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In-Ground Off-Grid Living with a Big Valley View🌄

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The experience

Tasks include burning stacked limbs and branches from spring work to help with fire prevention on the ranch, and assisting with stock feeding — mainly putting out hay for the 27 bison we have. You may also help with babysitting a 5-month-old, 450-pound bison, repairing fences after windstorms, and other general tasks around the house🦬❄️

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

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.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent English

Between 19 and 40 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We start the day with breakfast and then move on to daily chores.
We have 30 free-roaming bison on 160 acres, with about 60% of the land in light timber, so fire mitigation is ongoing — limbing, thinning, and burning wood piles when weather permits.
Fence maintenance is done as needed.
You’ll also help with babysitting a 5-month-old bison and assisting with feeding the herd when necessary.

Activities & Shift

We begin the day with breakfast at 8am (cooked or cereal and toast), then start chores at 9am.
Lunch is around noon, and we usually finish around 3pm.

Tilly’s shift:
Tilly, our bottle-fed bison, needs feeding every 4 hours throughout the night, on a rotation between you and the other worker.

Other duties include cleaning all windows (inside and out) for maximum solar gain, making sure everything is put away and serviced, and preparing garden furniture for winter.

When weather allows, we enjoy campfires 🔥 and games nights if you’re interested.

Rules

đźš­ No smoking.
📵 No phones during mealtimes.
⚡ As we are fully off-grid, power and water are limited — please avoid waste.