Host Profile
My Property
Business Type
Farming methods
Short Property Description
Beautiful 230 hectare Landcare award winning farm, that has now reached the status of being carbon neutral, running sheep for prime lamb production, cattle, practising agroforestry, natural building, cut native flowers, running regenerative farm tours and working dog schools. We are experimenting with some biodynamics and permaculture principles, and using cover cropping (multi species) to improve our soils and animal health.
We have sheep, cattle, alpacas & 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 2 hugelkultur beds 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
The Stay
Can Accommodate
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
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.
