Experience homesteading and family life on Vancouver Island, Canada

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  We are a family of six who homestead on 124 acres on Vancouver Island. As our friends describe our place, it's a farm run by young people with kids and cows running around and everyone having a good time😄
  
  We have downsized significantly in the past year to fund other projects, but there are a couple emus, chickens, ducks, a couple ponies, a few horses, water buffalo, a couple cows, dogs, and cats too. We have four children two boys and two girls between the ages of 1-7 years old.
  
  We moved onto this property in November of 2022 and it has been a lot of work as we strive towards living more self sustainably. We have a gorgeous view of the mountains, a beautiful large creek, and a large portion of our land is still quite wild. We have seen lots of wildlife here from bears, elk, deer, and evidence of cougars.
  
  During downtime I enjoy teaching soap making and crocheting if that is something that you are interested to learn.
  
  I used to be on Workaway before I met my husband and want to offer an amazing farm stay experience like I received in the past! We have hosted for almost two years now and love building our global community and living vicariously through those we have met. You will become a part of our family. I have learned so much about cooking, language, and culture from workaways in past.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Ensino

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral

  Cuidar de casas e pets
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  You will most likely get to see a lot of Canadian wildlife while with us. Being on the coast you will get a taste for Canadian west coast culture. There is so much history to be explored in the Comox Valley. There is also an amazing farmers market that happens weekly close to our farm where you can get a taste for local food and art. Staying with us you will get a taste of what rural living in Canada looks like. If you are adventurous and love the outdoors, Canada's west coast is the place for you!
  
  Courtenay also hosts a free women's self defence class weekly that I attend that many workaways in the past have enjoyed attending with me too😁

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  Projetos que envolvem crianças

  Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

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  Ajuda

  Currently, we don’t have much going on with the farm so we are looking for more help around the house and with the children. This often looks like doing dishes and cleaning up after meals. Assisting with homeschool activities, playing games with them, reading books, and helping us take them on small hikes. If you enjoy cooking we love trying new meals too!
  
  As far as animal care, we love when workaways spend time socializing the animals! When there are calves or goats on the bottle, help with bottle feeding is appreciated too. The horses and ponies enjoy a groom as well. Occasionally we ask for some help weeding and raking in the flower gardens and general outdoor maintenance.
  
  June 28th-July 10th: Looking for a farm sitter!! Someone who is comfortable with a variety of animals. The chores are easy, just feed and water and a lot of the hay will be managed by a friend of ours. We really just need someone here while we are away.
  
  September-October 2026:
  
  Looking to host someone during this time as I will be 9months pregnant and due at the end of September. Looking for help with harvesting apples, plums, pears, and walnuts. As well as assistance canning apple sauces. Help with meal prepping for after I’ve had the baby. Also occasional help babysitting and being an extra set of hands when the baby is born. If you are curious about pregnancy and birth this is a great opportunity to get a deeper perspective on this life experience.

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Fluente

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  Acomodação

  We have a private room for workaways in our house with a shared bathroom. We have Wifi and a washer and dryer available too! We have a bike workaways are welcome to use to explore on in their off time. The workaway room is always tidy and clean upon arrival; The rest of the house really depends😅 Summer and Fall are really busy times of the year and I often fall behind on cleaning but can generally keep on top of it when I have a workaway around. We are on a farm, there is a lot of dirt on a farm and it gets dragged into the house by everyone so if you aren't comfortable with dirt then you might not be comfortable here.
  
  Our food is primarily food we produced ourselves. We drink raw milk from our cows and almost all our dairy products we make ourselves. We eat a large protein based diet in the winter/spring. We cannot accommodate vegans and vegetarians we have hosted in the past but we are only able to do so in the summer/fall.

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  Algo mais...

  If you like to ski or snowboard we are right at the base of Mount Washington which also has plenty of hiking trails. Courtenay is only a five minute drive from the farm and has a beautiful downtown and museums. There are so many beautiful hikes nearby and in the valley. Cumberland is not far and has awesome mountain bike trails. Tofino is about a 3 1/2hour drive but it's gorgeous and you can surf there. Coastal wildlife tours are also available in Campbell River which we drive to frequently

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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

  We are on over 100 acres so there is lots of space to park your van or camper!

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  1

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  Egg

  

  Dudley

  

  Ruger

  

  Rudy

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