Graeme Wilkie & Gillian Oliver

Host Profile

    My Property

    Business Type

    Small/Non-commercial farm

    Farming methods

    Organic

    Short Property Description

    Qdos is on 3 acres surrounded by Great Otway National park with loads of wild and bird life, a short downhill walk in the township and our famous surf beach.

    We grow organic produce. Our kitchen gardens raise heirloom seedlings in the hothouse for the table. Work includes developing compost nutritional soils & caring for a large orchard, general property maintenance.  We keep free range chickens and have our own bees, all to enhance the quality of our foods & sustainability.

    Because we are essentially an Arts venue, with regularly changing exhibitions, musical events and art workshops, wwoofas often get involved with these ‘arty’ activities.  Longer stays are better for us.

    Your accommodation is one of our Treehouses Yama for, sleeps  2 (singles may have to share the space) with a sundeck overlooking the our lilypond and sculpture park, we generally eat together all meals are provided.

    Once a year (in the colder months) the ceramic studio gets busy for the annual wood fired general around August. So if your are interested in pottery and wood firing kilns you will enjoy this.

    Organic/Biological methods we use

    General we use large worm farming techniques create volumes of vermicast the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by earthworms. Working in with using eucalyptus bush debris and coffee grinds. Gardening we love, with 50 different fruit trees in the orchard and indoor & outdoor veggie garden.

     

    Skills WWOOFers can learn here

    Organic practices & techniques, Permaculture design practices & techniques, Biodynamic practices & techniques, Gardening, Composting, Soil conservation, Propagating, Mulching, Pruning, Worm farming, Beekeeping, Animal care, Poultry care, Wildlife rescue & care, Using & caring for tools, Fencing, Building, Handyman, Preserving & processing food, Marketing produce

    Courses and Events

    We are extending our art courses program to include horticultural practices like grafting, compost building, worm farming and bee keeping. WWOOFers, can if they, like join in for free.

    The Stay

    Can Accommodate

    1 WWOOFer

    Preferred length of Stay

    1-2 weeks

    Accommodation

    Separate Building

    Other options

    Non-Smoking, No Children, No Pets please

    Meal Procedures

    Eat together

    Languages spoken

    English & Learning Japanese

    Diets we cater for

    Mixed meals, some meat, some vegetarian

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