Ecofarm in Asturias with the biggest Rose Garden for edible use

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A experiência

Ours is a multidisciplinary Project as a typical farm in Asturias where we practice agroecology, gardening, nature courses, the responsible use of natural resources, spirituality, ethnobotanics and traditions by creating a kind of retirement in the middle of the mountains. We are a young couple (Germán from Andalucia and Mario from Austria) fallen in love with the nature of Asturias.

We started 10 years ago and now we have a huge rose garden.

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Como você ajuda

30 horas por semana

Ajuda na Limpeza: Ajude a limpar cozinhas, quartos, banheiros e outros espaços.

Construção e Reparos: Ajude em reparos, manutenção ou a construir.

Ajuda em Cultivos e Colheitas: Plante, semeie e ajude em tarefas do campo.

Jardinagem: Ajude a plantar, regar e cultivar jardins.

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O que você ganha

2 dias livres por semana

Quarto compartilhado: Você terá uma cama em um quarto compartilhado, ou seja, irá dividir o quarto com outras pessoas.

Café da manhã: Você ganha café da manhã gratuito todos os dias que ficar aqui.

Almoço: Você ganha almoço gratuito todos os dias que ficar aqui.

Jantar: Você ganha jantar gratuito todos os dias que ficar aqui.

Lavanderia gratuita: Você pode usar nossa lavanderia gratuitamente.

Trilhas de graça: Te levamos para fazer excursões e trilhas pela cidade. De graça!

Carona na chegada: Te buscamos na sua chegada a cidade e damos uma carona até aqui.

Terapias holísticas: Participe gratuitamente de atividades terapêuticas no nosso espaço.

Use nossa cozinha equipada: Fique à vontade para usar nossa cozinha para cozinhar sua própria comida.

Internet de Alta Velocidade: Internet de alta velocidade para você trabalhar remotamente

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Requisitos

Inglês Fluente ou Espanhol Intermediário

Recebe voluntários sozinhos, casais e duplas de voluntários

Nacionalidades: todas menos Espanha

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O que não está incluso

Passagens, seguro viagem, transporte e visto

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Detalhes

The course of a normal week on the farm is usually organized in a way that each day a few different activities can be done if possible. Always organized daily in order of urgent things and most important things first. When something is not urgent we try to avoid monotonous works and to alternate easy and powerful activities. There are also certain activities which need to be done each day of the week and others which are complementary according to the season and the resources available for harvesting or the elaboration of products. Please keep in mind that it also might depends on the climatic conditions, so for rainy days alternative activities might be organized, which can be done under sheltered places or we can reprogram the hours to do activities outside when it is not raining or change to the afternoon.

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Atividades & Turnos

The normal schedule of the activities on the farm is Mon-Fri from 8 am to 2 pm in “summer time period”, with a 15 minutes break on midday. In Winter time we start one hour later. Depending on the weather conditions we can change a morning to an afternoon, or maybe a day during the week with a Saturday if needed. In some occasions depending on the hosts’ needs, the farm day might be split between morning and afternoon. Some activities may need more time to finish and should be finish that day so we could do also some more hours after lunch time.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

- Remove weeds or cut grass in the garden or orchards, and use some of these weeds for preparing food for the animals or for mulchings.
- Preparing new spots for planting or taking care with maintenance of the crops already planted.
- Cleaning up paths and use the organic material that we get to do mulchings or compost. And use this compost or manure from the animals to do mulchings on crops.
- Planting and pruning shrubs, trees or roses in some specific periods of the year.
- Reproduction of new plants by seedlings, cuttings, graftings, air layering, dividing roots or transplant.
- Harvesting fruits, vegetables or rose petals also at some seasonal periods.
- Clearing old wood from our forests and prepare firewood for the winter or plant mushrooms on them.
- Bioconstruction, renovation of stone walls or close fields with new fences.
- Maintaining, renovating and clearing paths, fences, etc. Sweeping the paths between the roses.
- Foraging nuts or mushrooms from the forests in autumn and process them.
- General cleaning of the animals sheds or cages, dishes and water dispensers (every 10 days).

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Regras

We are looking for volunteers with main interests in: farming, nature, animals, plants, gardening, organic farming and living, working in outdoors, the tranquility of a small village in the countryside to disconnect from cities, consumerism and machines, cultural and cooking exchange,… Persons willing to learn, strive and share the different things we can offer.

We would like to receive volunteers that are enthusiastic and want to learn by participating in the farm life and self-sufficiency. People responsible, tidy and able to follow the rules, with good humour/sociable, well fit for walking and work, people who can learn and contribute quickly, that after a few days learning we don’t have to check everything done, so they can be in some way independent and show initiative. We especially welcome people with agriculture machine or construction skills or with some experience in farms already or who can do hard working. And we prefer volunteers who doesn’t smoke and that doesn´t drink alcohol or only in special occasions. And NO consume of drugs, abuse of internet, etc., and without mental disorders. Also no lazy people who just wake up 5 minutes before starting.