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Our mission is to help our neighbors produce food locally and feed as many people as well as possible. We have 105 acres with a house and a barn. Our special interests are forest maintenance, gardening, sheep, goats and cheesemaking. We use composting toilets and livestock to enrich our soil. We use renewable solar and micro hydro energy.
We host family style in our house (2 bedrooms, 2 bath, shared kitchen, etc.), share meals, and work with our volunteers on a variety of farm projects. We are especially interested in those with some practical farming experience or an interest in establishing a farm of their own. Children are welcome, but no pets.
Two week minimum stay, longer stays negotiated after we get to know each other.
We raise goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, bees and cats.
Animals are part of our soil fertility here. We eat pork, goat, lamb, beef, and chicken, plus occasional game. Vegetarians are not a good fit for us. We speak English, German and a little Spanish, and play Traditional Music.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Entretien général
Centres d’intérêt
Politique/justice sociale
Événements/vie sociale
Dev. durable
Culture
Ferme
Histoire
Soin des plantes
Musique
Bricolage / artisanat
Livres
Art et design
Jardinage
Cuisine et alimentation
Arts du spectacle
Menuiserie
Animaux
Nature
Fitness
Camping
Danse
Activités en plein air
Cyclisme
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Depending on the season, guests will participate in raising the next generation of animals, walking the goats, sheep and donkeys for browsing in the woods, planting, harvesting and preserving garden produce, canning, milking, making goat cheese and butter, hauling hay, animal slaughter, fostering and harvesting the forest, bicycling in the Willapa Hills, and taking a day off here and there to visit the Pacific Ocean, etc.
Aide
The help is seasonal, a steady source of variety and we try to match the tasks with the interests of our helpers. We want everyone to have a taste of what is so rewarding about subsistence farming and feeding yourself.
Help consists of whatever needs to be done to maintain the health and happiness of the animals and the viability of the soil, plus keeping the attendant humans happy! This entails planting, weeding, harvesting, canning and drying, walking the goats in the woods to forage, milking, making cheese, maintaining trails to suppress fires, cutting and stacking firewood, cooking local foods, shearing sheep. All tasks are seasonal.
Langues
Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: IntermédiaireCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Spanish and German, and of course english
Hébergement
Bedroom in the main house, shared bathroom and kitchen. Private cottages also available. Cook your own breakfast (we provide supplies), we all share lunch and dinner.
Sandy and Leif do most of the cooking, but we welcome your additions. Kids very welcome, but no pets.
The bedrooms are in the main house, and sport a double bed, closet, etc.
Autres infos...
We provide a variety of bicycles. By car we are 2.5 hours from either Portland or Seattle. It is possible to get to Raymond by bus, and we are 10 miles from there and could come get you.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We have 3 /sec, and can upgrade to 5. WIFI.
Espace pour garer des vans
We can provide electricity and composting toilets.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Mes animaux
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I came expecting to help with some farmwork, but my experience turn out to be closer to a vacation! Yes, there was some work to be done - gardening, pruning, harvesting vegetables, woodchopping, walking a whole pack of lovely goats through the woods every morning… read more
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I came expecting to help with some farmwork, but my experience turn out to be closer to a vacation! Yes, there was some work to be done - gardening, pruning, harvesting vegetables, woodchopping, walking a whole pack of lovely goats through the woods every morning… read more
