We only offer short stays of 4 to 10 days. We prefer wwoofers who have a good conversational level of English and will prioritise those who are interested in Permaculture and self reliance. We would prefer wwoofers who are over 18 years old (sorry), We usually ask our WWOOFers to walk our small dog for half an hour or so in the afternoon.
We are a family of two and a dog (Two grownup children live elsewhere) living by the sea in the east of England, trying to be as self sufficient as possible without being fanatical about it. We structure our garden on organic, Permaculture principles, recycling our rainwater and grey water through a reed bed. Our home uses solar energy and wood for cooking, space and water heating and we generate solar electricity. We grow and eat our own vegetables, fruit, eggs and honey, we don't eat meat but occasionally eat fish. We are creating this ourselves (DIY) mostly from recycled materials.
We have a piece of ancient woodland and some of our time is spent there managing the wood; logging, planting trees and clearing bracken and brambles. We are a Permaculture Land Learning Center so we are keen to have visitors who are interested in Permaculture. We are now the proud owners of an electric car (a Leaf)
We are active supporters of Extinction Rebellion and the Green party and try to build our thinking around fighting climate change and adapting to it. We are becoming more involved in trading networks - swapping logs for labour in the wood and surplus garden produce with others with different surpluses. We are developing a Community Supported Agriculture scheme for wood fuel in the wood. We prefer wwoofers who have a working level of English and will prioritise those who are interested in Permaculture and self reliance. We mostly have one WWOOFer at a time unless they come as a couple.
We are active supporters of Extinction Rebellion and the Green Party and try to build our thinking around fighting climate change and adapting to it.
Organic methods: No-dig, composting, mulching, coppicing, liquid feed, bee-friendly bee keeping, seed saving, chick rearing under our own hens,
Certifications: We grow organically and use no chemical herbicides etc
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