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Description
We are fun loving Canadian beekeepers who love to learn and share about life and joy and adventure. We keep a large garden and strive to live a sustainable environmentally respectful existence while sharing our love of nature and people with all those we can. We engage in community and have a passion for the deeper things in life.
Currently, we are building an apiary and have been growing our number of hives each year. We practice holistic beekeeping and put bee health over honey production, recognizing that we are stewards of the bees, not their owners.
We are mid renovation on our cute bungalow home set in a gorgeous valley with a great community of 100 people. Our town is based on the local theatre and theatre school, so there is a plethora of art to see, and people to connect with.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Willing to teach bee friendly beekeeping, different gardening techniques, and home renovation basics to the willing worker. As travelers, we know the value of being in a local home to learn the ins and outs of daily life in a new place. We have incredible geography, a local theatre in an art town in rural Alberta, that draws tourists from all over the world.
Projects involving children
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Help
Looking for help with beekeeping, we will be training willing workawayers on all aspects of beekeeping, from hive health and brood rearing through to honey extraction and jarring the liquid nectar. we will want help feeding bees in the spring, checking on hives early summer and extracting honey mid summer till frost.
-gardening we have two different permaculture gardens, one hugelkultur mound, and one no-till garden. We hope to have help harvesting weeding, cutting grass, planting trees and herbs and general yard maintenance.
cooking, and some minor house renovations.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: IntermediateThis 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.
Accommodation
We have a guest room in our basement suite. You will share bathroom and kitchen with our two college students, we live upstairs.
You will have access to fridge space and will be able to cook upstairs in our kitchen with produce from the garden when its in season. We will provide either cooked food or ingredients for three meals a day.
Wifi is included but since we are rural we ask streaming and downloading to be kept to a minimum.
What else ...
We like to live our lives connected to nature and the seasons, we grow as much food as possible and hunt for the majority of the protein that we eat. We keep bee's in a way that focuses on bee health first and honey collection as a secondary benefit. We are in the midst of renovating our home so there will be time spent painting and building as well.
During Time off workers will be able to walk the valley, take day trips to Drumheller and visit the Royal Tyrell Museum and Canadian Badlands. The Rocky Mountains are a 2 hr drive for those that have their own vehicle. For individuals without their own transportation there is a bus that runs to Drumheller and for workers that are intending to stay for a while we could pick them up from there, or potentially from Calgary.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Pretty good internet available.
Space for parking camper vans
have room for almost any sized motorhome or van.
Can possibly accept pets
Pets wouldn't be welcome in the house as wife has allergies but we have large yard, and happy to share it with your furry friend.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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We learned so much during our stay—tracking and training hunting dog, beekeeping, raising chickens, pottery, and many other amazing skills. Jordan and Jaala are passionate, knowledgeable, and always eager to share their… read more
I had my own bedroom with a comfortable bed. During my week-long stay I used the vegetables from the garden and made salsa - it was fun. I would also like to highlight the amazing and delicious food they prepared.… read more
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We learned so much during our stay—tracking and training hunting dog, beekeeping, raising chickens, pottery, and many other amazing skills. Jordan and Jaala are passionate, knowledgeable, and always eager to share their… read more
I had my own bedroom with a comfortable bed. During my week-long stay I used the vegetables from the garden and made salsa - it was fun. I would also like to highlight the amazing and delicious food they prepared.… read more
