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Description
We are a Earth-loving, song weaving, food growing community based in the Appalachian mountains outside of Asheville, NC. There are 6 adults and 1 child that live here permanently, with others coming and going. Our project is young and taking shape every day. We began our journey tending this 20 acre plot of magnificent Earth in December 2018. Our intention is to live here in a way that is life serving and a gift to future generations and to grow most our own food, to live communally while consuming as little as possible from industries that cause environmental destruction. Our vision is for this project to be a blessing to the community and to all of Earth's inhabitants. We aim to make a safe, magical, and uplifting place for children to play and grow up in. We believe that it is human nature to share, to uplift and serve one another, and live together in harmony with each other and the natural world. Here at our home, we pray to cultivate deep peace, happiness, and health and serve as an example for others wishing to create positive cultural change.
We pray to live on this land in a good way and tend it in a way that honors the indigenous people who came before us. We acknowledge both the privilege and abundance of our lives and the murderous colonization that has allowed us to own this land, We hope to use the privilege we have to give a gift to those less privileged than us, to weave a healing web of community that nourishes those around us. Through growing food and feeding the hungry, hosting wise elders and wisdom keepers, heart-opening and connective workshops, and living in harmony together, we hope to make something beautiful of this generous and gracious life here on this piece of Mother Earth.
We run an apprenticeship program for local folks:
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are an intentional community that values seeing the best in people, compassionate communication, healthy living, and a deep reciprocal relationship with all of life. Our guests will learn anything from nature connection, wild plant and mushroom ID, soil science, permaculture design, how to plant a fruit tree, carpentry, music, humanure and composting, and generally how to live as a healthy loving community. We love to sing, dance and make music together and welcome musicians, dancers, singers, and those who don't know they are those things yet :-).
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Your help is love made visible! Here at our home, we enjoy helping each other on projects while connecting through songs, sports, dancing, projects, playing and heart sharing.
We would be grateful to receive help with:
Tending annual gardens
Planting perennials
Shiitake logs / mushroom cultivation
Trail creation and maintenance
Building / carpentry
Food preservation (canning, drying, fermentation, cooking, freezing, curing and storing)
Planting flowers and making beauty
Murals / art creation
Cleaning
Cooking
Childcare
We grow all kinds of vegetables and flowers, berries and fruits. We got Berries galore! We got Medicinal herbs and kitchen herbs. We grow field crops which include potatoes, sweet potatoes, dent corn, squash, onions, and garlic that we cure, store, and eat throughout the year. We are hoping to expand zones, and clear brushy disturbed land for perennial food forest agriculture. Our intention is to grow enough to give away at least 20% of the harvest to food banks and shelters in Asheville. We give a portion of our food to Native people as well!
Building projects on the horizon include building tent platforms, a cob oven, a hot tub, a pagoda, a compost toilet, renovating an existing structure, and much more.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
Most of us are conversational in Spanish. I would say we speak at a 10-12 year old level. Some better than others. We are interested in learning more Spanish especially. Scotty speaks some Portuguese as well.
Accommodation
Semi-primitive camping. We have an awesome covered and huge outdoor kitchen. We also have a spring fed cold plunge and a sauna too! Sleeping is in your tent or van. We have a nice big pole barn with water, electricity and a basic outdoor kitchen with propane. In the warmer months, we have an outdoor shower for you with only cold water at the moment. Laundry can be done outdoors bucket style or on your own.
Workawayers will have access to an outdoor kitchen where they will cook most of their meals. As your host we provide you with staple foods (grains, beans, pasta, oils, spices) and produce from our farm. You buy meat, dairy, snacks and other special foods. On workdays we will provide lunch that is shared by the whole community.
What else ...
We are located in Barnardsville, NC, home of gorgeous forests, hiking and biking trails, and waterfalls. Wild foraging, swimming under waterfalls, hikes to mountains and rich coves forests and just a short drive away. The region in general is full of natural beauty as well as many artists and homesteaders living rich and fulfilling lives. Asheville is also a 30 minute drive away and rich in alternative culture and arts. Many enjoy the music, dance, arts, food, and culture of our magical mountain town.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Work Awayers can setup a hotspot. There is wifi at the house and we are already pretty packed, so there is limited access.
Space for parking camper vans
For smaller setups
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
10-20 hours per week
