Help us with carpentry and repairs at our homestead and discover a lovely region of Québec, Canada

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  Descrição

  Hi! We are two adults with a sweet husky-X dog and a couple of free-roaming chickens living on one acre homestead in rural Québec! We moved here 7 years ago to start our beekeeping business (which we closed during the pandemic) and general little farm/homestead set-up. Over the years we've had ducks and goats, but have scaled down to a few egg hens for the moment. We transformed a pure grass lawn into a diverse landscape with medicinal plants, a large garden, fruit and nut bushes and trees... and etc! With our two full time job we are now finding it a challenge to get everything linked to maintenance and project completion done, so we would love to recruit some help. We are fluent in French and English and have some basics in Spanish. We look forward to meeting you! :)

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Although the village we live in is very small (300 people in Saint-Thuribe) it is a very dynamic region that is close to two larger cities (Québec and Trois-Rivières, 1h away each). This year is also the village's 125th anniversary, so there is a art exposition in the local church as well as brunches and events every Sunday. The next village over (Saint-Casimir) has a lovely microbrewery that hosts an outdoor farmer's market and family-friendly live music every Friday until mid-September. There are many wonderful small businesses in the general area that produce high quality, delicious and products (vegetables, fruits, bakery, chocolaterie, coffee roast house, milk farms (fresh milk, cheeses, yogurt, etc.), beer...). For the outdoors, we are lucky to be situated close to the wonderful Regional Parc of Portneuf in Saint-Alban. This is a wonderful spot for hiking, canoeing, rock climbing, and discover the amazing fall colours in Québec. We will be happy to lend you a bicycle and drive you to different locations in the region!

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  Ajuda

  As with all older houses and buildings, there is always something to be fixed somewhere! And with a little homestead set-up there are always set-up improvements to be made.
  The priorities for the upcomming months are : finish an outhouse building projet for our little cabin; stacking wood for the winter ; Installing straw ground cover below the fruit and nut trees; installing a metal roof and changing the woodstove chimney exit location on that cabin; insulting it's flooring; Weeding the garden; maybe moving a fence... If it's in your skill set and interests, there is some serious "Marie Kondo" magic to be done around the wood workshop! We eventually dream of setting up a nice outdoor kitchen, but we'll get that going after getting the current priorities done. So basically, all around very hands-on stuff, we have good tools and we would need someone with good knowledge on how to use them and the ability to work independently (since we do have day jobs) ;)

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Fluente
  Espanhol: Iniciante

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  Acomodação

  We have a lovely little rustic cabin on our lot that can serve as a guest private space (with electricity and wifi, but washroom is in the house for now, until the outhouse is built!) and for the cooler weather we also have a guest bedroom in our big house. There is a laundry room in the house. ***Usually, in exchange for your work on the different projects, we provide the meals. BUT this time around we are looking for a more independent self-sufficient set-up. We propose less hours of work (12-15h/week rather than 20-25) in exchange for lodging, but would expect you to be mainly independent food-wise.

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  Algo mais...

  We have had woofers in the past for our beekeeping business and generally had a really wonderful time! We have learnt that we appreciate a good balance between time spent sharing together and quiet times alone. We appreciate our workawayers helping us with very basic housekeeping chores (i.e. post-meal cleanup and sweeping your own room...).

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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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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  There is ample parking and grassy areas.

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  Pode aceitar animais

  Este anfitrião está aberto a aceitar viajantes com animais de estimação.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Horas previstas

  12 to 15h per week