Jane United Kingdom

I had a delightful time at [Host] with Helen and Paul. Their beautiful home and garden is in a peaceful setting with lovely views across the surrounding countryside. I stayed in the shepherd's hut, overlooking the garden, where the sun streamed in late afternoon. There's a great little wood burner to up the temperature though if the sun isn't playing ball. I found the shepherd's hut (made by Paul) a treat to stay in: it's full of windows, bright, cheerfully decorated (by Helen and her daughter) and very comfy. I enjoyed a wealth of home cooking and baking (ginger cake, hot cross buns, flapjacks, fresh bread every day), home-grown produce (raspberries, redcurrants, gooseberries, salad leaves, and of course rhubarb!) and I have come away inspired to get a tiny bit more adventurous with my own plant-based cooking. Helen and Paul are both warm, creative, generous people, keen to live in harmony with nature, and we had plenty of interesting chats during regular breaks and meals. While I was there, I helped out with weeding veg and wildflower beds and also planting out veg seedlings. I plan to return in summer and hopefully see those wildflower beds in bloom! I highly recommend [Host] to anyone interested in growing veggies, gardening with nature in mind and ready to enjoy excellent vegan food and excellent company.

Céline France

We had a wonderful time with Alison! We worked on the crops under the polytunnel, we removed the weeds for the new plants, we fed the sheeps :) And we still had a lot of time to visit the Black isle and spend quality time with our host. Alison is a very generous and interesting person, we feel very lucky to have met her. We hope to come again sometime!

Maÿlis France

I spent three wonderful weeks with Janet and Roderick at [Host] Farm. It was an experience that I will never forget ! They were incredibly welcoming and made me feel at home from the first day ! They helped me a lot to improve my English, always with patience and kindness. I also really enjoyed discovering their culture (especially through the food, we had a lot of magical moments through the food aha !) ! What I appreciated the most were our fascinating conversations. Every evening, we talked about many interesting topics, which allowed us to get to know each other and share our ideas on society. The garden is simply amazing. Everything is well organized and beautiful. It has impressed me a lot ! Jan has an incredible level of passion and expertise. Thank you, Janet, for sharing this passion! During my stay, I did different tasks like weeding, planting potatoes, and cleaning the greenhouse, etc. Nothing difficult ! But I hope I has been helpful for the garden ! I highly recommend this experience to anyone looking for a meaningful and authentic exchange ! Thank you so much Janet and Roderick !

Michael United States

I had a wonderful week at [Host] Claudia and Colin were so welcoming and helpful. The setting is beautiful, overlooking the water wherever you are on the farm. The tasks were varied and interesting. It was great to have the animals be part of the experience - both in the daily work and just being around them throughout the time at the croft. The accommodations were very well appointed and clean and you'll be very well fed! I enjoyed my time very much and would recommend [Host] to anyone.

Greta United States

I stayed here for 5 weeks and had an amazing time. My first 3 weeks were spent working on the calving side of things. We did field checks identifying calves+mums and bringing them down from the field,bedding up,milking newly calved mums for high colostrum milk, latching calves+teaching them to suckel, and measuring out the herds' next grass portion+fencing . I also got to do ear tagging.dehorning,and castrating. My last 2 weeks were at the dairy where we did morning+evening milking(what a fantastic,cool, and efficient parlor!) ,fencing and the random odd job. Tim &Suzy are truly kind and welcoming people, you instantly feel at home with them and their cat+dog are the sweetest. There were other WWOOFers+workers here during my stay as well which was lovely. I couldn't recommend their farm enough, being present for the calving season was awesome and I hope to come back to experience more aspects of their operation another time .