Bienvenu chez Quinta Lameiras

Situated in the foothills of the Serra da Estrela, in Central Portugal.
We're looking for people who have a good attitude, work ethic, are flexible & a sense of humour is a bonus!

Here's a very interesting blog from an experienced wwoofer!
Please read, so you have a realistic idea of what to expect.

http://juliebt.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/wwoof-ing-101/

The working week is 6 hours a day, 6 days a week, with Sundays off.
We have various work to be done, but it depends on when you get here, as to work we will be doing at that time.

The main focus at the moment is getting some better temporary accommodation set up. At present we have a dinning/kitchen. Sleeping is still in tents, until we can make better arrangements.
Could really do with a couple of people who dont mind roughing it a bit, whilst improving accommodation.
We had a forest fire come through both our quinta's, so we now dont have much clearing of undergrowth to do.
Once the winter accommodation is done, there's work like making raised beds,organic planting & cultivation, fencing, land maintenance, animal care, dry stone wall building & property renovation.

For animal lovers there are a total of 4 horses, 2 new foals (born 4th July & 22 June), one donkey, two goats, dogs & cats.

Please make sure you bring suitable clothes & boots for working in, plus a torch & a hat to keep the sun off your head!
Accommodation will be on the farm under canvas, please let us know if you will be bringing your own tent & sleeping bag or not. We can provide these.
We have a compost toilet & solar shower on the farm.
There is the possibility to check emails a couple times a week in our small rental house in the village.
There are 3 bars in the village, small shop & an open air swimming pool.