Jessie Clark My WWOOFing experience
Jessie Clark
My WWOOFing experience
I had a wonderful time WWOOFing at Laspissotes with Sandrine, Réné and Ishmaël. I was completely new to farming, let alone physical labor. Going into it I was really excited but nervous about whether I could handle it ...or not and also not really sure as to why I wanted to go in the first place. Sandrine and Réné were very welcoming from the start. I knew immediately that this was not a place where I would be “used” as some WWOOFers unfortunately are. It’s true that I did work hard, but only because I’m the kind of person that enjoys getting a job done and learning new things. It was clearly my choice whether to work or not. Sandrine and Réné got up early, like 7 I think at the latest. I usually started working around 9am. Then we eat a big lunch at around noon or one. And then work until 6. It’s a long day, but you don’t realize it. It goes by really fast. I like that we didn’t do too much of one task for too long. I learned to do a lot of different things: plant tomatoes, plant different seeds, lay straw and manure to avoid conventional herbicides and fertilizers, make a bug repellant from plants, how to drive a tractor, creating hill-beds for drainage, the list goes on. And the best part is that they really explain WHY you do everything. So it’s not just boring labor, but you understand how the things you are doing will interact with the environment and produce better crops. Another good thing is that Sandrine and Réné are young and just starting out. So they’re always talking about new ideas and setting up experiments with the crops. It’s actually pretty intellectually stimulating. Plus they took me on an awesome day trip to see some beautiful villages and chateaux. I feel like after this I have a better grasp on how much work it is to produce organic crops for small farmers and how important it is to buy from them at farmers’ markets. Trust me, it’s worth more than the extra few cents to buy local organic. I definitely am going to start a garden of my own, using permaculture techniques. And I feel more connected to the earth, as hokey as it sounds. Laspissotes is a good place
My WWOOFing experience
I had a wonderful time WWOOFing at Laspissotes with Sandrine, Réné and Ishmaël. I was completely new to farming, let alone physical labor. Going into it I was really excited but nervous about whether I could handle it ...or not and also not really sure as to why I wanted to go in the first place. Sandrine and Réné were very welcoming from the start. I knew immediately that this was not a place where I would be “used” as some WWOOFers unfortunately are. It’s true that I did work hard, but only because I’m the kind of person that enjoys getting a job done and learning new things. It was clearly my choice whether to work or not. Sandrine and Réné got up early, like 7 I think at the latest. I usually started working around 9am. Then we eat a big lunch at around noon or one. And then work until 6. It’s a long day, but you don’t realize it. It goes by really fast. I like that we didn’t do too much of one task for too long. I learned to do a lot of different things: plant tomatoes, plant different seeds, lay straw and manure to avoid conventional herbicides and fertilizers, make a bug repellant from plants, how to drive a tractor, creating hill-beds for drainage, the list goes on. And the best part is that they really explain WHY you do everything. So it’s not just boring labor, but you understand how the things you are doing will interact with the environment and produce better crops. Another good thing is that Sandrine and Réné are young and just starting out. So they’re always talking about new ideas and setting up experiments with the crops. It’s actually pretty intellectually stimulating. Plus they took me on an awesome day trip to see some beautiful villages and chateaux. I feel like after this I have a better grasp on how much work it is to produce organic crops for small farmers and how important it is to buy from them at farmers’ markets. Trust me, it’s worth more than the extra few cents to buy local organic. I definitely am going to start a garden of my own, using permaculture techniques. And I feel more connected to the earth, as hokey as it sounds. Laspissotes is a good place
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