Hosts

Here you can read the description of the farms. Please note that at this period of year there are not too many things to do on the farms, so if you would like to come this year it is not so promising. Around March-April, depends on the weather, there will be more farms, which will be able to have volunteers. We are continuously looking for new farms and we will publish their profile on the website, so please check back regularly.

If you are a host willing to join WWOOF Hungary please send us an email to discuss the details.

HUN002

Situated near the Drava River with tiny villages. 5 ha farm, mostly old fruit trees and grasslands. Old farmhouse being rebuilt. Work includes establishing a collection of local fruit varieties: planting, maintaining the orchard, propagating, processing, creating habitats, working towards self-sufficiency, building, renovating, sharing the chores, rehabilitating the natural heritage of the area. We take our volunteers to see the Danube-Drava Nat Park, cultural attraction, etc. We teach our volunteers about traditional fruit growing. Accom for 2-4 in our home with meals to suit. No children. Minimum 2 week stays. Can p/u from station. We speak Romanian, English and Hungarian.

HUN010

We are small, target is just self-sustainability. 2 traditional Hungarian village farm houses (they are spacious). We have goats, poultry and cultivate two plots of land. We moved here in Sept 2005. We are over 50s from the hippy generation, kids are physicist/mathematician living far away. We cut back the growing area in the last year, but we hope to do more work with milk and cheeseproducing, also Alan is continuously experimenting with DIY wind generators, with dry composting toilet and solar shower being the project in the coming year. Cooking is Hungarian mostly, and I'm told it's good. We eat meat, but can cater with a wide variety of vegetarian food. Besides help with the field/animals, technical expertise in alternative technology is welcome. We are not workaholics, and sympathisers of the Italian 'slow movement'. From Budapest there is an Intercity train to Pécs, from there there is a direct bus service (40-50min) a few times a day, less in the weekends. We have all mod-cons. Pécs has all cultural stuff, opera, pubs, cinemas,thermal baths, wine-route, etc, etc. To a wwoofer's suggestion, we started a hostel in one of the houses that seems to nicely earn enough to allow us to visit those faraway kids and friends. So our wwoofers now “float”, occupying beds not taken by hostelguests.; So far both guests and wwoofers gave us the impression that they had spent enjoyable time here, we certainly did... With the reduced growing area and less renovating work to do, we have only work for 1 or 2 volunteers at a time, we are looking forward to people, who are interested, and would prefer those who can stay for at least two weeks.

HUN014

Hi, The farm is located 50 min from Budapest at the PEST county. I'm currently not living at the farm and I intend to move there soon. I'm looking for volunteers with knowlage/experience in organic farming. Work to do: -working on building the 3rd part of the farm according to the old way used in the past (mud house) -planting the garden/orchard -start the dairy and start the cheese making process -building electricity wind power suppliy (hopfully my owne one) -working at the fields and the vegetables garden accommdation: at start the volunteers will stay at the old clean pan at almost camping (off course there is hot watter, clean bed and good food) but electricity is currently avaliable only 4-5 Hr. per day. Also I have my own family (my wife son and daughter). Our preffered language is Hebrew, English and Hungarian. I also speak a little Spanish and Russian.

HUN015

Our names are Cheryl and Roland Magyar, a couple in their early thirties living in Southeastern Hungary, on the Great Plains. Echo Tanya, the farm we invite you to is situated in a quiet agricultural landscape, surrounded by a nature conservancy area in the floodplain of the Tisza River, on bus line to Szeged.
Our main focus is hand processing of Racka wool that is a unique Hungarian sheep breed, native to our larger region. While we do not have our own sheep quite yet, we do own a large amount of raw fleece that needs to be washed, picked and carded as preparation steps for spinning, weaving and felting.
Our volunteers will be expected to take part in certain steps of wool processing, including felt making.
Many of these jobs may be physical, requiring endurance, however we are primarily looking for curious and creative minds and hands! Please contact us at least two weeks prior to your planned stay. We can accommodate a maximum of two volunteers at a time; indoor accommodation and completely nonsmoking premises. We do eat meat and all the vegetables and fruits we produce are grown with nature, nonetheless part of our diet at this point is inevitably of conventional origin. You can read more about our life philosophy and Echo Tanya on our website.
In 2011 we will accept volunteers every other month: in May, July and September. For the more detailed project description of the upcoming season, please check back here shortly.

