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Description
Hi, My husband and I live in the country on a large acreage. We enjoy many outdoor activities including gardening and working in our greenhouses. We have many birds and beavers living on our pond. Also we have many cats, small dogs and 3 large outdoor dogs. Our 8, grandchildren visit often with their moms and dads. We have frequent vegetarian dinners and raw food dinners in our home. We are easy going, fun loving and have had many international guests live with us. The longest guest stayed with us for a year and has become part of our family.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Visitors here will experience a friendly family atmosphere with the opportunity to learn skills in an organic environment.
Projects involving children
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Help
Volunteer work would include helping with the garden and greenhouses...weeding, planting, harvesting. I would like help keeping the house tidy, and occasional help with cooking, or food prep if you're not familiar with cooking. Each guest basically becomes a family member!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Our guests have their own trailer in the summer on our land.
What else ...
We are one hour from Edmonton where you can enjoy shopping and touring. We're also approx. 5 hours from Banff and Jasper. We make sure our guests enjoy outings and get togethers with our many friends. In the summer we're frequently at the lake swimming and canoeing and we enjoy many picnics and bonfires in our yard and friends yards.
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.
Can possibly accept pets
Small dogs or cats only
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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we stayed at Ellen's house for approximately three weeks in March 2017.
Although Warburg is a small town, we had a very good time at Ellen's.
The tasks may depend on the season, anyways, we did the occasional house chores, played with her grandchildren and helped a bit to renovate the kitchen.
She always tried to create our days as… read more
