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Our farm is a gorgeous community property on Salt Spring Island, 18 acres with various families and residents.
Your main host is Freyja, her partner David, and her daughter Shaeanna (12)
The farm has extensive apple orchards and we are working on establishing a permaculture food forest system here by planting a wide variety of fruit and nut trees, bushes, shrubs and berries with herbs and vegetable gardens interspersed. Some of the first trees we planted are coming to fruition, but it is a life long project!
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
Learn about gardening, orchard management, grafting, pruning, community building, building skills etc.
As we are heading into the Fall, there is the Apple harvest and processing, as well as some building and improvement projects.
winterizing garden beds and planting garlic as well.
Trade is 25 hours/week for accommodation with meals, or 15 hours/week for accommodation only.
Most of the tasks are quite physical, so please be prepared to use your muscles!
No dogs please.
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Camperized school bus with wood stove, access to shared house with kitchen/bathroom/living room/wifi etc. small cozy cabin.
We also have a swimming pond for those hot summer days, and a sauna for the cold ones!
There are extensive hiking and running trails closeby, and we are biking distance from the ocean. in the Summer it is great to swim in our pond or nearby lake or the ocean. Salt Spring Island has a vibrant community with lots of events, dances, parties, potlucks, ceremonies, markets etc.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
We have good internet across parts of the farm including work trader accommodation spaces.
We have several RV spots with power and water, outdoor shower and outhouses
More than two
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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