Building a small mountain farm

Montenegro

4 reviews • Updated 21 days ago

We are Anastasia and Milosh, living on a small farm in the forest, surrounded by mountains. Together, we are creating a simple and mindful life, filled with care for nature, animals, and our home. We have recently moved here and are happy to share this place with our little family of animals: two friendly dogs and three cats. We also keep chickens and quails, and we are planning to get rabbits soon. As we are just settling in, we especially need help with building projects and developing the farm. Main tasks include: 🐔 Building a chicken coop and rabbit cages 🏚️ Restoration of the old stone house to keep animals in it 🌿 Helping in the garden — cutting trees, digging beds 🔨Occasionally helping with house reparation and fence installation This is not a commercial farm — it’s a personal project rooted in love for the land, animals, and a quieter way of life. We welcome volunteers who are curious, proactive, responsible, and ready to become part of the team. Accommodation is available in a separate room in the house (it’s not fully finished yet, but all basic conveniences like the kitchen, shower, and toilet are ready), or in a tent if you prefer. The space is simple but cozy, with everything you need to feel at home. We usually share meals together as a family. We were vegans for many years, but in the lalety we’ve shifted more toward an animal-based diet, as it feels better for our health at this time. Whatever your food preferences are, we’ll be happy to accommodate them! Please keep in mind that most city activities are not available here. However, there are small village shops about a 30-minute walk away if you need something. We’ll be glad not only to share work time with you, but also to enjoy days off together, going hiking, swimming in the mountain rivers, or simply relaxing in nature. If you’re interested in living in the peaceful forest, surrounded by mountains and animals, while helping to build a home and farm from the heart, we would love to welcome you!

Learning opportunities

Vegetable farming

Fruit or nut farming

Poultry farming

Dairy farming

Forestry

Flower farming

Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas

Cheesemaking

Green Building

Mechanics / tools / technology

Methods or systems

Biological pest control

Holistic management

Regenerative agriculture

Host type

Self-sufficiency property

2 Hectares | 4.9 Acres

Accommodation

3 WWOOFers

Bedroom

Campsite

Children not accepted

Pets accepted

Meals

Omnivore

Vegetarian

Vegan

Length of stay

1-2 weeks

3-4 weeks

Over a month

Anastasia

Member since 2025

Languages spoken: English, Serbian Response rate: 95% Response time: typically within 3 days

November 2025

Open

Planned visit

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Montenegro

Podgorica

Reviews

Ilia

Montenegro • October 2025

Crazy in a good way! Intelligent, passionate, kind, and responsive. We had a wonderful time, got a lot done around the house, and had a great time relaxing. I'm very happy and grateful to have worked with this young family!

Alessandra

Italy • September 2025

Anastasia and Milos are two beautiful and kind people. We spent one week at their place and we had a really good experience. Anastasia was taking care of us with really good meals and providing everything we needed, while we were working with Milos at the house. The surrounding is wild and beautiful. Mountains, a spring, figs tree, the forest and in the night a sky full of stars. Close to the house there is a beautiful river we went to one day. Absolute perfect. We also had a big dog that became best friend of their 2 dogs and they had a lot of fun while we were working. 3 cats, many chickens and the quails are also part of the family.

Steffen

Germany • June 2025

Hello, I spent very interesting eight days at Milosh´s and Anastasias place. It is beautifully located on a small mountain next to a larger valley with a garden full of fruit trees, vegetables and herbs and a great view. The living conditions themselves were a bit rough with a privy, sleeping on the construction side and a kitchen without running water in the house, but after the renovation is completed, the conditions will be better. The work consisted mainly of cutting down bushes and trees, which was a nice activity. Unfortunately, due to illness in the family of the hosts, I was alone almost the whole time, so I cooked and ate alone. During my stay it became clear, that Milosh and I had different expectations regarding the scope of the work. I have worked 32 hours during this week, but unfortunately Milosh was not happy with, what I have achieved. Because of that I ended up paying part of my meals. To sum up, I enjoyed having this adventurous time. Next time I would talk about the mutual expectations more detailed.

Reply from Anastasia

Thanks Steffen. We feel disappointed with the review as it left out key context. Our side of the story: We offered Steffen a private room at the house we are renting with full amenities, but he chose to stay on the farm and was aware of the rustic conditions. He was informed he could leave anytime because we were busy fighting for Milosh's brother's life, who is right now abroad in life threatening situation waiting for liver transplant. We provided groceries though many were left uneaten. Also Steffen declined to pick up meals cooked by Anastasia and preferred to buy processed snacks and alcohol, which we didn’t agree to cover. He requested to work outdoors clearing bushes, which we arranged. From the beginning he mentioned the work is hard and he could work less and asked for extra day off to go to north or Montenegro. The work outcome for so many days didn’t meet our expectations. We chose not to bring it up until he asked for money for the food at the end. Clearer communication about expectations would have made for a better experience on both sides

Sanne

Belgium • May 2025

We stayed with Miloš and Anastasia for a week. We mainly helped Miloš to renovate the old house, where several hands and brains were welcome. The teamwork went smoothly: we were able to think well together about how best to tackle the work, and there was room to laugh and philosophize during lunch. After work, Anastasia always welcomed us with a good meal, even though we had different eating habits. So nice to have fresh cheese, milk and kefir daily, straight from their own animals! Evenings always ended in nice talks. Halfway through the week we felt the need to re-align expectations, they were open to this and this made our stay a success. We enjoyed contributing our bit to this start-up homestead.