Woods and Sea in Brooksville, Coastal Maine, USA

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  Description

  We are an adventurous family of 4 from Brooksville, Maine. We have a small homestead where we spend most of our time gardening, building, messing with wood, raising animals and having fun. We are both anbout 40 and our two boys are 10 and 14. Jared is a carpenter, woodsman, sailor and mechanic and Ruthie is a sailor, gardener and small business owner. We’ve spent the a lot of time over the past years working on our land and also living on a sailboat sailing the East coast and the Caribbean.
  
  
  Currently we raise some animals for meat, have a small garden, and enjoy being home, working the land but still loving being on and near the ocean whenever possible. Our chief projects for 2024 are, building a post and beam barn, engaging our boys, building campsites and forest trails, gardening and designing and implementing our vision for the future of our lives and land
  
  This opportunity would be well suited for a couple or small family who are interested in non-conventional lifestyles or are looking for practical skills to help live a more self sufficient and simple life. Life can be full, But best of all we Have Fun!! We work hard intermittently but prioritize friends and fun. Hikes, boats, swimming and good food are staple in our lives. We would hope to integrate any workawayers into our family.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Maine is wonderful. Summer is enchanting. Our work is fulfilling, Swimming, sailing, Islands, fishing, and paddling.
  
  Life is different here. Older, vivid.
  
  This is a unique and intimate living environment. It is essential that someone be a good fit with our family.

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  Help

  The help that is most present in our lives is related to DIY projects, taking care of animals, some woods clearing, trail making, gardening and building more gardens. We would like to find folks who, are interested in plugging into some of these tasks and who are easy going, motivated, and enjoy working with others.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We’d love to improve our Spanish
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  Accommodation

  Accommodation will be a super dreamy and cozy 12x14 canvas wall tent in a private setting in the woods. Outhouse, outdoor shower, shared cooking space,
  
  
  
  We are located about 1 mile from the closest water access and there are dozens of hikes within a close distance. There is a small general store 5 min away and a larger grocery 20 min away in the town of Blue Hill.

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  What else ...

  If you want to be more mobile, a car would be highly recommended but we do get out often and you would be welcome to come along or. We have bikes and a lot can be explored that way. The water is 1 mile or so, multiple hikes within 3-4 miles, and the nearest town with stores and such is about 15 minutes.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  No utility hookups

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Let’s talk about it.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Approx 10-12h/week

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