1. Beschrijf je project, je plek en de bewoners (inclusief dieren):
We, Peter and Suzan, have 10 hectares of land in the centre of beautiful Portugal right next to rio Mondego. We bought the land in 2019 and haven't regretted one second of moving here. We live a so called off the grid life with the comfort of internet, solar power, hot shower and toilet. Our veggie garden is producing, not as much as we would like, but we are getting there. We have 2 dogs who are guarding our 9 chickens and 4 geese during the day, and live in our house during the night. Our 5 cats keep the critters away and our chickens give us plenty of eggs.
2. Geef een lijst van de activiteiten waaraan WWOOFers zullen deelnemen en wat je hen wilt leren:
We are creating a mixed vegeteble garden, where everything grows, flowers, veggies and herbs.
On our land there are about two and a half million wildly growing mimosa trees which we want to turn into a forest. In order to do so we need you to help us cut and plant trees. (Diameter not more than 15 centimeter.) We have already done a lot, but there is still a lot to do. We find the work very rewarding as you can immediately see the results and it really makes a difference to the landscape.
Primarily we like help with a handsaw and different sizes of loppers. We also use brush cutters and different sizes of chainsaws and even a tractor with shredder to turn the cut down trees into mulch for the garden en to create pathways.
*To prevent the possible risk of insuries these powertools will only be handled by us. If your (travel)insurance covers it, we are happy to teach you how to savely handle powertools, but you can only handle them on your own risk and when we are around.
3. Hoe zou de dag van een WWOOFer er op jouw locatie uit kunnen zien (tijdspanne voor deelname aan activiteiten, verwachtingen...)?
In the summer we like to start at about 6 or 7 o'clock to get ahead of the heat, which means breakfast is even earlier, or we have a quick little bite and eat later. After lunch when it is really hot we go to our very own river beach rio Mondego to cool down or we go exploring for other river beaches in rio Dão, rio Alfa, or a lake. After dinner we like to do some more work as it is nice and cool again.
In the winter we start later, the days are shorter, no river beaches, but camp fires with jacked potatoes and movie nights.
4. Jij bent de gids! Vertel over je eigen hobby's (muziek, koken, etc.) en de mogelijkheden in de buurt (wandelen, zwemmen, etc.):
We like to build things, for me that means building with reclaimed pallet wood and Peter, as an electronics engeneer, likes to work with electronics. Feel free to join in, we are happy to share our projects with you and pick each others brains for solutions.
We live an hours drive away from Serra da Estrel, Mainlands highest mountain where there are several signposted hikes and beautiful lakes for swimming. In the winter one can even go skiing on the mountain! Right where we live there are also several hiking or mountainbiking paths.
There is life folklore music, marchas populares and lots of festas in our village and the surrounding villages, and there are also pizza nights with mucis and cinema near us.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Forestry
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Renewable energy production
Methods or systems
Regenerative agriculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
10
Hectares
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24.7
Acres
Accommodation
