Gardening & housework, Rural acreage near Vancouver BC Canada

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  • Description

    Description

    Hello!

    We are Jim & Manijeh,
    Come and join us on our 30 acre farm in Langley, BC Canada. The setting is beautiful with mountain and river views and a nice wooded hillside. Rise up early and watch the sun rise over the mountains. Birds start singing at 4am in June. We are working to eliminate fossil fuels from our daily life, renovating our buildings for very low energy use. We also are working on landscaping.
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    Please note, absolutely no smoking. However, please do sing, banter, dance, socialize, work hard, play, be curious, be sad, be melancholy, be happy,

    Cheers!

    keywords: gardening, landscaping, skilled laborer,, carpenter, farming, construction


    June, July Aug projects: Disassembling obsolete electronics using a powered screwdriver. This equipment is left over from a business I had for 30 years. Lots of junk to process so it is properly recycled. Build a pond outlet. Build some Kiwi trellises. Normal landscaping upkeep, mowing, weeding etc.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    Aide dans une ferme
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Work is hard, Work is easy. Always you have the opportunity to learn about your self and expand your skill set. There are 2 pianos for you to play if you would like. We like to invite Workawayers on trips or activities we are organizing or attending such as folk dancing, hiking, biking & potlucks. We use our heated shop for construction, maintenance & art projects. Tools we have include: table saw, panel saw, chop saws, band saw, sanders, drill press, most hand tools, tig welder etc. We are a good place for skilled crafts-persons to extend their skills & practice their art, we are NOT a good place for people with no Shop skills to learn the basics.


    Possible skills to learn:
    Sewing
    Hand tool proficiency (hammer, pliers, clippers)
    Weeding
    Manual Labor
    Fence installation
    Irrigation work
    Canning/Pickling
    Plastering/Masonry work
    Bicycling
    Bicycle maintenance

  • Projets impliquant des enfants

    Projets impliquant des enfants

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

  • Aide

    Aide

    We are a retired couple working to live simply. There is lots and lots of potential work to be done. We are a residence, farm with a number of pilot projects geared towards eliminating fossil fuels from our daily lives . At the moment, the main jobs are:

    Ongoing project: Renovation of the house exterior to improve weather resistance and provide a major energy consumption reduction. Looking for exterior painter.


    Medium term projects (1-2 yrs)
    COMPLETED PROJECTS!: Insulating our living & work space with the intention of reducing energy necessary for heat/cool by 80%. This involves adding an eyebrow to our two story house, adding 3-5 inches of foam board to the exterior of our building, replacing the windows with triple pane low e glass and skinning the exterior with cement board strips. During 2017 we have achieved this on our 2500 sq ft work-space. Now to install the mini-split heat pump.

    CURRENT Short Term Projects:

    clearing blackberries of creek riparian zone
    Grounds keeping, designing landscaping plans
    repairing tools & equipment
    DISASSEMBLING OBSOLETE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC EQIPMENT, for recycling.

    Long Term Projects:
    converting barn to volunteer residence
    30kw solar array with storage


    Dreams:
    plant apples/cherries on hillside, make Apple tree seedlings from our 90yr old dying apple tree.

    develop a vegetable/egg vending machine kiosk for our road.

    Style: We strive for a relaxed work style. We promote problem solving, self-direction, and cooperative work. Our goal is to have concise direction followed by an engaged atmosphere in which we work towards a common goal. We are looking for help for all aspects of farming: tractor work, carpentry, gardening, digging, fencing, planting, bush clearing, irrigation, food preservation, weeding, cooking, sleeping etc... If you are interested in being a jack or Jill of all trades and are interested in extended stay, this is the place for you. We strive for DIY as a way of self-empowerment and creative expression.

    What a volunteer day looks like: wake up and cook breakfast. Workawayers must be able to prepare their dinners on their own. Most weeks we have a meal for all residents in the main kitchen. We provide the basic raw staples, e.g., whole grains, vegetables from garden or freezer, beans, flour for bread,homemade yogurt & simple cheese, commercial cheese, PB. You maintain your own kitchen, including buying whatever extras you desire. You are responsible for cleaning up after yourself. Volunteering starts around 8:30 and we work until we get hungry for lunch - 12:20 or so. After lunch we do a bit more work or take a break during the hottest hours of the day. Workawayers are required to do at least 5 hours of help a day. After that we have dinner and you are free to do as you like.

    We do what we can to provide a workable social space in which to learn and share knowledge about low impact construction and organic farming.

  • Langues parlées

    Anglais: Courant
    Persian (Farsi): Courant

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    Apartment in our house. Rooms in our house.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    Our farm is a 30 minute round trip drive to the Vancouver bus/train system (Carvolth exchange). We are 2 hours from YVR by bus and 45 minutes to 1.5 hours by car (each way). Downtown Vancouver is about 1.5 hours by public transit. We have bikes for volunteers to use.
    Use Google map to plan a trip from YVR to Carvolth.

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    We have starlink,

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    We have lots of space.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

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    Nombre d'heures attendues

    25 hours per week

N° de référence hôte : 869664979942

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