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greetings this 2024 season. we hope you're staying happy & well out there. we apologize for delayed emails; we have limited wifi, but we will respond. Presently, we are seeking folks serious about community & resilience living in these wild times. we are interested in folks with some basic understanding & interest in off grid living & shared meals, projects & gatherings .
this season we’re focused on building our food forest & gardens, finishing up some cabin projects & hosting a few workshops around tiny house construction & natural building materials!!
about us & the farm: we are an off grid farmily with three full-time human dwellers and 5 dogs, barn cats, chickens, ducks & turkeys, & we have two horses & a donkey in our neighbor’s pasture. we generally account for all your food during your stay and while we can still offer amazing spaces & experience for a worktrade, you must help provide for special food that isn't grown or foraged from the land like coffee, etc.
we delight in sharing our teaching & learning permaculture farmstead & our magical forest. we live off the grid on a microhydro electric & solar pv system; we grow much of our food. we forage & wildcraft. we make kombuchas & kimchi. we generally learn as much from visitors as we hope to share & teach.
we are a working farmstead, so there are often a variety of projects in motion. we prefer hosting couples, small groups of folks & families with basic (or more:) skills and experience in carpentry, natural building, and alternative energy systems. we host workshops, camps, day programs & events throughout the year & this August we’re having a big 25th Landiversary gathering!!.
we work hard to lighten our footprint in this world, & our cabins, tent spaces, farmhouse & gardens, trails & forest reflect that. we invite you to leave behind traditional amenities & come to the end of the road to learn, teach, grow, relax, reflect, dream & more. we try & love the life we live & live the life we love.
**********for 2024 *******If there’s a week or month or more that you’d be interested in committing to, please reach out as we try & fill our calendar. for folks wanting a longer stay or through the whole of winter, we require a trial time together to make sure it’s a good fit & prefer carpentry & skillsets suitable for winter months as it can be quite challenging at times
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
our farm is an amazing place for both respite and a day to day look at the lives of offgrid subsistence. we prefer to host multiple volunteers/work traders/visitors at a time, & we believe in each one, teach one and that many hands do make light work. while it is romantic sometimes, it's also incredibly challenging, but with the help of many hands, sustainability & resilience are that much closer to reality for us all. we delight in sharing our land & we are deeply grateful for your help & wisdom.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
right now we prefer workawayers with some basic skills and experience in carpentry, natural building, and/or alternative energy systems. in 25 years, we’ve had large equipment on the land for under 30 days; we prefer a softer lighter footprint & the work of many hands together on the land. we've found that learning our systems takes time & it's best if folks can spend several weeks or more here, but we can be negotiable via email, etc.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
tents work best for short visitors in warm weather. we also have a couple of cabins & a full sized schoolbus we'd like to convert to housing space, so that could be a project for you!! we have our main farmhouse which has some hostel spaces upstairs.
we prefer folks come in 2+ groups; we love hosting families & children, but winter months can be challenging. we cannot offer transportation; we are 15 minutes to West Jefferson & 25 to Boone. you could possibly rely solely on bicycling, but it’s best if you have your own transportation.
What else ...
lots of fun here in the Appalachian Mountains. we're 25 min from ASU/Boone, NC, 15 to the Blue Ridge Parkway, 15 to the New River. kayaking, tubing, biking, hiking, rockclimbing, waterfalling, etc., nearby or you can relax in our pond on a float or boat and hike in our magical forest. there are a number of art, music & cultural related festivals throughout the year. we’re a great location to get away from the norm & get into the forest!!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
we do have a cell booster & many visitors have plenty of service for hotspots. the town of West Jefferson is 10 minutes away & Boone is 25 minutes away to faster free wi-fi.
Space for parking camper vans
we have plenty of space for small rv's, skoolies or vans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
