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Wwoofer stories

Horse lessons for life

Tihana is young Croation woman who left our place recently, having wwoofed with us for a bit over a month.  WWOOF is Willing Workers On Organic Farms – Google it , it’s a wonderful way of working your way through a new country and really getting to know the people and the country. She worked hard ...

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For all you animal lovers out there – a wow chicken story!

  You know all this wonderful horse stuff that we do with horses?  Well, it works with chickens too!  And wow!   Click here for this 4 minute story in audio   WRITTEN VERSION OF THE AUDIO     A few weeks ago, we had Linda a lovely German girl arrive at our place wwoofing (that’s got ...

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Yuka, a wwoofer from Japan with our horses

This photo is of Yuka from Japan, with our miniatures Dom and Blondie. Even with her very new and limited English back then, Yuka understood what I was asking her to do and “got” the connection to listen to our miniature pony Dom, instantly.  The first thing she heard was “I hate you.” That shocked me, ...

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Natasha, a wwoofer from Israel

Natasha quickly became one of our favourite wwoofers.  (Willing Woorkers On Organic Farms)  Here’s a photo of Natasha taking a rest from tree planting, having a deep and meaningful conversation with young Boots. Natasha had quite a bit of horse and riding experience already when she came to us. Even in another language, the connection ...

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Juliette – a French wwoofer

Juliette, a French girl from Paris, fitted into our family as if she was born in the countryside.  She came to us on the wwoofer program (Willing Workers on Organic Farms).  It’s a program that involves working for your organic board and keep whilst being part of the family in a different country. With very ...

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