We are a small family farm focusing on living a more sustainable lifestyle. Currently two out of the three of us are full time on the farm, in the spring and summer we are working to help make our property more self sufficient by restoring old (herb and flower) garden spaces as well as creating a new vegetable garden, and taking care of the farm animals (ie: pigs, chickens, ducks, turkeys). Fall is harvesting season, prepping coops and pens for winter, and some tea and soup making. In the winter things slow down, so a lot of time is spent plowing snow, chipping wood, and organizing the house and barns for spring. We also have two dogs a large guardian and a medium size hound, as well as 5 cats on the property. There is one person at the property at all times taking care of the animals and our gardens, making sure everything runs smoothly.
Our home is located in the mountains of barriere, about a 20 minute drive from town, but only a 5minute drive to east barriere lake and 20 minutes to north and south barriere lake. We’re also located fairly close the Barriere forks regional park, where there’s tons of hiking trails in the warmer months and snowshoe/ ski trails in the winter. The property itself is situated on a beautiful 10acres of mostly treed area, that backs onto the East Barriere river. Seasons vary from each year. Most summers are hot but there’s lots of trees creating plenty of shady areas, making the property not too bad. As we’re up in the mountains our fall weather is usually quite crisp, definitely sweater weather, some times a Mack jacket. In the few years we’ve lived here we’ve experienced both wet and dry winters, meaning wet heavy snow vs light and fluffy snow. Either way we’ll have anywheres from 1-4ft of snow throughout the winter. Springs can also change each year it all depends on how much snow we get, we could have a very moist spring where rain boots are needed, it could be a pretty dry spring where you can wear sandals right away. Either way each season is always a new adventure!
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Poultry farming
Pig farming
Raising of other farm animals
Seed saving or production
Meat processing
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Bakery
Mechanics / tools / technology
Methods or systems
Holistic management
No-till farming
Permaculture
Mentoring opportunities
LGBTQ+-operated
Woman-operated
BIPOC-operated
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
4
Hectares
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10
Acres