HUN016

The Velem Home Garden is my modest, 1800 yard family lot in the Lower Alps which is arguably the most picturesque region of Western Hungary. The garden lies secluded on a hillside on the outskirts of Velem village (pop. 340), with minimal traffic and no neighbors. I'm a novelist in my 30's and I'll be your local guide. Again, the place is very secluded and tranquil, not for the easily bored.
Work options include organic gardening (fruits, veggies), landscaping, lawnmowing, cleaning the house/garden/brook, and giving a helping hand in the ongoing renovation of the 3-story house. I can accept up to 3 volunteers between April and October. On offer: two separate rooms, two beds, heat, water source, electricity, kitchen, fridge, hot shower, tent space. Currently, I can only provide cold food, vegetables and raw milk. Sorry, I cannot cook. But you can cook in the kitchen. Internet, books, video games available for free in local library. Enjoy your stay!
Velem itself is an ancient village with a rich history and plenty of activities, including a yoga ashram, bowling, swimming pool, health club, wine cellars with tasting, exhibitions, bike rental and the best hiking in the region. It's also the site of the regional Camphill Movement HQ.
There is a plethora of other historic villages and small towns in the vicinity. Austria is 10 minutes away, Lake Balaton (the largest lake in Central Europe) is an hour away.

HUN017

Our farm is located in southern Hungary near to Pusztaszer in the midst of an acacia forest. We are a family with 4 children (4,6,15,16 years old). Organic farm with guesthouse and keeping of animals. Our gests are free to help with: gardening, feeding the animals, building activities like cattle shed, mainly using raw materials like wood or mud. We also would like to teach you how to prepare cheese, to bake bread in stone oven and other interesting activities. Accomodation: with us in the main house. Spoken languages: hungarian, german. And english small talk. Longer stopover is possible.
Südungarische Tiefebene, Pusztaszer bei Kistelek. Familie mit 4 Kindern (die Kinder sind 3, 5, 14, 15 Jahre alt). Unser kleiner Hof liegt inmitten eines Akazienwalds. Unsere Hauptarbeit liegt in der Bewirtung von Feriengaesten. Wir bauen in unserem Garten verschiedenes Gemüse an und haben auch Nutztiere. WWOOFer/innen können helfen bei der Gartenarbeit, Waldarbeit, Tiere versorgen, Reperatur(Zaeune, Stallung, Gebaeude) und bei Bauarbeiten vor allem mit Lehm und Naturholz. Lernen können:Zubereitung von Kaese, Brot backen im Holzbackofen und noch viel mehr... Unterkunft: bei uns im Haus. Sprache: Deutsch, Ungarisch, wenig Englisch. NichtraucherInnen bevorzugt. Laengere Aufenthalte möglich.

HUN018

Our 7 ha farm lies in the Bakony Mountains, in a small village. The farm is owned by a Cultural and Environmentalist Association, whose aim is to show and disseminate the methods of nature friendly agriculture, like composting, re-supplying the soil nutrients, and other methods of non-chemical gardening. As the farm has educational and demonstrational purposes, we have a wide variety of cultivated species. We have sheeps on our pasture, grow vegetables, medicinal and spice plants in the garden. We also have an orchard, where we try to keep and display the vanishing traditional fruit-tree types.
Volunteer’s work will cover mostly cultivating the garden and the orchard, from planting to harvesting and processing (drying, jam-making, etc.), but also animal handling. Volunteers can learn furthermore bread making and baking in outdoor oven. We can provide accomodation for 2 volunteers at a time, and prefer those who can stay at least for two weeks. Vegetarian catering is possible. We are accessible by public transport from the nearest town, and the bus stop is close to the farm.

HUN019

Barbara and Peter Ware’s family farm is located at Sátormapuszta, outside the village of Hegyesd, in the Balaton Uplands National Park, 7 kms from the town of Tapolca. Lake Balaton is approximately 20 minutes by car. We farm organically on a total of 30 hectares, keep Hungarian Grey Cattle on the grazing fields and grow their winter feed on plough land. In addition to this we provide our winter firewood from our own forest. We grow vegetables for the family and our guests. There is also a young orchard next to our family house. We also grow some herbs and collect some wild herbs primarily for our own use and that of our guests. Any surplus produce from the farm is sold. Over the past 16 years we have continuously been improving the farm - building fences, barns, and outbuildings and have been reintroducing disused lands into agricultural production.

