Homesteading, gardening and animal care on the beautiful island of Manitoulin, Canada

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  Beschreibung

  **Currently looking for garden help starting June 25th onwards,
  Or would love for a single person or couple for a longer stay providing it is the right fit, in exchange for minimal garden care/upkeep and some housesitting.
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  Hello friends!
  
  We are Tala and Dávid ~ and we welcome you to join us on our small and magical homestead on the beautiful island of Manitoulin. Here we grow fruits, veggies, herbs, and flowers in a natural, organic way. Our farm is 100 acres of forest and field, with a lovely pond, many abundant beautiful fruit trees and lots of wildlife. We created a no-dig garden where we grow heirloom herbs, veggies, and flowers. We have a wonderful livestock guardian dog, about 25 easter-egg laying chickens, a magical pair of peafowl, and 5 hilarious and super friendly Nigerian dwarf goats that we milk and care for.
  
  We are working towards self-sustainability and holistic living in many ways - starting our garden veggies from seed, creating our own compost, canning and preserving, saving seeds and generally tending and caring for the land that we call home. We are continuously learning and discovering, aiming to live mindfully, ethically, resourcefully, creatively, simply, and most importantly, from the heart.
  
  This farm is a magical place, with lots to discover. We are never bored and are always enjoying the various creative and building projects that come up.
  
  We strive for a balanced life of work, rest and play. There are always lots of projects to work on, and yet we also seek the balance where we can enjoy our time, have fun while doing it, and stay nourished.
  
  We both have a consistent morning practice of movement and meditation, and find this to be an essential part of staying balanced through life. While there are no obligations to a having a regular practice, it is encouraged to take that time to connect with yourself each day and have the space for self-reflection and growth.
  
  Tala loves to dance, create music, sew clothing, and is currently studying Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Mayan Abdominal Massage. She sees clients a few days a week from home and runs a small etsy shop. Dávid is a carpenter/builder by trade, who loves studying neuroscience, quantum physics, personal development, and meditation. We love all things homesteading, love to cook and bake amazing meals, connecting with others and participating / creating community events.
  
  Visiting us you can expect to learn about: starting seeds, seedlings, planting, upkeep,building trellising and row-covering, harvesting, canning, preserving, seed saving, livestock care in regards to chickens and goats, farm/homesteading systems, eco and building projects, art and creative projects, holistic meal creations/cooking, as well as joining us on our journey of learning about responsible land stewardship, local Indigenous culture and community, music and song, and general holistic life ways. We also love to share about all the things we learn along the way of meditation and holistic health.
  
  The island is a special place that we are grateful to call home. There are lots of beautiful places to explore on and off the property, and it calls us to slow down, connect with nature and enjoy a simple and peaceful life. Lakes, beaches and hiking are all close by.
  
  ~ 2025 UPDATE ~
  
  We are welcoming three primary types of travelers/ help for this season:
  
  1. Short term house sitters for the dates below: We have important studies / work projects we need to leave the farm for and would love to be able to host someone or a couple to help with the minimal upkeep in exchange for a room, organic homegrown food, and a fun learning experience.
  
  2. Short term travelers / help for other dates: we are happy to host people who just want to travel, visit, explore, learn, in exchange for a couple hours a day. Two week minimum is ideal.
  
  3. Long term help: we would love to host someone to stay long term, or even a couple for the spring, summer, or harvest seasons, or even all three. This would be our preference as it would minimize the time investment in training, and really allow us to build a deeper relationship, co-create larger projects together, and most importantly have peace of mind when it comes to covering the important dates below. For this type of exchange, we would require less hours per week so that you would be able to find sustainable work on the island, and would not be providing a food exchange.
  
  Although we are ideally looking for people with some experience with gardening and caring for animals, it is more important that we find those with open hearts and good communication, as well as a good work ethic/ self starter/ reliability (as there are cute and fuzzy lives at stake). Access to a vehicle is preferred considering our location, but we can most likely manage to make things with our farm truck depending on your needs. You would have the cozy, quiet cabin to yourself some of the time, especially on the dates below. Depending on the time frame you would come stay with us, the daily rounds and projects are different, but generally speaking the livestock maintenance daily rounds is about 40 minutes daily (which we all share), while the gardening and other projects can be between 2-4 additional hours, a few days a week.
  
  Seasonal Time frames:
  Spring - March, April, May
  
  This is currently our most important time-frame: we would love help mid to late march activating our garden, where we will be moving trellising, weeding, broad-forking, adding compost, planting, setting up irrigation, and hopefully finally building our greenhouse!
  
  Summer - June, July, August
  Harvest Season - September, October, November
  
  Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you!
  
  ~ Tala & Dávid
  
  2025 Housitting/Farmsitting Dates:
  Preferably a couple or 2 people to share. Must have own vehicle to be possible.
  Sept 15 - 23rd 2025
  Dec 14th 2025 - January 31st, 2026

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten

  House sitting
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Kultur

  

  Events & Sozialleben

  

  Haustiere

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Selbstentwicklung

  

  Farmarbeit

  

  Tiere

  

  Tischlerarbeiten

  

  Zeichnen & Malen

  

  Fotografie

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Musik

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Bücher

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten

  

  Fitness

  

  Gebirge

  

  Natur

  

  Tanzen

  

  Yoga / Wellness
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  An opportunity to slow down and experience a way of living that is connected to the land, nature and wholeistic living.

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  Projekte mit Kindern

  Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

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  Arbeit

  Helpers will experience and participate in all the steps of growing a garden: seeding and caring for seedlings in spring, bed preparation, transplanting, weeding, water, harvesting, etc.
  
  As well as food transformation: sourdough, fermentation, preserving, freezing... making sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, tomato sauce, goat cheese, yogurt and soaps..
  
  Daily tasks include collecting eggs and milking goats.
  
  Depending on the skill set, we could use help with some building projects and general maintenance of the property.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse
  Hungarian: Gute Kenntnisse

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  We are actively studing Spanish but would also love to maintain our French :)
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  Unterkunft

  A private room in the house with a queen bed, or optional tenting anywhere on the property. We share a kitchen, and meals together while we are working.

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  Was noch ...

  It would be best if you have your own vehicle to explore the area as we are quite rural. There is lots to enjoy - beaches, waterfalls, canoeing, swimming, hiking trails and local markets.
  
  We have a solid two bars of cell service outside of the house, one solid bar with the phone in the window, but no reception inside of the house. The house itself does not have wifi, but we use hotspot to access the internet and it works just fine for our needs. If you dont have a data plan, ours is shareable. In summary, quite workable, but gives an opportunity to be mindful about technology and instead lean into grounding with nature. :)

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We've got lots of room for parking, many options/ special spots, as well as various locations and platforms for tents.

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  Possible if they get along with our dog and are gentle with chickens and goats.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  mehr als zwei

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