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Join Our Eco-Project: Gardening, Food & Community 🌍🌸

The experience

Welcome to our house with a big garden in a small village near Giethoorn. We are transforming our home to a self sustainable little farm. It would be awsome to share this with you. You can help us gardening according to permaculture and to preserve and of course eat the food ;).
We are not yet completely over to biologic food, but we hope we can as soon as possible with your help!

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

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

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

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.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

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.

Surfboards: You can use our surfboards as much as you want.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Intermediate German

Between 18 and 80 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

During weekdays you can help me and my husband with our activities.
You can eat, drink and laugh together.
In your spare time you can make use of our kayaks or go on a small hike or ride on one of our bikes.

Activities & Shift

A couple of things you can possibly help us with:
Planting
Weeding where necessary
Making a water supply for the garden.
Harvesting (especially the pears!!!)
Preserving food in all kinds of ways.
Helping my husband with building the shed.

Rules

Smoking and heavy drinking is not an option for us.