Profile information
Host rating
80 %
Last replied
11 Jan 2025
Reply rate
66.7 %
Usually responds within 1 day
Feedback
18
Email verified
Badges (2)
Details
Description
Due to winter coming, we are not accepting visitors until early May 2025 onwards. We will start planning our schedule around April 2025.
*-* We are looking for a creative couple, fun friends, or passionate individuals to join us at our farmstead! We welcome short stays of at least one week or more. Last-minute requests are always encouraged if we have space! *-*
*Greetings, we are Kristel and Kurt with an alternative homestead on the Canadian Prairie. We are a couple in our thirties, travelled the world and are down to earth. We live in a unique ecosystem where the prairies meet the boreal forest. So the land here is a mixture of farmland, pasture and woodland. Wildlife lovers will love it here as there are moose, coyotes, deer and even bears. Lots of migratory birds to be observed.
We speak English and Dutch (Flemish). We are good-natured, fun-loving, creative folk! We love our alternative lifestyle, enjoy being healthy and live a balanced life: creating alternative living spaces, yoga, meditation, dancing, eating veggies and having a fire or hammock time after a day of hard work.
*Tasks include: starting a garden, helping with the nursery, planting trees and seeds, pruning, weeding, painting, building beds, cleaning brush, mulching with wood chips, and other tasks as they come up! We also have some building projects on the go, painting, repair, fencing, etc. Never a boring moment at the farm, yet lots of fresh air, sunshine and rest.
*Creative and passionate people are highly encouraged to apply! Thanks for your interest!*
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn how work with the earth. Gardening, growing crops from seed. Observing nature and growing trees and vegetables. As well we have a great knowledge of traveling/camping in Western Canada and the Rocky Mountains (which we do often and throughout the summer). We can assist and guide you with any questions here. We also love doing yoga, alternative living situations (tiny home), cabins in the wild, etc. We are passionate people who work hard, always have a creative project (or five...) on the go! We balance hard work with good fun!
Help
We are open to individuals, friends or couples to stay short or long term.
Early in the season we will need help expanding garden beds: from preparation to seed planting. We grow as organically as possible and use natural growing techniques to have the most success out of our plantings.
Besides the garden we have a young orchard and also extensively grow fruit trees. We will need help to expand our orchard by weeding, adding mulch and watering. Other duties include digging and transplanting trees (small ones) and planting trees. Some tasks will be creating raised beds for garden plots and filling those raised beds with earth. Potting trees.
Other activities would be painting projects, general upkeep and organizing around the homestead. There is a large variety of jobs here to suit your interests as well!
Most of this work is hands on work and some repetitive. The tasks will be staggered throughout the week. Pulling weeds is a daily task that is grounding and meditative. You can work away in your little section of trees or garden, getting your hands dirty and grounding with nature. The weather is typically quite hot and sunny, with some rainy spells here and there.
Must be able to,
Work alone
Work on hands and knees
Bending and crouching
Some digging
Minor Lifting
Have fun!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Accommodation
Our Workawayers will get their own accommodation in a large forty foot, two bedroom RV trailer. This is a nice option as you will have your own space and privacy! It is situated about 20 meters from our little house. Your accommodation is fully powered and has a kitchen, fridge, heat, shower, etc. Access to a combination of Flush RV Toilet and Outhouse. There is a nice deck to relax on with a lovely view of the garden area. Our homestead is located far enough from towns and cities to see the milky way and if lucky the Aurora Borealis at night, yet close enough to not miss out on the comforts of the modern world!
With your own RV trailer, you can decide what time to start the day and eat in your own privacy. We are close by anytime, but we honour your personal time! We love sharing some vegan/vegetarian friendly (Whole Food Plant Based (GF)) dinners as well as providing healthy ingredients for your meals so you feel nourished!
What else ...
If you love nature, working with your hands and being outside - this is the place for you! As well a place of relaxation and solitude. We are easy going and will ensure to listen to you and your desires. We are very knowledgeable of camping and traveling all over Western Canada - so we can help with advice on this! There is lots to explore in the area with wildlife, outdoor activities and a nice place to RELAX (as we have heard from many visitors). Great place to write a book, do yoga, stay in a remote cabin, go for walks, make art, learn all about gardening and planting trees, re-wilding, ... etc.
Reach out to us today if you have read this far!!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Digital nomads are welcomed! Internet is good. Contact us for more info!
Space for parking camper vans
Sure, we can host you in our large trailer, but you are very welcome to bring your own home on wheels!
Can possibly accept pets
Contact us for more info!
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (7)
They paid attention to… read more
The trailer we stayed in was very cozy and comfortable. One of the best things that… read more
Photos
Feedback
These are extra optional ratings when members leave feedback. The average rating left for each option is displayed.
Accuracy of profile:
(5.0)
Cultural exchange:
(5.0)
Communication:
(5.0)
They paid attention to… read more
The trailer we stayed in was very cozy and comfortable. One of the best things that… read more
some highlights for us were seeing… read more
Julien and Noémie helped us finish some big projects that were outstanding, moving tools from an old shed to a… read more
thank you so much for all the hospitality and kindness you showed to us. For all three weeks here in your homestead we have been feeling great, almost like on holiday / vacation :) We hope we will meet one day again in Europe.
This workaway experience was our first and we couldn't wish for a better one. Kurt and Kristel were… read more
They are such lovely hosts & very easy to get along with. They spent time everyday to make sure we had everything we needed. In the evenings after work they would show us their favourite local nature spots, including a nice fire… read more
