2026 is our first year accepting WWOOFers! We are a married couple living on 40 acres on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. We grow fresh produce and manage firewood as part of our land based lifestyle. All of our children are grown, with one 20 year old still living at home. Our place is shared with some chickens, a few small dogs and 2 cats.
On our 40-acre homestead on the Kenai Peninsula, our days follow the seasons and the needs of the land. In the high tunnel we plant, tend, and harvest tomatoes, zucchini, and other seasonal vegetables. Work also includes watering, pruning, weeding, pest monitoring, and keeping the growing space clean and productive. Outside the tunnel, we manage chickens—feeding, collecting eggs, maintaining coops—and we cut, split, and stack firewood for home and local use.
We can teach WOOFers hands-on skills in high tunnel growing, seed starting, transplanting, irrigation setup, basic plant care, harvesting, food handling, and building fences (to keep the moose out). Depending on the season, there may also be opportunities to learn about soil building, composting, greenhouse management, butchering moose, canning meats, fish or veggies, processing fish, and simple homestead maintenance. With the chickens, you can learn daily animal care, coop cleaning, and flock management. Firewood work includes safe tool use, splitting wood, stacking for proper drying, and understanding how wood is used as part of a semi-self-sufficient lifestyle.
An average day usually starts with morning chores like checking the greenhouse, watering, and tending animals. Midday is often focused on planting, weeding, harvesting, or larger projects like wood cutting or infrastructure upkeep. Afternoons may include finishing field tasks, cleaning, processing produce, or preparing beds for the next planting cycle. Days are active but flexible, shaped by weather and season, with a strong emphasis on practical skills, steady work, and learning by doing in an Alaska homestead setting.
Depending on availability, WWOOFers will either stay in a tiny home next to the house or in a private room in the main house. We aim for flexibility with shared meals with the family or provided as groceries for self-preparation for independence when needed.
We are surrounded by nature and live on a lake where you can swim, paddle board, kayak, etc. Rivers and the ocean are nearby for fishing, relaxing, beachcombing. There are visitors' centers nearby, hiking and biking trails with wildlife viewing and beautiful scenery.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Raising of other farm animals
Forestry
Aquaculture
Wild foraging
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Seed saving or production
Meat processing
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Beer, cider, wine, or juice making
Methods or systems
Permaculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
16.2
Hectares
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40
Acres
