Heartfelt Homesteading, Garden Life, and Animal Care on the beautiful Island of Manitoulin, Canada

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  Descripción

  🌿 Welcome to Our Magical Homestead on Manitoulin Island! 🌿
  
  Hi friends!
  We’re Tala and Dávid, and we warmly invite you to join us on our 100-acre organic farm and forest sanctuary on the beautiful and spacious Manitoulin Island.
  
  Our land is alive with abundance—fruit trees, a tranquil pond, vibrant wildlife, and a no-dig heirloom garden full of herbs, veggies, and flowers. We share our home with a gentle livestock guardian dog, 20 Easter-egg-laying chickens, a magical pair of peafowl, five hilarious Nigerian dwarf goats (who we milk), and recently, a herd of seven horses who pasture our 25-acre field.
  
  We’re on a journey toward self-sufficiency and holistic living—starting everything from seed, making our own compost, preserving food, saving seeds, and living in harmony with the land. Creativity, mindfulness, and connection are central to our daily rhythm.
  
  🌸 About Us
  
  Tala is passionate about dance, music, and sewing. She is currently studying Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Mayan Abdominal Massage, sees clients part-time, and runs a small Etsy shop.
  
  Dávid is a carpenter and builder who loves neuroscience, meditation, quantum physics, and creative design.
  
  We value balance—work, rest, and play—and we begin each day with meditation or movement. While you're not expected to follow a daily practice, you're encouraged to take time for reflection and self-connection.
  
  🌱 What You Can Learn Here
  
  Depending on the season and your stay, you might take part in:
  
  Seed starting, planting, weeding, harvesting
  No-dig gardening and permaculture principles
  Trellising, row-covering, seed saving, composting
  Canning and preserving food
  Chicken and goat care (including milking)
  Homesteading systems and eco-building
  Cooking nourishing meals
  Creative projects, art, and music
  Land stewardship and learning about local Indigenous culture
  
  There are lakes, beaches, and trails nearby to explore. Life here is peaceful, slow-paced, and deeply connected to nature.
  
  ✨ 2025 Update: Who We're Looking For
  
  This season, we are welcoming three types of visitors:
  
  1. Short-Term Housesitters (for the dates below):
  Help with light daily chores (animal care, watering, weeding) while we are away. In exchange, you’ll have a quiet stay in our cozy cabin, homegrown organic food, and the chance to connect with nature.
  
  2. Short-Term Visitors/Helpers (min. 2-week stay):
  For travelers looking to learn and contribute. Help a few hours a day in exchange for lodging, food, and hands-on experience with homesteading.
  
  3. Long-Term Helpers (Summer–Fall, or Winter Stay):
  Ideal for someone (or a couple) looking to live simply and connect deeply with our land and lifestyle. Fewer hours required each week to allow you time to pursue your own part time passions on the side. This option doesn't include all your food (however we still do provide basic pantry staples and garden veggies) but offers more independence, collaboration, and creative opportunity.
  
  🐐 What We’re Looking For
  
  Ideally some experience with gardening or animals, but not necessary
  Open-hearted, communicative, and reliable
  Comfortable being self-directed
  Vehicle access is helpful due to our rural location
  Willingness to engage in both the fun and the messy parts of homestead life
  
  Daily animal chores take about 45 minutes, shared among all of us. Gardening and project hours vary from 2–4 hours a few days a week, depending on the season.
  
  🗓️ House/Farm Sitting Dates for 2025:
  
  July 31 – August 4
  
  September 15 – 23
  
  December 14, 2025 – January 31, 2026
  
  We’re excited to connect with kindred spirits who are eager to learn, share, and enjoy this magical land with us.
  Thank you for reading, and we look forward to hearing from you!
  
  With warmth,
  Tala & Dávid 🌿

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general

  Cuidado de casas
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  Intereses

  

  Cultura

  

  Eventos y sociedad

  

  Mascotas

  

  Sostenibilidad

  

  Autodesarrollo

  

  Agricultura

  

  Animales

  

  Carpintería

  

  Dibujo y pintura

  

  Fotografía

  

  Cuidado de plantas

  

  Música

  

  Bricolaje y manualidades

  

  Jardinería

  

  Cocina y alimentación

  

  Libros

  

  Actividades al aire libre

  

  Fitness

  

  Montaña

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Baile

  

  Yoga / bienestar
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  An opportunity to slow down and experience a way of living that is connected to the land, nature and wholeistic living.

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  Helpers will experience and participate in all the steps of growing a garden: seeding and caring for seedlings in spring, bed preparation, transplanting, weeding, water, harvesting, etc.
  
  As well as food transformation: sourdough, fermentation, preserving, freezing... making sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, tomato sauce, goat cheese, yogurt and soaps..
  
  Daily tasks include collecting eggs and milking goats.
  
  Depending on the skill set, we could use help with some building projects and general maintenance of the property.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Inglés: Fluido
  Francés: Intermedio
  Hungarian: Intermedio

  Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
  We are actively studing Spanish but would also love to maintain our French :)
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  Alojamiento

  A private room in the house with a queen bed, or optional tenting anywhere on the property. We share a kitchen, and meals together while we are working.

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  Algo más...

  It would be best if you have your own vehicle to explore the area as we are quite rural. There is lots to enjoy - beaches, waterfalls, canoeing, swimming, hiking trails and local markets.
  
  We have a solid two bars of cell service outside of the house, one solid bar with the phone in the window, but no reception inside of the house. The house itself does not have wifi, but we use hotspot to access the internet and it works just fine for our needs. If you dont have a data plan, ours is shareable. In summary, quite workable, but gives an opportunity to be mindful about technology and instead lean into grounding with nature. :)

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  We've got lots of room for parking, many options/ special spots, as well as various locations and platforms for tents.

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  Possible if they get along with our dog and are gentle with chickens and goats.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Mis animales / mascotas

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