Farming & Gardening @ Small Vancouver Island Community

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La experiencia

Live peacefully in large lovely home with host. Sleep well, eat well. Hike. Swim. Socialize. Cook. Work is varied: landscaping; gardening and farming (use of hand tools; raking, pruning, cleanup, building stuff, weeding, tilling soil, watering, harvesting, planting); Orchard (apples, pears, plums, grapes); Lavender & Garlic production on small scale. Carpentry skill is desired but not mandatory. Occasionally work requires heavy lifting.

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Que ofreces?

6 horas de ayuda por día

Limpieza: Ayuda a limpiar la cocina, dormitorios, baños y áreas comunes.

Construcción y Reparación: Ayuda con varias tareas de reparación o construcción.

Ayuda en Granjas Eco: Siembra, cosecha y ayuda con tareas del campo.

Jardinería: Ayuda a plantar y cultivar jardines.

Cuota extra requerida

Valor: US$ 115 Por semana

Cuantía destinada a: Beneficios para los voluntarios y Materiales para las actividades de los voluntarios

Descripción: Volunteers contribute $115/week to cost of food, hydro, internet, and entertainment, gas and travel costs during their stay to help make hosting reasonably affordable. Volunteers are asked to pay for their own activities costs and restaurant meals. We go out for dinner occasionally for East Indian or Moroccan or west coast (seafood).

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Lo que obtienes

2 dias libres por semana

Habitación privada: Tendrás una cama en un cuarto privado. Sí, un cuarto solo para ti.

Desayuno: Tienes derecho a desayunos gratis cada día de tu estadía.

Almuerzo: Tienes derecho a almuerzos gratis cada día de tu estadía.

Cena: Tienes derecho a cenas gratis cada día de tu estadía.

Puedes usar libremente nuestra lavandería.: Hay un lugar especial donde se lava la ropa sin costo.

Excursiones gratis: Te llevamos a excursiones y caminatas por la ciudad, GRATIS.

Eventos gratis: Obtén pases gratis para los mejores eventos de la ciudad.

Bicicletas a tu disposición: Puedes usar nuestras bicicletas cuando quieras.

Traslado: Te buscaremos cuando llegues y te llevamos a nuestro lugar.

Clases de idiomas: Toma clases de idiomas gratis en nuestro espacio.

Utilice nuestra cocina equipada: Siéntete libre de usar nuestra cocina y preparar tu comida deliciosa.

Internet de Alta Velocidad: Internet de alta velocidad para trabajar remotamente

Espacio de Trabajo Dedicado: Espacio específico para trabajar remotamente

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Requisitos

Inglés Intermedio o Inglés Fluído

Entre 19 y 55 años

Admite voluntarios solos, parejas y dúos de voluntarios

Curso de la Academy Cómo ser un Worldpacker increíble

Seguro de viaje

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Lo que no está incluído

Vuelos, Seguro de Viaje, Transporte Interno y Visa

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Programa detallado

Informal household in small Vancouver Island community needs help with two acre property with fruit orchard, gardens, vegetable and flower farm.

Volunteers are respected, welcomed, treated very well as guests in a friendly congenial atmosphere of cooperation. This is an opportunity to contribute and learn. You will contribute by improving, expanding, and maintaining the gardens, the orchard, and the small new enterprises of fruit & fruit products (jam, dried fruit, preserves), garlic (six varieties to plant, maintain, harvest, dry and clean), lavender (four varieties), flowers (for household), and vegetables (for household) on the farm.

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Actividades & Turnos

Ready to work by about 8:00 a.m. unless otherwise discussed. This is an orchard and small scale lavender, garlic, and household flowers & vegetables farm. Lawn care. Watering the raised beds by hose/hand or design/build a watering system with on site supplies. Rake, hoe, weed, water, plant, mow, edge....Build useful stuff like fence, trellis, gate, garden boxes, greenhouse shelves... with wood if you have carpentry skills. Harvest and process FRUIT FROM ORCHARD (plums, pears, apples) in large quantities in August-September. Leaves raking. Mulching.

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Reglas

Be a respectful, mature, reasonable, contributing volunteer/guest and member of the household, indoors and outdoors.
No outdoor shoes or dirty socks/shoes/feet in the house or on the wool carpets.
Quiet after 10 p.m.
Keep your room and your own bathroom clean.
Clean and tidy up the communal areas we/you use: kitchen, hallway, living room, dining room.
Wash dishes or load dishwasher.
Be respectful of kitchen and the (beautiful) dinnerware and supplies: Do not burn pots or ruin pans when cooking. Keep the sink clean and free of dirty dishes. Put things away where they came from.
Communal cooking: we plan and share cooking and meals together.
Use the gas stove carefully and monitor cooking on stove & in oven at all times.
Make your own breakfast at about 7:30 a.m. and make your own lunch.
No drugs.
Minimal use of alcohol.
No pets.
Prefer non-smoking because of allergies, asthma and severe risk of fire in summer.
Departure: Thoroughly clean room and bathroom (mop, duster, vacuum, Windex, etc) and launder sheets, towels, and make bed.