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We are a retired couple living in Missouri with our four amazing dogs, looking for help on our private homestead. We can offer housing and food, some of which is picked straight from our garden and goes right to our table. We are mostly interested in someone helping with our organic garden, but there’s a lot of variety in our days. *We do not sell produce, we just use every bit of what we harvest.
We have two homes (attached) on 190 acres with a 5 acre lake and several little ponds. Our property is loaded with trails, fields and wooded areas. We have a 40 x 70 garden and have put in a small pumpkin patch by the lake. We have a barn with 6 alpacas and a donkey. We have sheep and baby lambs at our neighbors land. We also have a chicken coup with 10 chickens. Some of the fun activities on our property are hunting for berries, mushrooms and wild medicinal plants that we can dry and use in tinctures, salves or soaps. With all that we harvest from the garden or find in the woods I either can it or dehydrate or freeze dry it.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn about livestock, gardening and how to live off the land. I am a certified aromatherapist, sound therapist (tibetan and crystal bowls) and a crystal healer. I would be happy to share my knowledge with others.
Help
We need help with the garden and weeding and cutting paths through the woods. Help with mowing and edging. Also need help feeding the animals and cleaning the barn and chicken coup. Fun tasks are hunting for berries and making jam. Hunting for mushrooms and cooking them or making tinctures or freeze dying, depending on the type. Last year we harvested over 40 pounds of Chanterelles and were able to make beer (at a local distillery). I also make healing salves from plants I find on the property and include some of the many essential oils I have.
We are pretty laid back and easy to work with. Newly retired and in our early 60’s, we still work hard but we also value having fun experiences too.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
The house we are offering has two levels. We are providing the lower level for your use. It has two bedrooms and two baths, a full kitchen with a family room and internet TV. This lower level has a walkout to a patio, where you’ll most likely see Alpacas through the window every morning. This house has been newly renovated.
What else ...
We live in the Ozark Mountains in Missouri and have a lot of rivers around us providing a lot of great float trips and hikes. We have canoes and kayaks and 4x4’s for your use.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Different every day. The most would be 5 hours and other days it would be none. For example putting in the garden would be a full day but once we are done, take a few days off
