We garden over an acre of land in a suburban setting about 20 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We raise a variety of vegetables, fruit, flowers, and chickens. We make jams and jellies from some of our produce. Then we sell a lot of what we make and raise at our self-serve farm stand. We also sell home baked bread. We sell some of our flowers to a local flower collective. We have another 2/3 acre that we are continually working on clearing and setting up for future farming. Our farming season is from March-October. Depending on when you come, we would have you help with planting, weeding, harvesting, packing products for sale, processing the produce, pruning trees, completing a green house, spreading mulch, and helping clear logs. If you come in the winter months, some of the things you could do are start seeds indoors, or organize labels for the farm stand.
Unlike many other WWOOF hosts, we don't farm full time. We are a busy family with 3 kids. Both adults have jobs. So while we do try to spend as much time as we can with you, we will rarely be able to work alongside you all day. We are more available during the summer, but when school is in session you'll have more time on your own. The upside is that we are usually really flexible about your schedule. Many of our guests will work for a couple of hours in the morning on their own, go explore the area during the day, and work a couple more hours with us in the evening (when we're more available). We try to be very flexible with your work hours so you have plenty of opportunity to experience the mountains or downtown Salt Lake City.
Guests will have access to our kitchen where they can make their own food and/or eat with us. It's not required, but it works the best for us when the guests eat dinner with us (it gives the whole family a chance to get to know them better) and are willing to make their own breakfast and lunch (our kids usually make their own breakfast and lunch too). We almost always have homemade bread, oatmeal, pancake mix, eggs, cheese, and fruit on hand.
We're 1 1/2 miles away from a Trax train station (local public transportation), minutes away from world class mountain biking, and within 20 minutes of the Wasatch mountains. We're 3-4 hours away from Arches, Zion, and Bryce Canyon National Parks.
Guests will stay in the basement. It has a separate entrance, a double bed, a TV, and its own small kitchen and bathroom. We also have air mattresses if needed for additional sleeping. Families are welcome, and we will do our best to accommodate special diets. We speak English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Our home would be ideal for someone passing through who would like to stay for a weekend or up to a week.
Organic methods: We do a lot of composting, hand weeding, and mulching
Certifications: While we try to use organic practices, we're too close to other non-organic residences to qualify.
What you can expect by season:
February-April
Planting indoor starts
Up potting seedlings
Watering starts
Feeding and watering chickens
Preparing gardens for planting
Planting cold hardy crops
Pruning fruit trees
May and June:
Planting seeds and seedlings in the gardens
Weeding
Feeding and Watering Chickens
Collecting and washing eggs
Baking bread
Maintaining the farm stand
Thinning fruit trees
Picking flowers and making bouquets
July and August:
Early morning an late evening work, as it can be very hot.
Harvesting in season fruit (Cherries, Apricots, Peaches, and Apples)
Picking flowers and making bouquets
Baking Bread
Feeding and Watering Chickens
Collecting and washing eggs
Internet access available
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Poultry farming
Flower farming
Seed saving or production
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Bakery
Methods or systems
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Mentoring opportunities
Woman-operated
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
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