Outdoor farm experience with a family in Horsefly, BC, Canada

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  Description

  Hi! We are a young family of 4, on a hobby farm of 114 acres. We have horses, sheep, chickens, 2 dogs and 2 cats. We use the horses for trail riding, as well as training a couple young ones.
  
  We will begin lambing out our current 9 Ewes at the end of March. In May we get 20 turkey poults which we raise over the course of summer. Our extended family lives 5 minutes down the road and they raise beef cows. Calving there begins mid April, with the cows coming up here to graze for a few weeks in June.
  
  We are busy plowing fields and turning pasture back into productive hayfield, as well as some fencing projects.
  
  We plant a garden in spring and try to grow and preserve as much of our own food as we can over the summer into fall.
  
  We have a large extended family in the area and there is always lots happening. Come ride horses, quads, dirt bikes, or join ys at the beautiful lake 10 minutes away.
  
  We have a few carpentry projects we could use an experienced hand with, such as a greenhouse. Send us a message if this would interest you.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Garde de maison et d'animaux
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Ferme

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Langues

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Art et design

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Animaux

  

  Sports d'équipe

  

  Voile / bateau

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Nature

  

  Montagne

  

  Camping

  

  Plage

  

  Sports d'aventure
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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

  I am a dual citizen to Switzerland and Canada, my husband is Canadian. I speak Swiss German, German, English, Spanish and some Italian. My parents live 5 minutes away, my brother and his family are their neighbours and my sister with her family lives 12 minutes away. We can teach you about land preparation for farming, as well as animal handling and husbandry practices, gardening. We love learning about other cultures and other peoples lives, travels and families.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  Learning and experiencing animal care, farming, and gardening. Occasional child care.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire
  Italien: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Selina was born in Switzerland, and immigrated to Canada at the young age of 3. She was raised trilingual with Swiss, German and English. She was a rotary exchange student in highschool and travelled to Mexico where she learned Spanish. After highschool she returned to Switzerland to work for a year, and added some Italian to her vocabulary. She loves languages and is currently teaching her children to speak Swiss as well.
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  Hébergement

  We have a bedroom for you, and a bathroom shared with our young children (6 and 4). You eat meals with us. We grow a lot of our own food, and raise most of our own meat so we know what it’s been fed and that it has had a good life.

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  Autres infos...

  There’s a local town to play pickle ball (tuesdays/Thursdays) volleyball (wednesday) and badminton (monday) or go to the local farmers market on Saturday. A city is close by and it can be arranged to use a car to go if you so choose. A beautiful lake for swimming is 5 minutes away. You have use of our quad to drive trails behind our farm, or learn to ride horses.

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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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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Lots of parking space with power hookup available.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  A pet can be brought if it sleeps in a kennel, or garage. We do not have indoor pets.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

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