Enjoy hiking and water sports while helping in the forest on Galiano Island, BC, Canada

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  Description

  We live on a 95-acre Forest Lot on Galiano Island, British Columbia. We have 2 large horses and 2 cats, and we need help building trails to hike and ride the horses on. All help is for our private home and gardens. We also need help cutting up firewood and chipping branches. I also need help picking up the horse manure and soil to make more gardens. Our property is right next to Dionisio Park, which is one of the most beautiful places on Galiano Island. We have a cabin for you to stay in, but we are living off-grid, so there is no power or water at the cabin, and it is unfinished inside. We are living in an RV, and not the cabin in a different area of the property, where we have solar for power, a well for water, so we have full facilities here. We love to cook, and we are pescatarians, so we only eat seafood, eggs and cheese, and lots of vegetables. Our property has one kilometer of oceanfront, and we look out over the ocean to Vancouver. This is an amazing property, and we have only been here for 4 years, and we are still waiting for our rezoning so we can build a house, but in the meantime, we are working on cleaning up the forest. You can hike from here for hours on end; the trails are endless, it seems. If you like horses, you could also go for a trail ride with me when I am not working and time permits. We love having bonfires when permitted seasonally (spring and fall).

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Home sitting
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Films et télé

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Ferme

  

  Photographie

  

  Livres

  

  Art et design

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Jardinage

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Musique

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Animaux

  

  Sports nautiques

  

  Camping

  

  Plage

  

  Nature

  

  Fitness

  

  Randonnée
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We have had volunteers for about 6 years at our last residence. We had people from all over the World stay with us, and we loved it. It was wonderful learning about other people's Countries and learning a bit of their language. I am a landscape designer and I have a passion for learning about native plants and wild mushrooms. I can teach people about our native plants and edible mushrooms when we go for walks through the forest.

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  Aide

  All help is on our private home, forest and gardens. Generally, we need help with packing wood out of the forest which we can cut up into firewood, making trails by clearing out trees that have fallen in the forest, and cleaning up the forest to make it healthier. We could also use help picking up the horse manure and taking it to make garden beds. We do have a very small vegetable garden and will expand it one day once we can clear a large area of trees. We would work with you sometimes, and other times let you go out and do things on your own once you are comfortable with the tasks. We have a Quad which is super fun to get around on, which is handy on such a large property.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I can speak a little German.
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  Hébergement

  We have a 500 sq ft Cabin on the Oceanfront with one queen-sized bed and one couch that pulls out to a double bed. We have all the bedding and blankets. There is a wood stove in the cabin if it gets cool. Currently, the toilet is a composting toilet. The cabin is not finished inside, and that is also something we could use help with. We live a few minutes away in an RV with full amenities, using Solar in the summer, which we will share as needed. We have the Starlink satellite system, so you can keep connected with your computers or phones.
  We will provide all the food. We do not eat Meat, just seafood, eggs, cheese, and loads of Vegetables. If you like to cook, we always welcome help in the kitchen.

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  Autres infos...

  For your off time, we are right on the oceanfront, and we have canoes and kayaks, so you can go out on the water and there are hiking trails that go on for ever . We are right next to Dionisio Park, Galiano's most beautiful Park with a wonderful sandy beach for swimming, only a 20 minutes walk from our place. Horse riding is also an option.

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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

  Internet is only available at our RV, not at the cabin

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have a spot for a Camper/Motorhome to park close to our RV, right on the Oceanfront

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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