Visit our farm and campground and learn about sustainable farming on beautiful Salt Spring Island, B.C, Canada

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  Description

  Located on beautiful Salt Spring Island visit our small family oriented community with a shared Homestead and Farm. Learn to work and live with others while building skills using sustainable methods. Come share an educational natural lifestyle experience using permaculture design systems and organic gardens with medicinal herbs and flowers, vegetables, berries, indigenous bushes and shrubs species and bio-diversity. Join us in living together in a healthy environment filled with outdoor living, swimming, local hiking, beaches with local markets, alternative building projects and social events!
  
  Be part of a creative small agricultural tourism and Farmstay with exchange on a bright and sunny open landscape 18 acres farm with campgrounds, fruit orchards, vineyard, swimming pond, playing field and forested area. We use only organic, all natural and permaculture practices and materials from the land for our compost and soil, gardening of fruits, vegetables, seed saving, processing for storage and making value added farm products.
  
  Our work season is May until the end of Oct. for hosting. As your host I work as an Artisan at the local outdoor market and will be preparing and for vending value added food products from the farm and at our farm stand. I like to participate in work trade and and be integrated in a social and sustainable farming culture, help out with small building projects and build community.
  
  The work exchange can vary from 10-15 hrs/ week for accommodations provided based on 3 day work week at 5 hr/day during your visit.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Light maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet

  House & pet sitting
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  Interests

  

  Photography

  

  Plant care

  

  Music

  

  History

  

  Architecture

  

  Blogging

  

  Writing

  

  Performing arts

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Carpentry

  

  Self development

  

  Vegetarian or vegan

  

  Sustainability

  

  Fashion or beauty

  

  Farming

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Astronomy

  

  Art & design

  

  Gardening

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Cycling

  

  Hiking

  

  Water sports

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Nature

  

  Camping

  

  Dancing

  

  Beach
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Together we learn about a variety of edible and medicinal wild and cultivated plants , companion growing, soil rejuvenation and bio-diversity. With natural systems using organic and sustainable and permaculture methods integrated in our diets for a healthy livelihood as we learn to live together becoming more self-sufficient and more prosperous Community.

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  Help

  We have a large Raspberries harvest followed by Cherries in late June. Apples harvest is from September to October and until late October for grapes for processing into juice and vinegars or dehydrating.
  Starting in the Spring we will be pruning fruit trees, removing and or training blackberries, mulching the Cherries, Apples, and Vineyard. Growing Perennial Flowers and Herbs and preparing the gardens for seeding and veggie starts.
  
  Throughout the season we'll be growing a new generation of fruit trees, irrigating and watering, transplanting, seed drying and saving. Removing/moving invasive species
  allowing for the bio-diversity and indigenous species to grow. Expanding existing garden beds, working with composting systems, planting seasonal seedling starts. Amending the soil, transplanting, using local plants as mulch on the garden beds and orchards to retain moisture and to keep out weeds, and adding nitrogen based plants for the gardens. Harvesting herbs and flowers for value added food products, sun drying and dehydrating plants for seeds and vegetable processing for fermentation.
  
  In Fall we harvest, press, bottle to store and ferment fresh apple cider for vinegars. Spring is for weeding and growing transplants. We'll make a Summer and Fall gardens together. Summer is for sun drying plants, harvesting and drying our seed and dehydrating for storage. We package our own herbs and flowers as teas and prepare fresh green bundles and value added goods for our farm stand.
  
  Appropriate dress is required, with seasonal rain gear, boots, a sun hat and clothing for getting dirty, digging or clearing brambles etc.
  
  Please come prepared and please come and come in good Health and community minded. Be strong for general moving materials around, digging and preparing new beds for the coming season, maintaining the berries, fruit trees, vegetable gardens, orchards and vineyard! Did I mention weeding, and we will be removing invasive species!

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  Our small homestead community with hobby farm accommodations are offered in exchange for your seasonal help. The bus apartment sleeps 2 with with a small kitchen and Internet access. This can be used as a break room and lounge.
  
  In addition we Laundry facilities, a hot outdoor shower and common central outdoor playing field, swimming pond and outhouse for hummanure compost system and facilities which are shared.
  
  Please see photos's for the renovated Blue Bus from March to end October and Bell Tent available from May to mid September with minimum one month stay.
  Campsites can be provided for people traveling with their own tents and recreation vehicles.
  
  Amenities included are power, water access, internet and wifi, swimming pond and central common property with an open field and cob pizza oven are for pleasure use.

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  What else ...

  We are located close to lovely park hiking trails with beach access where we have occasional social events on the property. We have an outdoor cob pizza oven in the common area and a farm stand for vending Artisanal goods.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  We have outdoor picnic areas with wifi and ethernet for the accommodations with an ocean view and lovely grounds. Longer stays are encouraged and additional campsites with power and water are available for those who have their own camping gear and or camper vehicles.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Campsites with water and power hook-up are provided if you bring your own camper vehicle with laundry facilities and a central playing field. We are located close to the beach and North of central near Channel Ridge trails and park.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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