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Description
We are a small 6 acre farm and carpentry shop surrounded by the Salmon River in the Shuswap/Okanagan area of beautiful British Columbia, Canada(4.5 hrs to Vancouver). We are located 15 mins south of Salmon Arm, BC in the sunny, fertile Salmon Valley area, surrounded by farms and hay fields.
We are looking for help weeding and watering in the gardens, mowing the lawn/weedwhacking, and other grounds work like spreading mulch and helping with setting up our 'up and coming' event space out in the field.
We have planted garlic and look forward to harvest mid July. We have 20 fruit trees and a big market garden where we run a farm stand on Saturdays.
We have a big house with extended family(mom, brother), 4 dogs, and 3 cats. Thomas is from Switzerland and Maria is from the Okanagan.
We are a friendly group who enjoy having good meals, working hard outdoors, and swimming in our beautiful river that surrounds our property. We all speak English except Thomas who is Swiss and speaks fluent German.
Accommodation is a private room and bathroom in our house. There is a corner store 2 kms up the road and it's 12 mins by car into the city of Salmon Arm.
We look forward to meeting you and having you help us with our market garden and up and coming event space!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travelers can learn how to tend a garden, do yard maintenance, speak English with hosts, and enjoy living in the country and swimming in the river.
Help
We need help with gardening, weeding, watering, building projects, harvesting garlic and general maintenance and cleaning up of our property. Travelers will be expected to work on their own some of the time once shown what to do, as hosts can be away sometimes during the week.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
We either have space for your personal camper or RV, or room for one person to stay in a private room in our house.
What else ...
There are places to go hiking and plenty of trails all over to explore the beauty of Shuswap Lake and the area. We have bikes available and are always going into town by car to do things as well.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We can accommodate an RV or camper (limited power), and in that case, could host 2 people if you were cooking for yourself.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (2)
Lisa stayed in our home for 2 weeks helping us weeding, getting the gardens ready for winter, and packing veggies for the root cellar.
Lisa was like part of the family right away, and it was very comfortable having her live in our home. She was self sufficient, clean, and communicated well.
She can… read more
Maria is an absolute gem of a person, always ready for a chat and filled with a great sense of humor. Her lively personality… read more
I contacted Maria after having a rough time with another host and she came to pick me up straight away.
Thomas is great too.
Maria and Thomas are thoughtful and caring hosts and are a pleasure to be around.
I have done a fair bit of work exchange over the last half year, and let me tell you, in Canada… read more
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Lisa stayed in our home for 2 weeks helping us weeding, getting the gardens ready for winter, and packing veggies for the root cellar.
Lisa was like part of the family right away, and it was very comfortable having her live in our home. She was self sufficient, clean, and communicated well.
She can… read more
Maria is an absolute gem of a person, always ready for a chat and filled with a great sense of humor. Her lively personality… read more
I contacted Maria after having a rough time with another host and she came to pick me up straight away.
Thomas is great too.
Maria and Thomas are thoughtful and caring hosts and are a pleasure to be around.
I have done a fair bit of work exchange over the last half year, and let me tell you, in Canada… read more