HUN020

We are fruit farm 5 hectrares with apples cider apples pear almonds plums cherries abricots hazelnuts quince blackberries raspberries
We are within easy reach of Sumeg and Keszthely or Devecser Railways stations. Can collect from train or bus station.
We provide own accomodation, hot water and food. We speak French English and Italian and Spanish. We take in wwoofers from April until end of October.
We teach people all about Fruit tree growing and fruit bushes. We have many famous new varieties on trials including Blackberries.
Minimum stay two weeks. Please call us before arriving to make sure we have a place for you.

HUN021

The Monastery Garden is a historical park and a small organic farm belonging to an almost thousend-years-old bendictine monastery in Central-West Hungary. It is situated in the area of a National Park in a small village called Bakonybél. The landscape is a picturesque valley sorrounded by the Bakony-forest.
We grow and collect medical herbs (mints, lemongrass, lavender, etc.) as well as fruit (black currant), and try to keep the historical park in order. Work options may include weeding, seating, hoeing, collecting, park-maintenence, and mowing. We can accept up to 4-6 volunteers for 1-2 weeks between April and June as well as in September and October. We offer: 2-3bed rooms, kitchen, fridge, hot shower, tent space, wi-fi Internet connection in the yard and 1 hot meal a day.
We are benedictine monks, a religious order belonging to the Catholic Church. People who want to work with us are supposed to respect the spirit of the place and the schedule of the monastery.
Our village, Bakonybél is near Zirc in Veszprém County and you can reach it by couch from Budapest (3 daily buses, the journey takes 3 hours).

HUN022

I welcome wwoofers to a villa built in Bauhaus style, near the center of Budapest yet in a quiet leafy suburb of the Buda hills. I've lived here since my birth.
The house is surrounded by a garden with trees and bushes which mostly are part of the local flora.
I need the help of wwoofers for the maintenance of this garden and the house, therefore I need people who have some experience in gardening.and reconstruction old things.
I keep no animals, but there are plenty birds, squirrels, butterflies and other life-forms in the garden, which is only 50x50 meters, but was left to do its own thing as far as possible.
I speak better German than English, I like, nature, culture, science, arts and public life; creative thinking in general. I gladly offer any support in getting to know Budapest and Hungary.
I am not a vegetarian, but try to have a diet without much meat.
I don't allow smoking inside the house, but of course outside it is acceptable; all drugs are prohibited in Hungary. I enjoy alcohol moderately.
I provide wwofers with their own self-contained rooms with bathroom and toilet, where my children used to live before they'd left home.
I have visited all the countries of Europe and have traveled extensively to other continents. A livable environment in harmony with nature is very important in my opinion.
I hope to organize the wwoofers' work schedules with individual agreement depending on the tasks in hand. I'm glad you to welcome yoe here from begining of April to End of November.
As I value creativity, some artistic ability is an advantage.
I have no preferences as to the age or the sex of the volunteers.

HUN023

Bin erst vor einem halben Jahr nach Parlagvár gezogen (lebe aber schon über 10 Jahre in Ungarn) und daher noch voll im Aufbau.
Habe Erfahrung im Kräuteranbau/Baumschule, Tierhaltung, stelle Ziegenkäse her, möchte später Wildholzmöbel bauen. Interessiere mich für alte Nutztierrassen und alte Obst-/und Gemüsesorten.
Lebe ohne Förderung des Staates und der EU - also autark. Suche auch Leute, die für länger, eine neue Lebensform ausbrobieren wollen. Es ist auch möglich sich eine Jurte oder einen Wagen aufzustellen.
Ich gehöre keiner Glaubensgemeinschaft an, auch habe ich kein Interesse an Esoterik. Ich interessiere mich für Kunst und Kultur, gehe gern in Austellungen und Museen, Literatur und auch für klassische Musik. Früher bin ich viel gereist.

HUN024

Since we have bought land without housing we are going to build a woodframed house including homemade straw-clay bricks and earth roof. We also process sheep wool - cutting, washing, combing, spinning and knitting. Once a week we bake sourdough rye-spelt-bread in our clay oven and sell it on markets. We intend to sell vegetables as well, but there haven't been enough yet. Our soil is rich in clay and therefore heavy and very dense. It still needs a lot of nourishment and time to improve its structure and viability. We are not interested in using heavy machinery and our power supply is covered by a photovoltaik panel and a generator for using small machinery. We are open-minded and grateful for help, but there will also be time to talk, go for a walk in the surrounding forest, make music, or just enjoy oneself and the beautiful countryside.
We offer mainly vegan meals, but there will be vegetarian food as well. We have drinkable well water. There's a little wooden hut (12 sqm) for guests and volunteers, which has a double bed and a woodburner. We neither have running warm water nor an inside bathroom, but there's an outside shower with cold water (unless there's enough sun to heat the water in its black hosepipe :-) and a compost toilet.

