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Immerse yourself in a permaculture livestyle in Tábua, Portugal

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The experience

UPDATE: At the moment we can only host pairs/couples at a time, because of accommodation and work flow practicality.
Our place is a good match for you, if you are looking for a simple down to earth lifestyle in the nature. If you have a passion for gardening, farming, forest care and animals.
We are open for people who could commit to a longer stay and can be partially independent, taking care and maintaining what we have built up.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

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

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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.

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

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

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

Requirements

Fluent English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

What work may we expect from you:
GARDENING (weeding, planting, mulching, harvesting, watering)
ANIMAL CARE
COMPOSTING (collecting material for the compost, turning compost, applying on the garden beds)
LAND CLEARING (chopping down shrubs we don't need, taking away brumble bushes)
FOREST WORK (we will not ask you for using heavy machines unless you had experience with them and you feel comfortable with that, but you might help with loading wood on the trailer, pruning the trees, or taking away dry ferns)
HELP WITH MAKING FIREWOOD (assisting us while we are cutting the wood, storing it, bringing to the kitchen)
COOKING (If you enjoy cooking, you are more than welcome to make dinner or bake. We always cook on the firewood, so energy is for free and you can bake as much as you want ; )
HELPING ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

Type of help always depend on the seasons, on what do we have to do at certain time and also on your personal skills and prefers.

We would consider 5 hours of easy going help for 5 days a week as a fair deal for tasty food and accommodation through all the days of your stay. You will have weekends off.
Volunteer kitchen is a separate unit, we are cooking in our house, as we need privacy and independence with the baby. We will share the lunch together and during the working hours there will be one person responsible for making lunch. We always try to swap and keep it balanced, so nobody has to cook all the time. Breakfasts and dinners are up to you. We will supply the commune kitchen with all the basic ingredients, if you need anything more you can always talk to us before the next shopping.

Rules

You will be expected to manage lighting up the fire in the wood burner, since we cook and heat our rooms entirely on wood.

What do we recommend you to take:

OCTOBER - MAY
good rainproof jacket and shoes
warm clothes for chill evenings
your own sleeping bag
torch
environmental friendly soap/shampoo

JUNE - SEPTEMBER
hat or clothes that protect you from the sun
your own sleeping bag
torch
environmental friendly soap/shampoo

SPECIAL WARNING TO SMOKERS
Since we are situated in the area with very high risk of fire, we want to make sure, that you are very conscious about that. We will ask you to always take care that you put your cigarette leftovers to the jar that is closed afterwards. Remember, that your one mistake could costs us loosing our land and creating a big danger to our neighbors.