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Hello! My name is Candace and together with my husband Chuck, we have a continually growing hobby farm/homestead here in beautiful Northern Alberta. Our youngest son, 16, still lives at home and our older children 18 & 22 live nearby. Our long term furry residents consist of our 3 milk cows, 3 dogs, a handful of cats and too many laying hens to count. We also raise meat birds and hogs seasonally (Spring to Fall) for personal use. Our days can look very different from one week to another, but one thing that is consistent is daily milking. I’m in the barn early morning and again each evening every day. And of course where there’s milk… there’s butter! And cheese, and sour cream, and yogurt and ice cream 😁 We strive to produce, grow and make from scratch as much as we can on our homestead! And although the dairy girls consume a great deal of time, other chores around the farm are tending to the other livestock, cleaning pens/coups, fencing, haying, butchering, gardening, canning/preserving. Dinners sometimes fall around our work schedule but there is never a shortage of wholesome home cooked meals! When time permits, we enjoy hunting, fishing, dancing, listening to music, playing cards and visiting with friends and family.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Pets
Movies & TV
Farming
Plant care
Music
Gardening
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Animals
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Camping
Adventure sports
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We would love to share our knowledge with others as well as learn from guests about other cultures and farming/agricultural practices.
Help
Workaways will be helping with day to day tasks like farm chores as well as homesteading tasks. This would include feeding and caring for animals, cleaning pens, milking cows, fencing, assisting with projects as needed, gardening, canning/food preservation and dairy processing.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Work aways will have their own private room in our home with a Queen bed. The main bathroom will be shared.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
