an inner call to live closer to Mother Earth, to animals, and ourselves. We love learning about permaculture and the ongoing work on the land such as water management techniques, food forests, natural forests, growing veggies and herbs, and medicinal plants.

We're also looking to learn all bout food preservation to preserve the abundance of fruit and vegetables growing on the farm.

We are blessed with very rich soil as we are in the valley with over a hundred grape vines, about two dozen olive trees, over 50 different other fruit trees, and of course the seasonal vegetable garden!

Activities & Shift

Flexible

The help we need depends on the season.
Summer - grape picking, grape juice, wine and jeropiga making, strimming, and food preservation.
Fall - planting, garden prep building, olive picking for oil, and making preserved olives to eat.
Winter - pruning, garden prep building
Spring - garden prep, building, planting

Builders are always welcome and there is always work on the farm's general maintenance.

Also, child care/babysitting would be a great help all year round.

At the moment we have 2 caravans available, both with roofs, terraces, electricity, and water. equipped with everything you need.
one of them is bigger with 2 beds so it's possible for families, we lived there for a year.
We'll be very happy to have more kids to play with our daughter.