HUN025

ein Herzliches Wilkommen bei Themis
das Projekt besteht aus einem Ökotouristischen Dorf-Ferienhaus (Biologisch Renoviert und somit für Allergiker geiegnet) und einer kl Aroniaplantage mit Momentan über 1 000 Aronipflanzen die aufgrund ihrer Heilwirkung schon von den Indianern genutzt wurde.Desweiteren gibt es noch einen kl Gemüsegarten zur Selbstversorgung sowie einige Obstbäumen und Sträuchern!Die ganze anlage Besteht aus Alten gebäuden,so das auch immer wieder Instalthaltungsarbeiten sowie deren Nutzung durch Umbauarbeiten einer Neuen Nutzung zugeführt werden!
Nachdem ich(55J) mehrere Jahre in Ungarn mit Tieren zubrachte (Schweine, Schafe, Ziegen, Hasen, Hühner), habe ich letztes Jahr mein Biologisch geführtes Grundstück auf Heilpflanzen (Aronia) umgestellt. In der Vergangenheit (als meine 5 Töchter noch im Haushalt waren) habe ich Brot und Käseprodukte sowie alle möglichen Säfte Marmeladen Brotaufstriche ect selbst hergestellt. Im Laufe der Jahre und der Anforderungen hier habe ich mir diverse handwerkliche Fähigkeiten angeeignet und so mein Wohn- und mein Ferienhaus überwiegend selbst Renoviert.Ich habe viele Grundkenntnisse und würde diese gern weiter geben!
Meine beiden Häuser liegen am Ortsrand von Baktüttös(Komitat Zala), einem 250-Seelen-Dorf, gelegen im Westen(Transdanubien) von Ungarn,die nächste größere Stadt ist Zalaegerszeg ca 30km Entfernt.
Zug- und Busanbindung gibt es in unmittelbarer Nähe. Schöne lange Spaziergänge in unberührter Natur, Ausflüge zu diversen Thermalbädern, an den berühmten Thermalsee in Heviz, an den Plattensee (ca 30 km von hier) oder zB. zum ältesten ethnographischen Museum in Zalaegerszeg bieten sich unter anderem als Ausflugsziele an.
Ich selbst lebe seit einiger Zeit alleine, habe ausreichend Platz und würde mich über lebendige, aktive Leute Freuen, die mir bei der Haus-, Hof- und Pflanzenpflege helfen.
Ich biete euch ein eigenes Zimmer mit Badbenutzung und permanenten Wireless/Besucher-PC.
Die Ernährung besteht überwiegend aus eigenen Bio Produkten.
Ich würde mich Freuen über Intressierte Motivierte Lebendige Menschen die bei den je nach Jahreszeit anfallenden Tätigkeiten eine Unterstützung wären,sowie auch deren Gedanken kennen zu Lernen,hier kann man sich bei vielem Versuchen,sich selbst Näher kommen,Erfahrungen in vielerlei Hinsich Sammeln!
Meine Muttersprache ist Deutsch ansonsten Spreche ich ein wenig (Schul)Englisch bzw (Alltags)Ungarisch

HUN026

We are a small village in northern Hungary, where we collect, teach and apply traditional skills, and methods of self-sufficiency. This is largely done with the help of volunteers. Some families host wwoofers individually, but you can also wwoof directly for the village council.
We need volunteers throughout the whole year, though of course more during the growing season.
An important part of the work is in the educational garden, where we want to grow a large variety of vegetables and fruit, based on the principles and methods of Permaculture. In addition, we regularly organize training programs and other projects, such as building a pond, where central wwoofers will also help.
The accommodation is in the school building, right in the educational garden, or in the guest accommodation across the street, if there is space. If you want, you can also pitch your tent.
The council will organize communal meals: traditional Hungarian food with meat, and various meat-free Hungarian food for vegetarians.
David, our volunteer coordinator speaks Hungarian, English, German and Spanish, and helps with communication. In the village, however, many people only speak Hungarian, and so it is important to have an open and creative mind to communicate effectively. This is a challenge, but it can also be a lot of fun!

