Besoin d'aide dans la vallée de Coachella (USA) pour un peu de jardinage, du travail à la ferme et de la construction , sources chaudes

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  • Description

    Description

    At our hot springs here in the Coachella Valley we have natural hot mineral baths in rock-lined pools and a non-commercial hobby orchard, 100% organic, with 9 date palms, Jamaican plums and kumquat. Our date palms produce 7 varieties, and these are all for our own consumption and use, and for educating people about the science of cultivating phoenix dactylifera, in an impossibly harsh climate on poor soil.
    Tasks include irrigation, pruning, picking, brush clearing, fertilizing, pollination, clean-up, trenching, house cleaning. We clean our soaking pools regularly, and we love to connect with folks who can operate a sewing machine, because we repair our date bags from insect damage. Electricians and carpenters are also appreciated.
    Maximum stay negotiable, 4 days minimum for helpers arriving by public transportation. 3 rooms & 6 beds, 3 hours help per day required, usually in the early morning.
    Shuttle from Greyhound in Indio or Flixbus in Palm Springs or Palm Springs airport. Year-round activities. We have bicycles but are not set up for kids or pets, and also have Wi-Fi. We are English speaking, and our kitchen has a no cooking with oil (frying) policy, but boiling & baking is fine, pre-packaged meat & canned fish are ok. International or out of state travelers. NO TOBACCO, alcohol or drugs. Internet access, we always have dates and bulk food items like rice, beans and lentils, but also apples, citrus, bananas, eggs, organic salad mix, pasta, potatoes, tomatoes, tortillas, bread, granola, herb tea, melons, avocados, carrots & such for our for our volunteers.
    We are located in a very remote desert setting, 2 and a half hours east of Los Angeles, or 50 miles southeast of Palm Springs, situated on a hillside overlooking the Salton Sea, in the warmest winter climate in the western U.S.
    Some hiking and cycling trails nearby and a massive snowy mountain range a little over an hour away. Our farm has natural hot mineral water that flows 16 gallons per minute at 124 degrees (51c), so we have both hot and cold bathing ponds, and also irrigate our palms with the same water.
    8 months of pleasant weather (October-May) then 4 months of intense summer heat (June-September). We are about 90 minutes to Joshua Tree, 90 minutes to Anza Borrego & the same to the Imperial Sand Dunes. We also own 40 acres of desert wilderness in the San Jacinto Mountains, 5 miles off the Pacific Crest Trail and surrounded by the Indian Reservation, and it has natural caves, deep pools and waterfalls, so we trek there regularly from March through October with volunteers to maintain the trails, collect medicinal native plants and eradicate tamarisk shrubs...so serious backpackers are appreciated for these outings.
    If you are interested in volunteering here with us, please complete your profile before contacting us, and that will increase your chances of us choosing you. But keep in mind that we receive a lot of inquiry so the more we know about you the better.
    This is a very healthy warm dry desert climate, where viruses do not thrive.
    If you think you have an allergy to bee stings, forget this place. Please, no vapers, e cigarettes or closet smokers.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    Aide dans une ferme
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
  • Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de l’ONU
    Pas de pauvreté
    Faim «zéro»
    Bonne santé et bien-être
    Éducation de qualité
    Égalité entre les sexes
    Eau propre et assainissement
    Énergie propre et d'un coût abordable
    Travail décent et croissance économique
    Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
    Inégalités réduites
    Villes et communautés durables
    Consommation et production responsables
    Mesures relatives à la lutte contre les changements climatiques
    Vie aquatique
    Vie terrestre
    Paix, justice et institutions efficaces
    Partenariats pour la réalisation des objectifs
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    My farm is one of the very few Workaway hosts that grows and produces fresh dates every summer, and the culture and care of date palm is a unique science indeed. The palms are also only a short distance from our natural hot and cold water sources and bathing pools.
    We also have Jamaican plums.
    Several times each week between tasks we take trips into the surrounding bio-region, and depending upon the time of year it could be pine forests in the mountains, palm groves in desert canyons, desolate beaches on the Colorado River, waterfalls in the local mountains, wild hot springs, oasis in the desert, Joshua Tree Park, Anza Borrego Park or the high cliffs at La Jolla beach. The local desert and mountains have a very diverse assortment of native plants that were used as food and medicine for thousands of years by the local indigenous population and I am well posted on this subject and know where to go.
    The house also contains a large library of books and videos on subjects related to California, horticulture, pre-history, wilderness, psychology, the Pacific Crest Trail, botany, nutrition, healing, native cultures and California alternative cultures that pioneered natural living.

  • Aide

    Aide

    Pond cleaning, irrigating fan palms, brush clearing, road repair, gardening, house cleaning, trail clearing, fruit harvest.

  • Langues parlées

    Anglais: Courant

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    3 private bedrooms with 6 beds, with shared kitchen in a 1800 square foot house.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    My hot springs is located in the Coachella Valley of the southern California desert about 2 hours and 30 minutes from Los Angeles, or 50 miles southeast of Palm Springs, just off highway 111, in the morning shadow of the Chocolate Mountains, overlooking the middle of the Salton Sea.

    No pets but plenty of wild creatures about; deer, bighorn sheep, owls, hawks, bobcats, coyotes, turtles and fish in the canals, lizards, rabbits, quail northern desert iguanas.
    This is a natural hot water source that flows out at 124 degrees (51c) that we use for bathing and irrigation, and we grow 5 varieties of dates, and a few other fruits. Health oriented, no tobacco, alcohol or drugs, we are not close to public transportation, but we fetch people at Flixbus, Greyhound in Indio or Palm Springs airport.
    In bed by 10 pm and up by 6, the real attraction here is the natural world, with snowy desert peaks nearby, palm-lined canyons, empty desert canyons and very pleasant weather most of the year. We are 90 minutes from Joshua Tree and about the same to Anza Borrego, 35 minutes from Slab City and Salvation Mountain, 75 minutes to the sand dunes, and we have the warmest winter climate in the western United States.

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

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    Nombre d'heures attendues

    3hr per day 5 days a week

N° de référence hôte : 137279565929

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