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Description
We are a dairy goat farm, with chickens, bees, an orchard and a small garden. On our farm we make goat’s milk soap and lotion. We also make beeswax products. My husband and I are both retired from our careers and are full time on the farm. We have a true passion for what we do and our farm.
Presently we are in the process of building a structure to move the Soap business into. This should be finished in the next six weeks. This will have living quarters as well and can serve as our intern residence.
Our farm is located in the quiet countryside, thirty minutes outside Little Rock.
Our home is friendly, warm and welcoming. We would love the opportunity to share our life and experiences with you.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Animal Care
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are very interested in sharing our farm with others, especially the younger generation and passing on our passion for what we do.
We love to teach others about daily life on the farm and also share the skills that make our farm successful.
There are always things to learn and a project on.
Projects involving children
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Help
We are looking for folks willing to jump in and help out with general farming as well as a few special projects.
On a daily basis, we have feeding, milking, egg gathering, and general maintenance.
We are looking to do a few special projects in the coming months.
There will be some fencing, reconstruction on the chicken yard, building a play yard for the bunny, landscaping, and some repair projects.
This summer we are taking on our biggest vegetable garden to date. We would love to share our garden with others and learn together about all we can do with our produce.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
We offer our Soap Cottage for our
Workawayers.
This is a full house on our property. The house has a great room, kitchen and a full wrap around porch
There is a bedroom with queen bed and a private bath. This facility also has a loft with two twin beds.
There are full sized washer and dryer as well.
We would expect the area to be kept neat as we have lots of farm visitors.
The Soap Cottage was completed in mid 2018.
Meals will be served family style. However if a Workawayers prefers seperate meals, that is fine as well.
We usually do breakfast, snack lunch and a full evening meal.
What else ...
We are pretty low key folks. Our life revolves around the farm. We spend most of our time here. At least once or twice a week we do head to town and would be happy to have company.
We keep a pretty neat and tidy farm, and would really appreciate the same from our guests.
Our life is simple, but rewarding and very full of joy.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (14)
We enjoyed his month long stay on our farm. He helped in all areas of the farm. Many trees were felled, gardens tended, corn… read more
Charlie has a true desire to learn the farming lifestyle and aspire to farm herself one day. She will be a true asset to any farm, she will manage any task asked if her.
Charlie also has lots of knowledge to share. She knows so much about food and food prep.
While here she… read more
David helps with everything and never complains, even on wet and very muddy days.
We accomplished so much in… read more
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We enjoyed his month long stay on our farm. He helped in all areas of the farm. Many trees were felled, gardens tended, corn… read more
Charlie has a true desire to learn the farming lifestyle and aspire to farm herself one day. She will be a true asset to any farm, she will manage any task asked if her.
Charlie also has lots of knowledge to share. She knows so much about food and food prep.
While here she… read more
David helps with everything and never complains, even on wet and very muddy days.
We accomplished so much in… read more
The day to day work varied but always began with morning chores followed by breakfast then the day's projects and usually ended with afternoon chores -unless there was something important that needed to be finished or done. The projects varied greatly,… read more
James is neat and clean and up to what you need him to help with.
He is a problem solver and an asset.
Luke has a big heart and shared it with all of the animals. Our puppy Emma is missing him tonight, as are… read more
David joined in and just did whatever we were doing. He was there twice a day for animal chores and helped with all farm tasks. We enjoyed his time and would highly recommend him!
Definitely recommended