HUN027

There are three of us in the family, János and Zsuzsa, and our son János, who studies in Miskolc, but is at home during the weekends.
Work consists mostly of helping with the garden and taking care of the chickens. Other than that we have lots of repair work planned, such as plastering, whitewashing, chimney stacking, and roof repair. Experience in this area is helpful, but not necessary. The most important thing is a sober peasant mind.
Another job, which we'd like to do with the help of volunteers, is to clean out, prune, and tie up my mother-in-law's vineyard. She has a beautiful vineyard, but unfortunately it is overgrown with weeds.
We can accommodate two wwoofers in the guest room. The meals are good, simple Hungarian food, nothing special. We can cook without meat for vegetarians as well.
We speak a little English, but use mostly Hungarian. If you do not speak it, don't worry. We'll make sure to find a way to understand each other, and maybe even learn from each other. In case there are still difficulties, our volunteer coordinator is happy to help.

HUN028

There are three of us in the family: István, Judit, and our daughter Szandi. Szandi speaks English and she's eager to practice her language skills.
Among the daily chores is helping with garden work, taking care of the pig, and various repair work. Besides these things we work with honeybees. We are happy to host anyone who loves bees, has worked with them before, or would like to learn about beekeeping. One part of this work involves painting, planing, and other carpentry work, needed to build hives. An important requirement is that the volunteer is not allergic to bee stings!
We can host two volunteers at one time, who will stay in a separate building behind the house. It's quite comfy and has a great view.

HUN029

Huszonéves korunk óta, 14 éve foglalkozunk önfenntartásra törekvő biogazdálkodással, a festői szépségű Németbányára 10 éve költöztünk, azóta 3 gyermekünk született. Családi méretű gazdaságunkban elsősorban állattartással és az állati termékek feldolgozásával foglalkozunk, a növénytermesztés csak saját szükségleteinket elégíti ki, ami itt nem is olyan egyszerű a szubalpin klíma miatt. Igyekszünk több lábon állni, a gazdálkodás mellett falusi vendéglátással és hagyományőrző programok rendezésével is foglalkozunk, mindezek változatossá teszi napjainkat. Sokféle állatot tartunk, de mindegyikből csak néhány egyedet.
Az önkéntesek munkája elsősorban a gazdaság mindennapi életéhez kapcsolódik: az állatok ellátása, fejés, tejfeldolgozás (sajtokat, joghurtot, kefirt, túrót, vajat készítünk), kaszálás, tüzelő-előkészítés, szénagyűjtés, vízhozás a forrásról stb. A nyári időszakban mindennapos munka a kiskert gondozása. Alkalomszerűen gyümölcs-betakarítás, tartósítószer mentes gyümölcs- és zöldségfeldolgozás, gabonaőrlés, sütés a kerti kemencében, gyógynövénygyűjtés, szárítás. Amennyiben időnk engedi kézművességgel is foglalkozunk, gyapjú-, csuhé- és szalmafeldolgozással, kosárkötéssel. Sokmindent tervezünk még, amelyekre reményeink szerint az önkéntesek segítsége által lesz lehetőségünk: bőrkikészítés, tésztakészítés, gyapjú fonal fonás, szappanfőzés, lovak mezőgazdasági munkába fogása és minden amire még szüksége lesz egy családnak az automatizált társadalom összeomlása után.
Igyekszünk a magyar népi szerves műveltség szerint élni életünket, a néphit ünnepeit megtartani, az évszázadokon keresztül bevált hagyományok szerint tartani, tenyészteni állatainkat.
Olyan önkénteseknek ajánljuk gazdaságunkat, akik szeretnék kipróbálni magukat a vidéki életben és tanulni arról a körforgásról, amelyben mindennek megvan a helye, szerepe, haszna.
Az önkéntesek nálunk családtagok, együtt étkezünk naponta háromszor, ezt biztosítjuk. A vasárnapot megtartjuk, az a szabadnap. Megbeszélés szerint, lehetőségük van az önkénteseknek kirándulni, biciklizni a környékben.

HUN030

Our aim is a fruit garden with old resistence traditional trees according to permaculture rules on the Hungarian Plain. At the moment we have already 2 hectare of vineyard with full of mainly commercial trees and an old 100 years old cherry tree. We are going to enhance the comercial trees with so called traditionaly trees which are not commercial. We are waiting volounters mainly on summer or in automn and in the spring at weekends
The main task of volounteers would be: vegetable gardening, fruit picking. They can live on a separted room in our house at the moment we are going to renovate an old separeted weekend house for them.
We are a family 2 sons (11, 15) one daugther (18). We are vegertarian.
Our big girl likes cooking very much and to bake. she prepares the vegetable produced in our nursery and fruits diversely. The different one is most curious about folks' kitchens especially homemade beked cakes. She is interested in different folks' kitchens especially cakes bread baking homemade.
The folk handicraft interests us. Basketry and weaving. We have tile stoves. We are about to build a furnace yet. We would like to expand our economy then, to keep horses and horned cattle. We are tring to preserve the traditions. But we are open to the new self-supporting technical devices as well. We plan the continuous extension of our economy as far as possible.
There is a thermal bad , fishing lake, horse riding possibilties in our city. Budapest is 40 km on train 45 min. Airport 30 km. Lifting from airport is possible.

