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Hi travelers we supply basic foods for 4 hrs of volunteer work per day for 6 days a week generally from 7:30- 11:30( it's mostly helping feed the goats and some help with milking and grass cutting) due to afternoon rains) although if your timing yourself best not come ...we like to see the job done so everyone needs fed ...if some sheep got lost gotta find them. We supply a yurt like dorm structure with a bed or a campsite. And an out door kitchen mostly there's gas but sometimes you need to make a fire to cook. There is an out house and bathing is a dip in the river ( no soap plz) bring your own bedding .
We also enjoy music so maybe come and jam also.
Good things to bring coffee cup, towel,rain coat and sleeping bag rain boots.( Some one wrote bring a speaker in the reviews, don't that's really not what were into....) Seeds to share, musical instruments.
Garden or feed/ groom and exercise horses and eco building ..make trellises..seed saving organizing and cleaning ..moving manure loosing the ground in pastures planting grass.
Dig a cava. Or even observe and help us figure how to improve.
We need focused self motivated people ready for full immersion farm experience.
Here you can learn many things that we do daily better than a course.
Here are some things you could experience on your free time.
High quality cheese making
milking
pasturing goats and sheep with the cowboys
(If you get up early)
Critical thinking
Baking
Hiking
Riding
Dip in the river
philosophizing
Family farm life
We have a farm with goats, cows sheep,horses,dogs, pigs, chickens and terraced gardens. We make cheese every day. And are always working on many projects from mushroom cultivation to pond making ready to learn or to give guidance...most of us are bilingual.
We have been practicing the hermit life style since the corona came out.
If you want to live and work here be ready to stay put in nature for a bit it's a ways to town though some do walk up and down.
We hope to grow our community and are actually quite open ...if your looking for permaculture, food forest and the like.
Its nestled in the cloud forest and is straight out of a storybook! We offer rustic camping in Gomes which are like light weight yurts.
Really if you believe you can help this small organic farm ... To bring it up, then Its quite an opportunity to live and learn everything from Spanish to permaculture, soil conservation, animal care and alternative building.
However if you just need a free place to stay and aren't really interested in farming....This isnt it! We are a hard working family doing it right in third world conditions. So Make it count!
We have space on February 20ith.. fills up fast I accept 4 at a time.
We are looking for folks that can commit for about a 2 weeks and aren't addicts of anything but the good life.
Serious inquiries only and maybe a video chat to see if we connect Well.
Light,
Harmony and Jai
Rowen and Narya
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Xico is a beautiful Mexican town with cobblestone roads and donkeys...people are nice here, food is excellent your sure to get some spanish with a bit of older hippie mysticism thrown in.
Help
Making a huge south facing ziggurat terraced garden...it's a work of art...
Making a clay sealed pond with tilapia and cray fish...
Improving fruit trees
Harvesting
Canning
Building a cellar/ cava
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
Hi we speak Spanish, english.
Accommodation
We have a few Gomes to share for a yurt tent type camping. If you have your own tent that is also good. Mat and bedding nessasary
And towel and biodegradable soap.
What else ...
Xico beautiful mexican town, great alternative community, organic markets
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is a little solar house where you can charge your device in the day. There is cellular service and wifi sometimes..we use that to work online so it's doable.
Space for parking camper vans
There is a place to park, but not possible to hook water or electric to the spot...it's better to camp here we're Gome people....
Can possibly accept pets
We have several dogs and lots of baby farm animals...so if your traveling with a pet please mention it.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Minimum 5 hours a day, 6 days a week
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Seeing Harmony and Jay’s family living in nature, maintaining their beautiful farm and have hacked so many things to make their life a real part of nature!
This place is magic!
Their family is incredible, everyone has a… read more
Trustworthy and plays well with others.
Upbeat and yet knows how to throw down ...any time any where with a sing along. Recommend!
Honestly if he applied to your farm just say yes ...your blessed.
From milking the cows
Sweeping tons of manor,
Grooming the horses
Or playing with the doggies.
After hard work We loved making quesadillas with homemade cheese… read more
He would probably help with anything you ask of him. We really enjoyed his cooking. If you have Saurabh as a workawayer eat as much of his tasty indian cuisine as you can! And drink chi every nite..(but… read more
Harmony was super helpful from the start, and I learnt alot from her about different plants, seeds, she has a beautiful garden with a lot of organic fruits and veggies, and… read more
Assuming they were human ...they have given us hope in humanity ...that there really are decent folks… read more
Thanks so much, is too bad you couldn't stay longer. hugs!
