Jill Stewart

Host Profile

    My Property

    Business Type

    Commercial Farm

    Farming methods

    Permaculture

    Short Property Description

    Beautiful 230 hectare farm, running sheep for prime lamb production, practising agroforestry, natural building, cut native flowers, bush food and working dog schools. We are experimenting with some biodynamics and permaculture principles.

    We have sheep, alpacas, horses, & dogs.

    Two of our daughters and their partners and 3 children live on the property as well.

    If you would like to see what we do go to the facebook page “Yan Yan Gurt West Farm”

    Organic/Biological methods we use

    Our home garden is organic (veg/flowers, fruit, nut trees), we still use some chemical sprays for weed control on the farm. We practice a holistic farming approach, especially with our agroforestry trees. The trees are planted as weather protection, erosion control, landclass subdivisions, for water quality, wildlife corridors and biodiversity, high quality timber trees have been incorporated into our planting to be harvested on a rotational basis.

    We are currently experimenting with biodynamic preps on one of our grazing paddocks.

    We have put in a hugelkultur bed for growing vegetables, medicinal herb beds and an orchard. Our family has built a cob studio and there are ongoing natural building and gardening projects happening throughout the year.

    Our gardening methods incorporate some permaculture principles. The rest of the farm is like zone 4 permaculture!

    My Details

    Name

    Jill Stewart

    Partners Name

    Andrew Stewart

    Gender

    Family

    The Stay

    Can Accommodate

    2 WWOOFers

    Preferred length of Stay

    1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, Longer stays by negotiation

    Accommodation

    In Our Home, Separate Building

    Other options

    No Smoking Inside, No Pets please

    Meal Procedures

    Eat together, Share most meals, Share cooking, Food provided, cook your own

    Languages spoken

    English

    Diets we cater for

    Mixed meals, some meat, some vegetarian, Meat based meals, Vegetarian meals, Gluten free meals

    Work and Study Remotely here

    Work and Study Remotely here by arrangement

    Why I became a WWOOF Host

    We love meeting people from all parts of the world and sharing knowledge, creativity and different cultures. We find surrounding ourselves with young enthusiastic people keeps us young too.

    We are passionate about the environment and enjoy sharing our journey in regenerating our farm and educating others as we do so.

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