Land-based living, fibre focus and contact with animals in East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada

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  Beschreibung

  Hello, we've decided to close for the rest of the season
  
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  Our hobby farm is located in a small town in Ontario. We like having natural space around us and growing our food while being within walking distance of a small town. Myself, my husband and our adolescent daughter live here.We currently have a flock of about 15 friendly sheep, two llamas, a few ducks and some laying hens, a few cats and a working Border Collie. I shear my own animals whose fleeces we use for various purposes, such as hand-spinning, knitting wearables and artistic felting. We find it important to grow food (vegetables, eggs and meat) while trying to respect the interdependencies of nature on the land we are stewarding. We maintain a vegetable garden, pollinator and dye-flower beds and honeybee hives. We are open to sharing knowledge and hands-on experience with these things.

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Kunstprojekte

  Sprachpraxis

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten

  Hilfe mit Computer /Internet

  House sitting
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Haustiere

  

  Farmarbeit

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Tiere

  

  Segeln / Boote

  

  Natur

  

  Camping

  

  Wandern
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  UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt

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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  We can offer shorter hikes in the forests nearby, sailing on Lake Simcoe when the weather is right, and some canoeing on nearby water bodies. I have taught English, so I can help with some language skills and we’d love to brush up on our French and German. Of course the obvious hobby that can be shared is working with wool. I can teach you handspinning, felting and fibre preparation. We can help you get to Toronto if you want to explore and there is a train to Niagara Falls if you want to go check it out on a long day or an overnight tour. There is public transportation to larger towns and the passenger train nearby.

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  Arbeit

  Depending on the season, help can be with:
  - gardening, weeding, mulching (spring to fall)
  - canning and drying food and herbs and dye flowers (end of June to Sept.)
  - general maintenance, fence repairs, trimming (year round)
  - animal care (handling lambs - in spring, mucking stalls - occasionally, helping with hand shearing- occasionally)
  - fleece preparation, picking, washing, knitting, spinning, felting (spring to fall)
  - plant and animal identification around the property (summer)
  - invasive plant species control (summer)
  - working with the hives (spring to fall)
  - planting shrubs and native plants along the creek and in the woods to increase biodiversity
  
  Please note that farm life starts with the sunrise. In the hot season, gardening and barn work needs to be early in the morning. Up early also means early to bed. Please do not contact us for a stay if you aren't ready to chip in with some work early in the morning.
  If someone wants to share their knowledge, we’d also love to have help with building things to reduce our carbon footprint, such as a solar shower, solar water heating for wool preparation, a bridge over the creek, a composting toilet etc. or expanding into growing mushrooms and making quality vinegar from our grapes.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Deutsch: Fließend
  Englisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse
  Japanisch: Grundkenntnisse

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  I have taught English, so I can help with some language skills and we’d love to brush up on our French and German. One of us has been learning some Japanese, so that would be fun to practise too.
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  Unterkunft

  The accommodation available is a private room with a queen sized bed with close access to the garden and a shared washroom with shower and toilet. We share breakfast and/or dinner together most days if you wish and food is available for self-preparation and/or you can cook for us too.
  
  We can set up a tent in a back field if you want to try camping out and we have a spot for bonfires.
  
  Two of you? Limited RV parking is available for couples or travel partners.

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  Was noch ...

  We can help you get to Toronto if you want to explore the big city. There is a train to Niagara Falls if you want to go check it out on a long day or an overnight tour. There is limited public transit to nearby Newmarket with population of 87,000. Sibbald Point Provincial Park with beach on Lake Simcoe is a 20 minute drive away.
  
  We do not allow smoking anywhere on the property and we don’t appreciate drug use.

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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