HUN031

The Julia farm is composed of two farmhouses and their gardens in a tiny village, Döröske. This calm and peaceful village is full of tidy and intimate peasant houses. Its countryside is scenic, as the settlement lies at the ridge of the Vas’ hill. In the first house are living my parents permanently, in the other one our big family’s members periodicly. The settlement has a wonderful bathing lake, with a shore rest area. The river Rába – when presents an opportunity to canoe and angle - is three kilometre from the lake.
Our farm is in possession of a big biogarden, what cultivates my mother. We has a lot of fruit trees, which crops we use to eat as some delicious preserve or drink as tasty poteen. Our dog Joda can live in peace with the hens and sometimes strange cats use to visit our land,
We are travelling people so can speak English, German, Spanish and show interest in other cultures.
In our kitchen you can taste Japanese miso, Indian pakuta and own our Hungarian stew of wild boar. We allways use only fresh bio basic materials.
Both the houses, when we can provide voluntary people with accomodation, are old peasant houses with portico, oven and stove. The voluntary people can live in own their rooms.
In the garden is an original Kazakh jurta (a nomad tent of yak hair), which you can sleep, practise yoga or meditate in.
We are full of plans to built a sweaty hut, a steam house of Laos and a carved wood-gate.
If you’d like to live with us for some time, you need to help us at horticulture, and during vintage and making jam. We often go mushrooming and gather herbs.
If you can learn to bake bread, make jam of many fruits or make yogurt and curd, we wait for you with open heart. The voluntary people can come to our exciting farm from springtime to end of autumn. Of course you can use the Internet.

HUN032

We are a small family living in a tiny village called Kács at the Northeast of Hungary, the southern foot of Bükk Mountain. We are working to evolve a mostly self-sustaining lifestyle that satisfies the demands of the family first of all, in an economically way, consciously using the sources of energy.
We are in the beginning part of our plan, learning much of life itself and accumulating experiences. Organized by our NGO, we also have programmes in the themes of sustainable lifestyle, supporting its becoming general in a wider circle.
The volunteers coming to us are participating in the daily activity around the small farm: they work in the kitchen-garden and orchard, harvesting, preserving fruits and vegetables, dealing with our animals (at present goats, poultry and pigs), improving and maintaining the buildings and the plot around. They also can solve tasks connected to the organized programmes. The volunteers receive accommodation in a separate stone house and free board for their work. We eat little meat and consume mostly our own products (fruits and vegetables, home-made bread, goat milk, cheese, cottage cheese and meat of our animals). Vegetarian meals can also be prepared on request.
The cooperation and the balance of giving and getting are of great importance in this programme; we do our best on our part and we expect the same from the volunteers. The cooperation and communication with each other is very important for us .
We are able to communicate in simple English, German, Spanish languages and Hungarian as native.

HUN033

We are an international urban couple who finally succeeded in moving to the countryside in July 2011. We live in a cottage in the hills, 1 km from the village, with around 1 ha of land with many fruit trees. We are still in the beginning, most of our work is still about discovering, learning, planning, designing and planting for the future. We are still building the infra-structure of what will be an ecological self-sufficient family-run agricultural business.
Our settling to a more ecological way of life is just in the beginning. The volunteers help the hosts in their everyday tasks. Taking care of the trees, preparing the garden for spring, renovating the house.
We'd host volunteers any time of the year as long as they are motivated to cope with the low comfort conditions. We live with no electricity and no running water. In summer we live in tents, in winter we live in the cottage.
We love cooking and sharing tasty meals. We give more importance to seasonal and local products than organic/bio labels. Our aim is to eat only home produced meat, so for now we just avoid meat. Vegetarians and vegans are very welcome to come share their recipes.
In the village there are other open-minded young families starting their own sustainable gardening project as well, thus we can offer many different projects. As other young people are interested in our village, we suddenly found ourselves in community building. We have an open-minded local leaders and neighbours who are interested in developing sustainably with keeping the traditions of the small settlement.