Rural homeschooling family in the beautiful Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, Canada

Detalles

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  Descripción

  Welcome to our homestead!
  
  We (family of four, with an 8-year-old and a 14-year-old) are currently taking a little bit of a step back from endeavoring to grow, raise and preserve as much of our own food as possible to put in more infrastructure, improve health (mom) and homeschool with more focus. However, we are still doing some of that!
  
  We have a lot going on with building, gardening, animals, home schooling, two active kids, making a living and keeping a household.
  
  Part of our farm family are 2 large outdoor dogs, three cats and 30 or so chickens. In the past we've had ducks, geese, turkeys, pigs and sheep, but they are on vacation!
  
  We live on 5 acres about 6 km outside of Duncan, on Southern Vancouver Island in the beautiful Cowichan Valley... There are so many places to swim in the ocean, lakes and rivers, bike and hiking trails, spots to picnic and enjoy.
  
  Ezra and Hanna both grew up hosting and, since starting our family, have hosted many WWOOFers and HelpXers (We're new to WorkAway). We love it if you're looking to be part of our family and all of life here on the farm... Family outings are your outings and family meals are your meals! If you're more introverted and prefer your own space and quiet time, we will certainly respect that, too.
  
  Besides spending time developing our land and buildings, Ezra provides residential tree service and excavating. He grew up on a ranch "off the grid" and has many skills to share.
  Hanna is a veterinarian but staying at home on the farm with our son and daughter. Skills she can share are cooking, baking, food-preserving We love meeting new people, learning about new ways of looking at the world and new ways of doing things.
  
  We look forward to hearing from you. We don't bite!

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Jardinería básica

  Proyectos creativos DIY «hazlo tú mismo»

  Cuidado de animales

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento básico
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  Intereses

  

  Eventos y sociedad

  

  Sostenibilidad

  

  Mascotas

  

  Autodesarrollo

  

  Agricultura

  

  Cuidado de plantas

  

  Música

  

  Bricolaje y manualidades

  

  Libros

  

  Idiomas

  

  Jardinería

  

  Cocina y alimentación

  

  Escritura

  

  Dibujo y pintura

  

  Carpintería

  

  Animales

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Fitness

  

  Playa
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  The Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, where we live, is a popular tourist destination. There are many rivers, parks, trails, beaches, lakes and the ocean... hiking, biking, boating, fishing, camping opportunities are plentiful. Our most frequented swimming hole on the Cowichan River is only 5 minutes away and there are trails that can be accessed without a car ride right across the road from our home.
  
  Ezra is always building something, usually with wood, and happy to share his skills and stories of growing up off the grid...
  Hanna is happy to share many more traditional cooking, baking and food-preserving skills, also a little about growing and processing medicinal plants, making salves or tinctures... Knitting, crocheting... Many of our previous helpers have made their first touques here... or at least pot holders :)
  
  If there is a specific skill you'd like to learn while you are with us, please tell us! Whether it's using power tools, a chainsaw, how to chop wood or butcher a chicken...
  
  - Join us for a while!

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  We are especially looking for someone enthusiastic about helping in and around the house to allow Hanna to focus more on homeschooling.
  
  This would involve helping with anything and everything that happens in the kitchen, including food preparation - not necessarily cooking full meals, but helping Hanna. However, if you like to cook, we certainly welcome that. If you're curious how to make nourishing, mineral-rich 5-day bone broth from grass-fed, organic beef, make sourdough, render and cook with healthy fats... This is the place.
  
  In the rest of the house, there is laundry, tidying, cleaning, keeping fresh bouquets throughout our home..., keeping the fire going in the colder months, also tasks such as taking out the compost, tending to the chickens and dogs, as well as possibly some gardening/plant care, depending on the time of year. If you like to paint, we have walls to paint... If you like making photobooks, we have photobooks to make, pictures to frame... If you like to organize, we have a whole 40' container of "stuff"... clothes, household items etc... to organize...
  
  You have to be good with children, comfortable with dogs and be happy to take initiative. We expect you to care about our home, our family and farm while you are here and to put effort and care into your activities. We care about your experience with us... In our experience hosting many HelpXers and WWOOFers over the years, usually what you put in is what you get out!

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  Idiomas hablados

  Alemán: Fluido
  Inglés: Fluido

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  Alojamiento

  Accommodation is in our guest bedroom with a queen-sized bed or, beginning in the fall, in a separate small building close to the main house.
  
  We eat wholesome, home-prepared meals, with many ingredients sourced from our own and nearby farms. It is easy for us to accommodate gluten-free diets, although strict and very sensitive Celiacs are difficult, as we do bake sourdough bread with gluten-containing grains, so the kitchen does come in contact with gluten. Rarely a day goes by that we do not eat meat, so if you are vegetarian, please be aware that we will try to find alternatives for you, but cannot turn our way of eating upside down.

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  Algo más...

  We live on a public bus route and have bicycles you can use. There are bike and hiking trails, lakes, rivers and the ocean for swimming...In the summer, rarely a day goes by without all of us heading somewhere to swim!

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  Wi-Fi is only available at the workshop. An ethernet connection is available in the house. If you can do your work with an ethernet connection, Hanna's craft room has a desk, a beautiful view and could be an office for a digital nomad.

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  There is lots of space for almost anything and we can hook up water and power.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Dos

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  Mis animales / mascotas

  Our dogs and cats are outside... So are the chickens! (12 años)

  Our dogs and cats are outside... So are the chickens!

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