Treehouse building, bottle wall experiment and zipline creation in the forest near Centralia, Washington, USA

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  Description

  We are a little homestead located between Mt Rainier and Mt St Helens in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. We spend our time growing food, hunting mushrooms in the forest, gathering wood from the same surrounding forests, experimenting with permaculture, cheese making, fiber arts, wild crafting, pottery, music, unschooling, animal husbandry,canning, fermenting foods and drink and other fun adventures. We are looking for people who would like to help us build a sauna, treehouse and dug in hobbit house and all the other myriad projects we have going on (any ideas for a winter trampoline enclosure!?!?). We are very relaxed and happy to share any bits of knowledge and delicious food! There is beautiful nature to explore on volcanoes, rivers and lakes! We can provide some transportation, directions and possibly a canoe, paddleboards and an old pick up truck! We are fairly low tech by choice, no internet on the land. There is no cell phone reception, though we do have a land line phone and you can get a cell phone signal about 20 minutes walk up the logging road. We used to travel quite a bit and loved the
  exchange that happens during homestays and couchsurfing! We hope to have that exchange here. Anyone who is excited to share guitar knowledge or any other positive skills with our 16 year old will be greatly appreciated! Welcome to our little log cabin in the woods! Hoping to find people don't mind rustic and want to help fix things up. There is also a ski resort about 1 hour away!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Homesteading and foraging skills! Creating a quiet relationship with the Pacific Northwest forests. How to jump on multiple trampolines. We love to hike and can take hikes with you around the volcanoes or possibly lend a car. There is also a ski resort an hour away called white pass. This fall there could be an opportunity to can fruit and press apples and pears into cider. There is always work in the garden!

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We have many projects at this time and are looking for someone with building experience! Please bring your amazing natural construction skills to help us build TREEHOUSE, HOT TUB, ZIPLINE, COB TINY HOUSE, BOTTLE WALLS, CORDWOOD BUILDING, OUTDOOR OVEN, REPAIR WOOD SHED, etc! Pitching in with the current projects, learning exchanges with our 16 year old. Natural building, permaculture and musical skills are ecstatically appreciated!

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  What you will hear on the farm ranges from cows and cats and a variety of wild birds. The panorama of this farm is breathtaking and picturesque. Your room may be in a funky old log cabin, hanging tree platform(that we can build together)tent in the forest, possibly a treehouse or platform, camper or loft. We love to eat together and try to eat food we grow, otherwise local, low processed, organic and as little packaging as possible!

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  What else ...

  We can help you coordinate a bus from the Amtrak station in Centralia Washington, otherwise we drive to Portland Oregon once a week and can get you from the train station or airport. Please try to limit any packaging you bring on the land and please any non organic food in your personal space! We ask to keep hand held electronic devices in your personal space also and refrain from smoking cigarettes, except down the road. No hard drugs please, though we make our own hard cider and a bit of wine that we can share. Moderation is key!

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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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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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