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Description
We are a fun, hardworking family of 4. We enjoy camping, canoeing, skiing, climbing & mountain biking in our spare time and always have various projects on the go. Melissa is the "starter", a national-award-winning Master Photographer, author and tech entrepreneur...and Cam is the "finisher", holding a doctorate in history & a black belt in karate. Our kids are calm, good-natured and all around pretty awesome.
We bought our own 6 acre property 14 years ago and since have done major renos on the house . We've done almost everything ourselves and built a suite, a tiny home, a bunk house and sauna on the property too. We make sourdough bread, our own kombucha, and manage an acre of vegetable and perennial gardens and have begun to develop our own food forest.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our piece of land is 5 minutes from downtown Nelson, or a 20 minute walk. You get the best of both worlds here...rural mountain homestead living - but you can easily pop into town for a live show, a coffee or go to the pub. We have built up our property over the years on a shoe-string budget, so happy to share how we've developed our construction and gardening skills over the years. Also always happy to share history & photography knowledge around a campfire!
Help
Spring time we're prepping soil, planting seeds, weeding and cleaning up from fall/winter.
Summer time we can use help with the daily harvest berries, zucchini, cucumbers and soon, blackberries, hazelnuts, apples. Canning, kombucha, sourdough are always a thing...or you can help cook and/or entertain our kids
Building projects include: possible tree house for little kids and big kids, finishing touches on our glamping cabin, and other small garden infrastructure.
We have 4 forested acres and would love help establishing more trails and always clearing deadfall.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Accommodations vary depending on the time of year. Right now our "glamping" cabin is mostly finished and includes a sleeping loft (queen bed), trundel bed (2 singles), composting toilet and outdoor shower.
What else ...
In your time off you're super close to coffee shops, restaurants & shops. We have lots of mountain biking and hiking within 20 minutes and tons more if you venture out further. And there are many sandy beaches within a 10 min drive to choose from for lazy afternoons.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a wifi booster so that the signal reaches our glamping cabin.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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