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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 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.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
Sustainability
Pets
Farming
Plant care
Animals
Sailing / Boating
Nature
Camping
Hiking
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
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.
Help
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)
- mowing (summer)
- working with the hives (spring to fall)
- planting shrubs and native plants along the creek and in the woods to increase biodiversity
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.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Japanese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
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.
Accommodation
The accommodation available is a private room with a queen sized bed with close access to the garden and a 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.
What else ...
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 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.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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