7/17/2026
Hello beautiful volunteers! I have so many requests to come stay with us, I wish I could host all of you! We have two bedrooms in the cottage available to wwoofers and they are both occupied until at least the end of August. However, if you can car camp or have your own camper, we can host you, as we have separate bathroom facilities and power and water hookups. If this sounds doable to you, please reach out!
Given the current and ongoing political climate in the country, I've changed our profile picture to reflect the values we are committed to defending here on the farm. We are an LGBTQ+ safe space and welcome all humans who can vibe with us on that level.
For the upcoming year, 2026, we are saying goodbye to our beautiful raised bed garden and building a new garden on the other side of the farm, near the poly tunnel. It's a sad leavetaking as the garden has been a place for much growth, peace and friendship building. It's been a special place for so many. But I'm really excited for the opportunity to build a new garden! We have a blank slate and can really tap into our creativity to make another beautiful, fruitful garden. This is a great year to be here if you want to help build a garden from the ground up. Work on the new beds will begin right after the new year.
There is no "women's work" or "men's work" here, just work that needs to be done and people who are willing to do it. WBHF is woman owned and operated. We are diverse and LGBTQ+ friendly. We practice kindness, patience, gentleness and compassion toward each other and the animals we care for. There is zero tolerance for violence of any kind.
If you can't stay for the entire season, no problem! We happily host volunteers for stays as short as three weeks.
We raise dairy goats and a large chicken flock (we sell the eggs locally), have a large organic garden, pumpkin patch and are creating a market garden. Opportunity to learn orchard management, pond maintenence, goat cheese making (daily) with additional projects coming on board.
Deb is the owner and she lives on site as well as the lead gardener, Heather and our fromagierre, Rosie.
WWOOFer activities: Milking goats and all chores goat related (mucking stalls, feeding, processing milk, making cheese) and helping with kidding!
We have two pigs, Dot and Daisy who do very little. We have just added a cute little piglet named Bubba, who we hope will be the father of many, very soon.
Caring for chickens, processing eggs.
Assisting with work related to the market garden.
Assist with setting up low tunnel beds for market garden.
We have a very nice bathroom with a shower that is available to all volunteers. We have two bedrooms available and car camping and RV space is always an option for shorter stays as long as the weather isn't windy.
Meals are made in the farm demonstration kitchen, which is fully stocked. We will provide fresh eggs, milk and produce from the raised beds garden and whatever else is needed will be provided from the local grocery stores. We expect volunteers to prepare their own food and clean up after. There will be some community meals because we really enjoy eating together. While we are accepting vegan volunteers, we don't provide specifically vegan meals, though we will often have meatless options. If you have special dietary needs they will need to be purchased from your own funds.
A typical day would involve helping with mucking the goat barn, feeding goats, and milking. Three times a week we gather eggs and package them for sale at our farm stand. Feeding and caring for the chickens is limited to one person (staff) at this time to prevent introducing avian flu into our flock.
If a volunteer prefers the vegetable farming part of the farm more, they would spend the day with Heather pullin' weeds and sowin' seeds.
As the Volunteer Manager (Heather) my hobbies are basically what I do here for a job. Gardening, goats, bird watching, cooking with farm fresh ingredients, reading, painting and walking on the beach with my dog. Speaking of whom, Bear is an 9 year old German Shepherd. He's a very big baby who loves to play fetch and loves people more than anything. He has been my Gardening Assistant for nearly 10 years now, though he often hinders more than he helps. Also on the farm are Farmer Debs little dog, Coco, and Allie, the senior dog belonging to our resident cheese maker.
What about when you're not working? What then?!
The Long Beach Peninsula is a wonderland for nature lovers. From our beach on the bay, we see bald eagles daily, migrating elk, deer, cormorants, cranes, the occasional romp of river otters. It's a tidal bay so it empties and fills a couple of times a day. You can swim in the bay, it's very shallow and warm. About a mile west of us is the Pacific Ocean beach with a lovely bike path that goes for miles up and down the coast.
Long Beach is full of fun, with lots of yummy food trucks, restaurants and entertainment, some of which is free, like music in the park. There are lots of fun shops, horseback beach rides and a go-kart track! There are a lot of festivals that happen. I will post a list soon.
Just south of the farm (about 20 minutes drive) is Cape Disappointment State Park and about the same distance to the north is Leadbetter State Park. Both parks have hiking trails and wildlife preserves. Across the bay is the Willapa Bay wildlife preserve, which lies on a long uninhabited island in the bay right across from the farm. Astoria, OR is just 30min south.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Poultry farming
Pig farming
Sheep or goat farming
Dairy farming
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Cheesemaking
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Biodynamic agriculture
Holistic management
No-till farming
Permaculture
Mentoring opportunities
LGBTQ+-operated
Woman-operated
Host type
Nonprofit / Community
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