How long do people usually WWOOF for?

hello Emma,
I have been wwoofing for 5 month and when I began with this "wwoofing thing" I was thinking like you. But now I can say: it is the best (for the wwoofer and the host) to stay 3-5 weeks on the same place.

hello Edith,
I'll take my next year, wwoofing in various farms and I would like knowing in which farm have you been for 5 months, and what's happened ?
I would like having informations about the farm where I go, and advice before going for several months in the same farm.
Thanks a lot for your help !

hello Dichekadenn,
Nothing special happend. I haven't been wwoofing fife months on the same place. At the first farm I was staying fife weeks, then I had a break for a month, then I went for two month at another farm, and now I am for fife weeks at another place again. Though I like it here very very much I will move on this sunday.
I just found out, that the two month I stayed on the same farm was a bit too long for both sides. Maybe because there was at first flooding and then unexpected ice while we could go nowhere.
Don't forget that the farmers don't know you and you don't know them before. To promise to stay several months at the same farm is a bit ticklish. Could be that there are very good places for that, but I don't know them. Sorry.
PS: In some farmhouses it can be very cold in the wintertime. Just check that before, when it is important for you. If you need a warm place in winter, you can write me a mail and I will give you an adress from a good place.(they are not registered on the wwoofingwebside).Good luck and enjoy it.

Hey - I'm new to this myself, and reading these responses is interesting, because of the way I was planning to go about it. I'm assuming I'd be in Ireland for about a month, maybe a little more, ( I'm pretty sure you can stay for up to 90 days in Ireland without a Visa, if you're from the U.S. that is...) And so, I had two objectives really. To see as much of Ireland as I could, AND to have some good WWOOFing experience. To do this, within the time period, and to cover Ireland from top to bottom, I was only going to stay at each place for 3-5 days...depending on how much I liked the vibes of that particular place.
But it seems now, after reading these comments, that that's actually a very short time. Weeks?! I feel like I'd be completely bombarding the hosts...I want to say hello, and meet them learn as much as possible from living in, and being saturated by their way of life, but then, to move on, to vary the experience, to make it more well rounded by absorbing as many people's styles as possible...
Of course, maybe I'll feel ENTIRELY different when I actually get there, and find that each experience is twice as succulent and delicious, once I'm in the presence of a particular, person, family or setting, and want to stay twice as long...
Who knows. Glad I read these comments though, might need to consider getting a Visa after all.

WWOOFing For The Win!!

Hey,
When I originally started wwoofing, I thought I was going to stay at the place for two-three months. After about a week I felt it was time to move on, and use wwoofing as an opportunity to see more of the country. After that, the longest I stayed at any place was 2 weeks, and only because that's how long the host needed me. I think it's safe to say that about a week is a good time to stay at each place, that way you have your weekend and five days of work and then you can say goodbye and move onto the next site.
Christine

I'm new to WWOOFing and did it for about a month in one location. Its probably best to go for 2-3 weeks I'd say.

Thank you for your insight! My host and I have confirmed two months and are contemplating going into three. I now wonder if this is too long... but from the experience we're both looking to get out of it, it sounds about right. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how it goes- and hope everything's dandy! :)