Hello dear community,

welcome to my profile!

Help me restore and old farm house with a big orchard and upcoming vegetable garden in Central Portugal while enjoying the quiet, smell and peace of the surrounding nature. :-)

My name is Laura, I am 58 years (young) and from Germany. I have bought a beautiful property of 12,000 m2 (including a forest and two wells) with a Quinta plus two annexes and a ruin back in 2021. Even though I have several professional building companies there are still a lot minor things to do around the house to make it a home with normal living standards. The garden has almost 50 young fruit trees and 50 old olive trees, but other than that I did not have the chance to do magic yet… I have been a volunteer during my one-year-world-tour myself and I would appreciate some dedicated, quite independant (while helping) and skilled helpers myself now. :-)

Help needed in general (different priorities though):

* some this' and thats in DIY
* help to rebuild a customized shelf
* fix the garden gate
* help to build a little terrace and a little wall in the yard (own stones)
* refurbish old Portuguese furniture
* fix the ladies' bike

Get ready for the outdoor season in the big garden (from March/April):
* burn the garden waste
* repair 2 wheelbarrow tires
* prune the 50 old olive trees - they seem to have exploded since the first cut last year
* weeding / cutting the brambles (always needed!)
* plant trees, flowers and plants (Spring)
* enforce the fire pit and burn garden waste (November/March)
* dig a drainage in the garden
* help me mark the limits of the land (easy!)
* help to rebuild a garden fence (own wood)
* help to build a chicken coop
* strim the gras ( until May)
* build a little biotope
* create a herb snail
* prune the young fruit trees
* get a vegetable garden started
* help with setting up DIY leisure areas in the garden (fix a new pavilion, little pool, sweat lodge, sauna, put up the garden shower next to the well, ...)
* fix the yoga platform (built from pallets)
* help my friend to build a platform with own wood for the bell tent (and put it up as well)
* dig some drainages in the garden
* ... (let's see what screams at us by then :-))

maybe also of interest to you:
* convert my online Workaway travel blog about my one-year-world-tour (2017/18) into a paper book (digital art, I'd call it) - you would need your own software though

=> Good boots or even rubber boots are highly recommended outside the Summer (I can provide size 38, 42 and 43).
Also house shoes are very useful - unless you want to walk barefoot...

I kindly ask for help of 5 hours per day, 5 days a week (or equivalent as the tasks might vary due to necessity and available helpers). 🙏
Cooking, doing the dishes and keeping our living and sleeping areas clean are shared.

Please know that at times I have to work remotely to keep the project going and I am also quite busy with all the sideworks of the project. Be prepared to spend time alone off grid or with the other helpers. :-)

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Some more information:

• Rural and hilly area, I have a library (German and English literature).
• My guitar waits to be played. I myself am the rhythm and love to sing!
• For stays longer than two weeks there should be a trial period of one week.
• You do not have to be vaccinated.
• There is space for one campervan.
• Next city: Ferreira do Zezere, next big city: Tomar (Templar city)
• Airports: Lisbon (2 h by train), Porto (4.5 h by train)
• Sea: 70 min. by car (Sao Pedro de Moel or Nazaré)
• Big clean lake with watersports and quite spots (Castelo de Bode): 15 min. by car
• Two bikes available (that are hopefully fixed soon)
• Music: My acoustic guitar waits to be played. I have also a roll piano and some percussion instruments. I love to sing!
• As the nights are usually humid (even in the summer) rubber boots are recommended (I have two pairs to borrow though).
• I kindly ask for devoted 5 hours of help per day, 5 days a week (in summary – times can of course vary due to your needs or the needs of the project).
• I would describe myself as an experienced host. :-)
• Cooking and dishes are shared and not part of the help.
• Meals: I myself prefer local vegetables. But I can offer meat on the weekends as well. A strict vegan or keto diet is hard to realize though. :-) Gluten free is no problem.
• Please refer to the help offered when contacting!

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