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Our little farm is getting busy! More animals, bigger gardens and more trees! We need help to manage the all system with harmony and determination! Fancy to join us!?
25 hours of help per week
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
2 days off per week
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
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.
Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.
Beginner English or Beginner Italian
Over 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
We need help for different tasks, according to the season. Lots of weeding, and new planting, help in cooking , fixing stone walls, painting, pruning or harvesting...
An energetic and attentive person/couple who enjoy nature and manual tasks is the ideal, an easy-going and level-headed one!
We love good vibes!
The working hours are divided between early morning and late afternoon to avoid the time when the sun hits too hard (only during the summertime, from June to September)
In spring and fall instead we work from 8am to 1pm. Some weekends you will probably asked to work if we have events, in that case you can plan your days off during the week.
In any case you will work always around 5 hours per day, 5 days per week.
After your chores you have plenty of spare time to enjoy the surrounding nature chilling around...
Let's talk better about food! We eat pretty much veggies, pasta of course, dairy products, meat and sometimes fish. We are omnivores, if you are vegetarian or strictly vegan, please be aware of this! Our goal is to buy as little as possible from the store and use everything we have available with creativity!
Breakfast is enjoyed in the morning according to each person's personal preference (you are free to have it whenever suit you better) ...then a pleasant lunch-break usually at midday. At 8PM (think flexibly) we dine.
You can be asked to cook sometimes, if maybe we are too busy in accomplishing something in time...and of course would be fantastic to enjoy your specials all together!
All the chores are shared with commonsense (like washing-up, cleaning, setting/unsetting table), the personal ones instead (like to make your own bed and keep tidy and clean your room - to clean the bathroom after every use) are your responsibility.
Remember we are in Italy, enjoying meals together is part of our culture,
we wait for everyone to be around the table before to start eating, it's not a restaurant, help to prepare and set the table, don't just wait to be served!
For the laundry you can wash your own clothes by hand or, if you need there is a self laundry in the town.
We could need extra help with various tasks sometimes at home, so be flexible. We are not on a precise schedule... Especially when it comes with unstable weather!
"The Olive Grove" then is a special part of our farm where we need some extra help for the harvest - which is from early November until the second week of December - always alternated with regular maintenance at the gardens, planting, harvesting and weeding if needed.
!!!BE AWARE!!! It's a physical work most of the time, be ready, fit and motivated before deciding to join us! We need people with experience or fast learners!
Thanks for your interest!
Paolo & Grandma Giovanna
