Description
4 seasons, clean clear skys, Solar passive hemp home

We are a small family living on 7 acres of regenerating grasslands in the outskirts of Tenterfield in the beautiful New England Tablelands. We are a family of a Mum and two small children 9 & 12, they attend the local primary school and I work on completing my hemp house, Currently working from home doing accounting. Hobbies are hemp/upcycle/sustainable clothing business and teaching Yoga. I have a full sewing room (fit with industrial machines)

We welcome positive people who are happy to stay in a shed with heater... very basic accomodation. Or BYO camping arrangement.

People who are willing to help with: land activities, some handy man jobs, Lifting, assisting with some 'two people' jobs that I can't do by myself, digging holes, spreading mulch, moving soil, planting seedlings, rending of hemp house.

My property is 2km west of Tenterfield with views north/ north east over the distant hills and Tenterfield. Its in bike riding distance to town and I can always assist if pick up or drop off to town is required.

Happy to teach things. Home herbalist and passion for herbs and plant healing.

I did mention 15 hours a week work but that is weather and ability and demand dependent. Im flexible
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Learning how to Living sustainably and off grid, mulching, gardening, using greywater on the land, setting up the main buildings and completing them. The main house is made from hemp masonry (hempcrete) which is still in construction with still things to be completed. Learning to render and seal a hemp house. Composting, basic garden set up and maintaining the land. Please also refer to the main description. Im also a home herbalist and make all my home products and this information will be freely shared if you are interested. I also have my own design and sewing space where i run my hemp clothing business and can teach how to make clothes if you are interested. The business is not in full swing right now due to finishing the house build but I can spend time teaching showing and sharing my lifetime knowledge on sewing/fashion and hemp.
Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.
Aide
Some things that are planned over the coming year:
Building a basic water pump house. (its very small)
Native tree plantings, mulching, watering
Rending of hemp house, and completion
Hole digging for food and herb garden
Mulching of already planted trees
mowing
Painting of Ceiling
Moving the composting toilet.
Garden maintenance & creating new ones
fixing/cleaning up three bikes
Cleaning up and neatening the property in general.
Putting up some small wind protection barriers, independent and attached to shed.
Installing insulation and gyprock/sheeting in the colourbond shed.
installing my very simple solar hot water system on the main house.
Trying to set up fencing to run some sort of farm animals.

Help with all or some of these will be very welcome!

Our place is off grid, on solar, and tank water.

Require 15 hours of work a week, includes accommodation, wifi, water, electricity. Food not provided as we have very specific diets. I will make sure that the food prep is as easy as possible for yourselves.

1-2 week stay preferred or longer

Please enquire about long term arrangements which are available.

Look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
interested in learning Korean.
Hébergement
Your own preferably. But i do have a shed which just needs a couple days of 're-arranging' to fix up the space so the bed can go down. There is no water yet and access to a outside loo. Outside shower is yet to be set up. But access to my own shower can be used no problem.
Autres infos...
The area is around 900m above sea level, 3 hour drive to Byron Bay and The Gold coast. (including the airport)
Tenterfield has 4 distinct seasons with wonderful national parks near by with rock climbing, and walking tracks and camping places. Bald Rock National Park is one of the biggest Granite mountains. Its a winery area also and a small town of around 4500 people with great cafes, pubs and a bar. all basic amenities and my property is 2km to town, in easy bike riding distance. Cooler in winter and certainly can be 10 degrees cooler than lower areas and coastal areas.
Informations complémentaires
- Accès Internet
- Accès Internet limité
- Nous avons des animaux
- Nous sommes fumeurs
- Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
I have pretty good skymesh internet with unlimited use.
Espace pour garer des vans
some areas are flatish and plenty of space to park up!
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
This is only if your pet is friendly, i have a bit of a nervous dog who takes some time to get used to visitors. Very loyal to me and she had a rough beginning so that 'nervousness' is still about. But she LOVEs company of other animals once they sort out whos boss...she tends to think she is sometimes especially with really big dogs as she's REALLY small :)
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
15 hours/week per person preferably - no food provided