Andy & Willow

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Description

How's it going!

It’s Andy and Willow

For the last 3 years Andy has been exploring Canada. He has spent time tree planting, snowmaking, farming organic veg, teaching snowboarding and on a regenerative ranch as well as plenty of time in nature; hiking, camping, canoeing, climbing, surfing, skiing, foraging and being.

Over the past few years Willow has been on various travel adventures to Mexico, the Dominican and across Canada. She loves meeting new folks and finding out their stories. When she’s at home she grounds herself learning earth skills, such as basket weaving, natural medicine, foraging and other crafts with her friends.

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We spend a lot of time considering how humans are interacting with the ecosystems we're part of and how we can integrate in mutually beneficial ways.

Being able to spend time in nature is very important to us.

We are adventurous, love being outside, using our hands, learning new skills and exploring alternative approaches.

Areas we are particularly looking to develop our knowledge in include:-

• Sustainable food production and harvesting.
•Sustainable forestry/Agroforestry.
• Homesteading/ Off-grid living - preparing firewood, preserving food, sustainable energy and other skills relating to self-sufficiency.
• Authentic cuisine and cooking.
• Wild harvesting food and natural resources.
• Building and crafting with natural materials.
• Bushcraft
Natural dying
•And sailing, I would love to learn to sail!

Andy is also interested in :-

And Willow would like to know more about :-
Weaving
Local art practices
Photography
Local natural medicine
Leather work
Silversmithing

We are looking to immerse myself in authentic, cultural experiences, meet new people and discover new things. A good conversation and hearing new philosophies and ideas, particularly around food, nature and our connection with then. Always looking to learn, we believe everything is a learning opportunity and everyone has something to teach. Ourselves are more than willing to share our skills and experiences.

Andy has skills in:-
• Organic veg growing/harvesting experience
• Some livestock handling (sheep, goats, chickens, cows, pigs)
• Basic horse care and riding skills
• Basic woodwork carpentry skills
• Tree planting
• Basic handyman skills
• Cooking and baking
• Photography/Videography
• English skills
• Willingness to apply myself

Willow has skills in:-
Farming
Gardening
Basket Weaving
Flower arranging
Photography
Social media marketing skills
Child care
Cooking
Homesteading processing live stock
House/pet sitting

Dabbling creatives

Centres d’intérêt

Art et design

Politique/justice sociale

Écriture

Sports nautiques

Sports d’hiver

Soin des plantes

Langues

Culture

Livres

Photographie

Vidéographie

Architecture

Dev. personnel

Musique

Cyclisme

Montagne

Danse

Randonnée

Dev. durable

Voile / bateau

Activités en plein air

Nature

Ferme

Bricolage / artisanat

Camping

Menuiserie

Cuisine et alimentation

Plage

Animaux

Sports d'aventure

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
Willow is a fluent French Canadian speaker. Andy is just beginning his journey learning French. We both have some knowledge of basic Spanish and would be interested in practicing and developing my basic conversation fluency. We’d be happy to share our knowledge of English and French. Andy has experience sharing English at language immersion camps.

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Compétences et connaissances que nous aimerions partager ou apprendre

Ça nous intéresse :  

Travail associatif

Langues

Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

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Nous avons des connaissances :  

Jardinage

Bricolage et projets de construction

Entretien général

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Aider dans une ferme

Éco-projets

S’occuper des animaux

Projets artistiques

Enseignement

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

While spending a year living the farming lifestyle I was fortunate enough to pick up a number of skills including in various areas of the farm.

I spend 60-70% of my time in the organic, No-Dig Market Garden, there I learnt :-
• Sowing into trays.
• Direct sowing using a jang seeder.
• Transplanting plugs into beds.
• Produce harvesting - cut and come again salads, legumes, root veg, rhubarb, herbs, brassicas, tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes
• Tomato and Cucumber pruning.
• Bed prepping and turn around.
• Produce prep and package for consumer use.
• Application and understanding of no-dig techniques and principles.
• Hedgerow planting and benefits to ecosystem and crops.

Skills from other areas of the farm :-
• Mob grazing techniques to regenerate pasture.
• Basic sheep shearing and handling.
• Basic chicken care and handling.
• Use of quad bike and polaris.
• Basic butchery and sausage making.
• Use of a mechanical log splitter.

Other skills which may be of use :-
• Cooking for groups and some basic chef experience.
• Tree planting.
• Basic carpentry skills.
• Some general maintenance skills.
• Poultry care.
• Dog care.
• High ropes skills.
• Photography/Videography skills.
• English language.

Âge

31 & 30

Autres infos...

We love to participate in outdoor activities - hiking, climbing, camping, kayaking, biking, sailing, canoeing, surfing, snowboarding, skiing etc.

Informations complémentaires

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  Fumeur

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  Permis de conduire

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  Allergies
  Willow can’t eat turmeric

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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  Predominantly plant based but willing to try all authentic local cuisine. Preferences for local animal products when possible