Family farm

İzmir

7 reviews • Updated 2 years ago

This is a family farm which run by me, my husband along with other family members. We are doing a variety of activities with volunteers in our farm. January-February-March; We pruning olive and fruit trees. We plant seedlings. We make bitter orange jam. April-May-June; We do lavender harvest. We make lavender jam. We hang traps to combat with the flies to the olive trees. We cut the hair of the lambs. We do paintings and woodwork workshops. We organize yoga, photo safari,hiking activities. We make pastry and bread workshops. July-August-September; We do sesame harvest. We make blackberry jam. We cook with our guests coming for the help. We do archaeological trips. October-November-December; We make olive harvest. We have been working with volunteers for two years. Countries of volunteers; Canada, France, Sweeden, Australia, the Netherlands, Finland. Volunteers generally work for five hours per day. We usually cook vegetarian and traditional dishes. We offer meals three times a day. Residing places are like bungalow style,wooden rooms, and a mud hut. Shower and toilet are common when using. Work to be done on the farm; hoeing, weeding, planting vegetable-sapling, harvesting-pruning vegetable, grape, olives, almonds.. Chicken feed, set and pet cleaning, horse, dog and donkey grooming and training, feeding the lambs. Remember to bring your sun cream and raincoats.You can use airway to come Izmir from Istanbul. However, it is more suitable to use bus to come Izmir from Istanbul; because there are buses which goes directly Istanbul to Urla. It takes 8 hours. You can choose bus companies like Metro and Ulusoy. Our farm is located near to Urla. If you want to join, please contact us. Certifications: De Kontrol Internet access available

Learning opportunities

Vegetable farming

Dairy farming

Viticulture

Forestry

Beekeeping

Wild foraging

Vegetable or fruit preservation

Bakery

Traditional crafts

Food justice / sovereignty

Methods or systems

Holistic management

Host type

Certified organic

Accommodation

3 WWOOFers

Bedroom

Camper / RV

Campsite

Children accepted

Pets accepted

Meals

Omnivore

Length of stay

1-2 weeks

3-4 weeks

Over a month

Sibel

Member since 2021

Languages spoken: English Response rate: 80% Response time: typically within 5 days

December 2025

Open

Planned visit

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Reviews

Rey

Lebanon • October 2025

Theron, Sibel and their crew of 11 dogs are the sweetest. Their place, their presence and energy brought me calmness, laughters, memories and conversations that i will cherish for a long time. They have made me feel part of their family for 2 weeks. Thank your for your interest in getting to know me and listening to my stories. Thank you for everything you offered me. Say hello to mom ❤️ and take of yourselves and the crew

Sophia

Germany • February 2024

We spend 10 days with Sibel and Theron at Urla Hasat. We learned a lot about sheep, olive trees and farm life. We were here early February and spend the most days walking with the sheep, cutting branches, watching the sheep ans planting. Sibel, Theron and Janice are lovely and we had really interesting talks. We enjoyed the meals every day with Sibels homemade bread, soups and amazing Turkish dishes. Urla Hasat is a peaceful place in the middle of the mountains where you can really slow down and rest your soul. Thank you so much again!

Bree

Australia • November 2023

I stayed at the farm during olive harvest season. A busy and often stressful time. Days were spent walking the sheep which was most enjoyable and peaceful and then picking olives. It can be tough on your body picking olives but Sibel did her best to make sure our jobs were varied. The food provided was always delicious and nourishing and was a mix of traditional Turkish dishes and western dishes. We also worked for Sibel's brother during harvest time and the family were welcoming and warm and even showed us their wine cellar and tried some very nice red blends. Evenings were for down time or sometimes playing cards with the family which was a nice way to wind down from the days work. Overall I enjoyed my stay at this farm. Farm work is always plenty so be prepared to work but the experience and knowledge gained from this farm is priceless, definitely worth your while. Thank you to everyone at the farm, I will hold these memories close. I wish you all the best.

Inonge

Zambia • February 2023

Sibel and Theron made my first time Wwoofing experience memorable. I was warmly welcomed and given a clean place to stay. I enjoyed my stay in their well built and decorated mud hut. Winter had nothing on me as I kept warm with the wood burning stove installed in the room. I was glad to help out with farm chores ( weeding the garden, taking the goats out to feed, cutting firewood, dressing chickens ) and was inspired by the fact that the couple managed all house and farm chores by themselves with the help of Theron's mother. Even though my stay at the farm was very short, it was the best part of my holiday and I wish I had stayed longer in the peaceful environment. I definitely recommend a visit to the farm.

Karen

United States • December 2022

Sibel and Theron are a Turkish - American couple running a farm on a portion of Sibel's family land. Currently they have sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, a horse, and many dogs and cats. They make yogurt and cheese from sheep and goat milk, and we enjoyed learning to milk the goats while we were there. We stayed for two weeks during olive harvest this year (mid November 2022). Because it did not rain this fall, harvest started late and was mostly picking olives off the ground which is difficult work, hard on the knees and back. Sibel's sister and brother-in-law have a farm next door, where we helped with harvest where olives are knocked off the trees into nets. This was hard but interesting work and we appreciated spending time with Sibel's delightful family. Both Sibel and Theron's mothers live with them for some of the year and cook a lot of excellent Turkish and American meals, respectively. We enjoyed excellent meals, eating with the family three times a day. While we connected very well with Sibel and her family, we found Theron to be quite negative and sometimes difficult to be around. Granted, it was a very stressful time for them so that may not always be the case.

Zeynep

Türkiye • January 2022

Urla Hasat çiftliği bizi şahane karşıladı. Gittiğimizin ertesi günü güne şahane bir manzara ile başladık ve koyunlardan bir tanesi kuzuladı. Güne erkenden başlayıp doğanın tadını çıkardık bolca. Hayvanlar ile dostluğumuz ilerledi. Modern şehir hayatından kaçıp bu çiftlikte kendimizden bir şeyler bulduk. Zeytin'in kıymetini anladık ve uzun uzun tüm işlemlerini yakından görme şansını yakaladık. Ailenin bizi sıcacık karşılaması ve masalarına konuk etmesiyle şahane bir iletişimimiz oldu. Sabahları keçileri yamaca bağlayıp ardından kahvaltı hazırlığı için Mom'a yardım etmek kendimi ev sıcaklığında hissetmemi sağladı.(Şahane yemekleri ile damaklarımız da mest oldu) Sonrasında zeytin hasadı, arazideyken ağaçlara dokunup kaç kuşak gördüğünü düşündüm çokça. Akşam yakmak için çalı-odun toplarken gün batımının eşsiz manzaralarına baktık. Arada dağ çilekleri ile de ağzımızı tatlandırdık. Modern şehir hayatından bu doğallığa ve sadeliğe dönmek bize çok iyi geldi. Nelere gerçekten ihtiyacımız olduğunu görmemizi-fark etmemizi sağladı. Organik atıkları ayırıp hayvanlara veriyorlar -kimyasal ürünler kullanmıyorlar. Aslında biz bunlara şehirde nasıl alıştık orası da meçhul. Kısaca genç yaşımızda bu deneyim bize müthiş bir fark ediş kapısı araladı. Gitmek isteyen ve kendini bulmak isteyen herkese tavsiye ederiz. Sevgiler...