I agree that some wwoof'ing places expect you to work way too much. I mean, travelers go out of 9-5 work routine for a reason, so expecting us to go there to work same amount of time for less in exchange seems a bit abusive to me. I usually avoid such places, but when I happened to be in some of them, I appreciated those that offered some work that gave you something in exchange (i.e. learning something for real, not just digging a hole for a week or something), also when working hours and conditions were flexible. Even greater was a place that once you arrived asked people if they had anything they want to do that would justify their stay, and if you didn't knew, there was always some stuff that needed attention. I was there for two weeks building solar dehydrators, woodstoves out of trash, sorting their trash pile into a useful material storage next to their workshop and doing whatever I felt I was good at and being much appreciated for all that. Such place, I realized later on, was basically built by visitors and you couldn't believe how awesome and big place it is. If you want to check it out is called Bornos, in Cabo de Gata (Almeria) Spain. Awesome place that know how to receive, treat and keep people around.
