Head for the hills and join us in the outdoors and hobby place near New Denver, Canada

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  UPDATE:Snow has arrived but the temperature is still mild.
  WE ARE ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO HOST PEOPLE WITH CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE THIS WINTER/SPRING
  
  Would you like to witness lambing season in late March? And learn how to milk a sheep (or two ) and make some cheese? (milking/cheesemaking happen from May to September as lambs are born in the spring time ) My husband and I live on 10 wooded acres, 15 minutes from town in either direction. We have 1 llama, 2 rams, 7 pregnant ewe sheep, 1 guardian dog, 1 rough collie, 2 cats, chickens and a large garden. It's best if you DO NOT bring a dog/cat with you as our guardian is not good with other dogs, even wonderful, chill, nice ones. We grow the garden and raise the animals for our own use, not a business, and are still eating garden fresh tomatoes in January! We have abundant water and a bathhouse with laundry and shower/tub facilities but use an outhouse toilet. We have a canoe and row boat with access to Slocan Lake, a 5 minute drive away. The Galena Trail runs very close to our property and is a great place to walk, run, bike and is tracked for cross country skiing in the winter. We are empty nesters, except for one daughter who is here for the summer season and holidays. We are renovating our small cabin, live in a small mobile home and have a separate tiny cabin (bedroom, kitchen, sitting room) available for a single or couple to stay in. I am a full time teacher, and my husband is retired. We are looking for a good fit for short or longer term help from Workawayers that already have their visas sorted out. Please come prepared to shovel snow and carry firewood while winter is here. We are nonsmokers and occasional social drinkers. We have assorted kinds of jobs like cooking, cleaning, some carpentry, animal feeding and care, firewood/landscaping, and loads of gardening jobs to choose from. In March/April, our ewes have their lambs, so that's sweet time to come if you want to experience that, milk, and make cheese. Winter is the quietest time of year here (November-March) so come prepared for stoking the fires, collecting eggs, feeding and watering all of the animals, shorter daylight hours, and lots of cloudy/rainy/snowy days. I'm learning how to spin the wool( on a spinning wheel) that I shear from our sheep and llama in springtime and I'm happy to show you how to do all the different processes from shearing to picking wool, carding it and spinning on a drop spindle. If you speak French, I can likely bring you to school to help me teach French class. We love to find out what your passions and skills are and find creative ways to use them to help us finish projects (and started planned ones) but also create new projects with you.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Companhia para idosos

  Ensino

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral

  Cuidar de casas e pets
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  Interesses

  

  Filmes e TV

  

  História

  

  Música

  

  Autodesenvolvimento

  

  Eventos e social

  

  Mascotes

  

  Fazenda

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Faça você mesmo

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Desenho e pintura

  

  Animais

  

  Arte e design

  

  Yoga/bem-estar

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Dança
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Travellers could learn how to grow and maintain a garden, learn some small hobby farm animal husbandry skills, explore Canada's only interior rainforest (the Slocan Valley where we are located). We have lots of hiking and exploring opportunities, a canoe and row boat with access to the Slocan Lake and are close to the delightful small towns of New Denver/Silverton and Nakusp. If desired, travellers can learn home maintenance and renovation skills including renovating our cabin and setting up our art studio/shop along side of us. There is a public bus that goes to Nelson a couple of days every week.

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  Ajuda

  We love to do all the things listed above and are happy to mentor learners to do tasks along side us and independently, at times. We like to be flexible about when and how the 5 hours/day happen so that we can accommodate the most needs of all.... with the exception of snow, which needs to be shoveled shortly after it falls to keep the paths open and safe.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Iniciante

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  My husband spent 7 years in Quebec many years ago and speaks rusty Quebecois French. I have very little experience in French and want to learn more so I can teach beginner French to my grade 6/7 class.
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  Acomodação

  Separate, private two room, small cabin with electric heat and internet and double size bed, as well as access to full kitchen in nearby main cabin (the one getting renovated). Bathhouse with laundry/shower/tub. Outhouse. There is also a bedroom in the cabin we are renovating that has a queen sized bed.

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  Algo mais...

  We have excellent high speed internet, brilliant hiking trails including the Galena Trail, a five minute walk through the woods, canoe, row boat, old bicycles and make frequent trips to towns in either direction. We have good relationships with neighbors and young people in the community for social connections but also have lots of art shows, summer recreation opportunities and markets, and make trips to Nelson once or twice a month for city services. There is a local public bus that takes you to Nakusp or Nelson a couple of times a week. It is somewhat challenging to get here if you don't have a car. There is a bus service: Mountain Man Mike's that comes from Vancouver or Calgary. Depending on the timing, we can sometimes pick you up from Kaslo, Nelson or Castlegar. Rider Express takes you to Revelstoke. We've had a couple of Workawayers hitchhike from there.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  We have a pretty reliable internet service, so you could do some work from here, likely without issue.

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  We have a great, private camping spot that is vehicle accessible and could have power hook up.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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