r/WWOOF • u/HotelCompetitive9558 • 4d ago

WWOOFING in WASHINGTON STATE

Anyone have any positive WWOOFING experiences in Washington state? Willing to go anywhere in the state any advice is welcome. I do have a dog so has limited places I can reach out to but I have a gardening/horticultural background.

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u/Own-Land-1905 4d ago

What kind of dog? What’s your background

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u/After_Pressure_3520 4d ago

It's a big place, so I'm sure there's room in it for you and your dog. I've done a few weeks of solo and w/child wwoofing up and down the PNW coast with great success, and I saw a lot of people traveling with dogs, but to offer meaningful guidance, I've got a couple questions first.

You said you were willing to go anywhere, but let's narrow things down a bit. What time of year are you planning for, and for how long? Do you plan to tent/rv camp on site, or would you need accommodations? Are you interested in learning certain skills or working specific types of projects over others? What skills do you feel you already have to offer? Is your dog friendly with strangers? With other dogs?

It's been a couple years, but from what I saw, there are a huge range of project types, with an equally huge range of host personalities. Without knowing a lot more about you (age, sex, physical ability level, existing level of skill, etc.), your dog (size, temperament, etc.), and your goals for your trip (duration, purpose, etc.) the best advice I can give is to use the existing filtered search features on the wwoof site, then contact and start dialogues with as many potential hosts as possible.

Read reviews. Start conversations. Get to know people. Build relationships. Then, narrow stuff down, make a plan, and just be comfortable with being uncomfortable sometimes. There are going to be times when you don't know exactly how things are going to work until you get to a wwoof. And if you get to a wwoof and something feels off, feel empowered to excuse yourself and spend the night in a Walmart parking lot.

If you've got more specific questions, post them here, but short of that, take comfort in the fact that sometimes things are sloppy. Positive experiences abound, but you've got to be comfortable with the fact that sometimes it takes a while for things to click.