Dear people,
The calander that Wwoof.nl, shows on my profile, shows only Wwoofers who work at our place. We also have other people, helping and staying. So all dates are not always availble.
And please note that for most of the time a week before and a week after a Wwoofer is here to help, I can not have others to help and work.
- At the bottom of the former Zuiderzee, we live with two adults and two 20-somethings in the self-build neighborhood of Almere-Oosterwold, almost 4 meters below sea level, on what was 50 years ago the bottom of the sea.
Besides creating and maintaining this paradise, I also advise others on their gardens (permaculture) or I design gardens. I also teach yoga. Rene my friend helps people with a sustainable home design. Our son of 24 is in his third year of Coast and Sea management and his girlfriend Veerle finished in art school. They are sometimes overhere to help with some work.
- In our large garden, we have a vegetable garden with annuals and perennials, such as rhubarb, asparagus and artichoke. Small fruits, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, Japanese wine berry and red currant and black currant and grapes. An orchard with walnuts, apples, pears, plums and cherries and hazelnuts. A birch forest (for birch water in the future). And a large pond for biodiversity. The whole is surrounded by a landscaped hedge, with elder, Gelder rose, blackthorn dog rose and hawthorn, for added biodiversity.
- The garden borders the state forest. The animals from the forest, such as deer like to come and eat along with the plants and fruits. The foxes also like to visit. As do woodpeckers and kingfishers (near the large ecological pond). And buzzards and other birds of prey like to show themselves.
- We keep chickens for eggs and sometimes roosters are slaughtered.
What we may do during the year:
- Spring
Sowing and transplanting and weeding, for the vegetable and herb and flower garden.
Harvesting and processing including elderflowers, dandelion buds and nettles and other wild plants.
-Summer
Sowing and transplanting and weeding, for the vegetable and herb and flower garden.
Harvesting and processing crops from the vegetable garden.
Harvesting and processing small fruits.
- Autumn
Sowing and transplanting and weeding, for the vegetable and herb and flower garden.
Harvesting and processing crops from the vegetable garden.
Harvesting and processing small fruits and apples and pears.
Harvesting and processing seeds of flowers, as well as nettle and plantain.
Pruning and transplanting/planting.
Winter
Pruning and transplanting/planting.
Year-round attention to pond maintenance and turning compost.
A work day:
- together determine when we will do what for the day (preferably in the morning), depending on the season, work.
- 4 to 5 hours working in the garden with nice breaks.
- enthusiastic participants who like to share time together, but can also be on their own.
My hobbies are yoga, mediation and healing tao.
I also enjoy working with flowers in floral arrangements or wreaths.
In the free time there can be lazing in the garden or biking through this new neighborhood, through the polder. We have a small sauna and outdoor shower. There can be hiking in the adjacent forest. Swam in the large canal 10 minutes walk from the house.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Forestry
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Food justice / sovereignty
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Permaculture
