WWOOFing « Lodestar Gardens

WWOOFing

World Wide Opportunities On Organic Farms (WWOOF) and Lodestar Gardens: Our WWOOFer Philosophy

Lodestar Gardens invites volunteers whose objectives are to:

learn new growing techniques and sustainable lifestyle practices
assist us in developing our projects and
share in a cultural exchange of ideas, practices and experiences.

Door at the End of the Rainbow

Length of Stay

Because we hold these values, we expect our volunteers to stay a minimum of ten days. This is the least amount of time necessary to establish an exchange consistent with our WWOOF philosophy.

Workday

We adhere to the guidelines set by the WWOOF organization that volunteers should expect to work 5-6 hours/day.

In some cases, volunteers will accompany us to the local farmers’ markets and assist in selling our produce.

WWOOFer Rachel, planting peas in the hoop house (March 2010)

Pets

Unfortunately, we cannot allow pets, but we do have an assortment of cats, dogs and chickens here which you may befriend during your stay. For example:

"You're in our sunlight..."

Amos calls the boy's club to order

Being excellent to one another

Accommodations

Depending on the number of volunteers and the weather conditions, volunteers will either have small bedroom areas with bathroom and kitchen facilities, or tent areas with access to portable toilets during the day in addition to shower facilities at the end of each day.

You will be fed three healthy, fresh and delicious meals a day, meals most often comprised of food volunteers have worked to get to table. Volunteers must describe any special diet considerations or any extenuating health conditions in the initial communication. Meals are served at designated times only.

Because of our belief in the benefits of time allotted for solitude, reflection and meditation, we encourage our volunteers to be very respectful of the silence which fosters such activities.

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We live in an area close to the extensive Sitgreaves National Forest which follows the Mogollon Rim. It’s ideal country for hiking, photography, bird watching, geocaching, rockhounding. . .and probably a few things we haven’t heard of yet.