Become part of our family home and explore St Joseph, Canada

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  Description

  We live on a wooded hobby farm on the beautiful St Joseph Island in Northern Ontario. We make maple syrup in the spring, grow a garden and raise animals in the summer and fall and have many trails to upkeep in the winter. With four young children, our lives are full and busy but we love to enjoy the natural beauty and musical culture in our community. There are monthly trad dances and often weekly music sharing sessions that we are involved with. We have a cabin and an off grid yurt that we are working towards cleaning up. St Joseph Island is a beautiful place to explore with lots of swimming in the summer and access to many outdoor winter sports later in the year. The projects that we would like help with include some cleaning, woodcutting, garden care and other small projects. You could stay in either the yurt or the cabin. Both are well outfitted but neither have running water.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Petits travaux d'entretien
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Ferme

  

  Culture

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Technologie

  

  Écriture

  

  Musique

  

  Histoire

  

  Jardinage

  

  Dessin et peinture

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Livres

  

  Art et design

  

  Animaux

  

  Sports d’hiver

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Nature

  

  Danse

  

  Plage
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We love the flora and fauna of our natural environment and have lots of tips for hiking and camping excursions. We also have some camping equipment that you could borrow on your days off. We are involved in the local trad music scene which is welcoming and interesting. Our kids are very curious and interested in other cultures and we would love to learn new things from you!

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  Aide

  Our outdoor work revolves around the seasons. We are developing a small orchard, caring for a garden and animals and would like to do some forest clean up. We make maple syrup. The yurt needs some work and we want to build an outdoor shower. We have lots of little dreams and are open to working with different skill sets. If you want to speak another language to our intensely curious children we would love that (especially French!).

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We are interested in learning French.
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  Hébergement

  We offer a charming little one room log cabin with electricity and a dry sink. There is a small fridge, a very comfy queen bed and small woodstove. There is an outhouse down a short wooded path. You can shower in the house which is a very short walk down a footpath. The cabin is cool in the summer and cozy in the winter and close to the house but private because of the forest that surrounds it. We enjoy a healthy diet, with meat we have raised on our land. We can provide lunch and breakfast food in the cabin and you are welcome to join for a family dinner.

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  Autres infos...

  A few thoughts of note:
  1) We love the idea of cultural exchange for our kids but are cautious about them spending time alone with new adults
  2) Lake Superior is a couple of house drive away and is definitely worth a trip
  3) This is a great place for biking and exploring nature as well as a quiet retreat for writers or artists

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have decent cell reception by rural northern Ontario standards (usually 2 bars LTE) in the cabin and yurt, but there is currently only WiFi in our house.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  Westerly (12 ans)

  Westerly is a large old farm dog. She is getting tired, will not come inside but loves people.

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