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Hi! We are Anna and Gex, a family of four living in beautiful Southern Austria, near the Slovenian border. 🇦🇹
I work as a social worker, and my wife is a kindergarten teacher. Alongside our jobs, we run a 2.5-hectare homestead, growing much of our own food. We have a fruit orchard, vegetable garden, and chickens, and even our young kids loves helping with as many tasks as they can! 🌱🐓
25 hours of help per week
Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.
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
1 day 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.
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.
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
Intermediate English or Beginner German
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Important UPDATE:
we are not accepting any more volunteers until summer 2026! However, for the month of August we are a looking for a dedicated person, willing to work hard physically on various tasks in exchange of learning a lot about selfsustainable lifestyle/homesteading, particularly in growing and preserving your own veggies and fruits. We do look for people who are truly aware about the demands and burdens of such a hard work and despite that have the energy to jump into that experience in order to figure out if it would be something for themself as well. So if you are experienced and tough and you are willing to help a young family in exchange for a big learning experience as well as excellent food, accommodation and hospitality don't hesitate to contact us as soon as possible.
Volunteers help with daily tasks around the homestead:
🌱 All year round:
Taking care of the chickens, orchard, and vegetable garden.
❄️ Winter:
Pruning trees and bushes, making firewood, general maintenance.
🌸 Spring:
Preparing the garden, producing seedlings, soil work.
☀️ Summer:
Pasture work, grass cutting, hay making, garden watering.
🍂 Autumn:
Big harvest season: food preservation (juicing, canning, drying).
🧡 Optional:
Spending time playing with our kids! They love playing all day and sometimes need attention more urgently than the farm does. Sharing time with them is always appreciated and rewarded with lots of love. 💕
Respect and cleanliness are mandatory at all times. 🧹
Full house rules will be communicated upon your arrival to ensure a pleasant stay for everyone. 🏡✨
