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Help us with farm/ranch chores, and 'horse-time' in the mountains

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The experience

Helping with daily farm chores including, yard maintenance, lawns and trimming and feeding horse groups; help to exercise horses if qualified. Help with farm/ranch projects, some minimal gardening, fence repair etc. and in one's spare time, access to hiking trails and off the farm activities when we have the time to take our volunteers to a nearby destination.

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Between 21 and 35 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We provide a room in our small house or if preferred, the use of our 30 foot RV situated in our yard adjacent to our house. We provide food for volunteers to make their own meals and/or help with meal prep for all of us. We expect approximately 5 hours of work , at least 4 days a week but welcome help if a volunteer would like to do more. We provide Wifi in the house only and all of the above is at no charge to the volunteer.

Activities & Shift

We are a small private ranch operation and have a relaxed schedule for the most part but we do expect assigned jobs to be completed in a timely fashion and done well. Other than morning and evening chorses ( ie. feeding the horses am and pm), daily scheduled activities/jobs can change day by day and so volunteers should expect to be flexible with scheduling. The ranch is a very quiet place therefore applicants should be ready for solitude, be able to work alone and fill their own time with personal activities.

Rules

Non smokers are prefered and we are non drinkers.If an applicant arrives and is not happy here we expect that person to have arrangements in place to continue traveling and find a placement more suited to their expectations.