Energetic couple or single person to join our farm in Sooke on Vancouver Island, Canada

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  Description

  We are looking for a couple or single person to help us on our farm from early October for at least 2 months (or longer if everyone is happy).
  
  Come and live on an active farm! Our beautiful oceanfront farm sits on 83 acres in Sooke on Vancouver Island and includes a large forest, hayfields, 2 vacation homes and 1 bed & breakfast, a cider orchard, a nut orchard, vegetable gardens, flower beds and animal enclosures.
  
  We are looking for energetic, friendly, outgoing, and active people to help on our farm.
  
  Work involves: - taking care of our animals (we have a mixed bunch of farm animals; they are all pets, and they all have names ;-). They need to be locked up at night, let out in the morning, fed and watered, and need clean coops.
  - housekeeping (we have 2 Airbnbs and 1 Bed&Breakfast)
  - gardening: harvesting, picking strawberries, picking apples and making juice; later in the season, we will prepare the beds for the winter
  - general farm work: fence maintenance, painting, cleanup
  
  We are looking for people who can work an 8-hour shift on a farm; it is all physical work. Most work is outside, rain or shine. Excellent English skills to interact with our guests and a friendly, outgoing personality are also important.
  
  We pay minimum wage, including free accommodation on the farm with all utilities included.
  Accommodation for temporary helpers is in a trailer/camper van, in an apartment in the Bed & Breakfast, a one-bedroom house, or a mobile home, depending on which one is available. Most of them are on the property; one is on a neighboring property.
  
  Non-smokers only.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Ferme

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Jardinage

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Randonnée

  

  Animaux

  

  Plage
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We have a small team working together on a big goal. We are a mix of locals and international workaway helpers who work closely together on this beautiful farm. It is a fun, supportive and close community. We have team lunch on Fridays and hang out together after work on Saturdays. We always look for friendly, outgoing helpers that like to interact with our team and guests and bring fun stories to the campfires we often have on Saturday nights.
  Sooke and the surrounding areas are known for outdoor activities and fun to explore. Our farm is right on the ocean so you can walk on the beach before work or enjoy a sundowner after. Beaches, rainforests, wildlife and beautiful small towns are all within short car rides.

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  L’hôte offre un salaire correspondant au salaire minimum

  Cet hôte offre l'hébergement et une rémunération.

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  Aide

  Our farm is being built on the idea of welcoming visitors to the farm so they can learn how food is grown and gain some hands-on experience with animals. We are working hard to turn this old farm into a beautiful place that people will want to visit over and over again.
  We host children's birthday parties on the weekends, school visits during the spring and summer, a weekly farmers market on Saturdays and farm events every Saturday in the summer months.
  We are looking for friendly chatty people that enjoy interacting with our guests, work at the markets and at our farm events.
  Work is physical and mostly outside, rain or shine. Taking care of our animals is a big part of the work at the farm. This includes cleaning the coops. A love for animals is a must.
  Resetting our vacation homes and cleaning the bed & breakfast is also a big part of the work. This includes all types of house cleaning work (doing laundry, making beds, cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming etc.).
  Farm workers must speak excellent English to communicate with the team and farm visitors. A friendly, polite, and presentable demeanor is required in order to interact with customers and visitors.

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  Langues parlées

  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire

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  Hébergement

  We have room for 4 couples:
  Two couples live in a trailer (camper van) on the farm. It has one bedroom with a queen sized bed in it, a small bathroom with a shower, a small storage room, and a kitchen/dining/living room space. Since the trailer only has one bedroom with one bed in it, it is suitable for a couple sharing a bed.
  One couple lives in an apartment in the Bed & Breakfast. This is a spacious space with a bedroom, bathroom, large living and dining area. There is a small fridge and a toaster oven in the apartment, the main cooking takes place in the kitchen of the Bed & Breakfast.
  We also have an older larger mobile home on the property for a 4th couple.
  
  We always have an international team with people from all over the world.
  
  There is a strict no-smoking rule on the entire farm.

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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 good internet at the farm and welcome digital nomads.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  Ivy and Raven

  Rabbits

  Cows, donkeys, sheep, goats,

  Chickens, ducks and turkeys

  Leo and Ben

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