Join our fun homestead projects in our funky country home in Texas, USA

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  Description

  (especially if you have your own van or camper)
  
  We (husband and I) have a little funky incomplete country home on 4 acres of land that I have been personally building for many years; but we are older now and I am having some health challenges which have slowed me down. I have opened too many projects and now don't have the energy to get them all done. I stumbled upon this website and it seems like an ideal arrangement. I supply some hospitality and you supply some extra joules of energy to take my projects and chores over the finish line. Win/Win. We have been married 25 years and have two grown children. We are both educated and modestly well traveled. We welcome all cultures, religions, languages, neurotypes, genders and orientations. ¡Viva la diferencia! The only moral code that matters to us is do you treat others like you would like to be treated? Yes? Fantastic, come sit on the porch and drink some coffee with us.
  
  I ran an AirB&B rental in Austin for a year when I was 45 and loved the experience so I am looking forward to hosting world travelers again. We are 59 now and have 5 acres of former pasture land near some wild pine forests in central Texas. We dug our own well and sometimes have an all natural above ground pool (no chlorine, the pollinators need water too!) to enjoy if you don't mind some cute little green frogs in there and a few water bugs. I am a good cook and will feed you well if I am feeling well enough If not I will still make sure you eat good but it might sometimes be bought food. We try to get our eggs, meat and vegetables from local ethical organic sources and mostly organic. We both value sustainable and ethically raised food. I don't mind rising to the challenge of feeding a vegan or vegetarian.
  
  The place is surrounded by forests and pastures and peace except when the (farther away) neighbors are hunting. Sometimes you can hear gunshots in the distance. Austin is an hour away. We can arrange to get you in and out of the city if you have some event or destination to explore.
  
  We also have an uncovered spot where an RV/van could park but getting here is a winding dirt road with lots of trees so no vehicles over 20 feet and you might get some scrapes if your rig is higher than a tall van. But the spot we have is near our outdoor bathroom (with flush commode) and near the laundry room so it would be convenient once you got here. There is a 30 amp hook-up available and high speed internet (starlink).
  
  PETS: we have 2 indoor/outdoor cats and super chill white lab.

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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

  Besides learning about Texas culture (it's not all bad!), I have skills and knowledge pertaining to natural beekeeping, herbalism, carpentry, GAPS protocol and gut health, I am a good cook and baker. I have worked as a carpenter, auctioneer stenographer, pie baker, aviation secretary, a woodworking teacher, a writer, a maid, a waitress, a nanny, a professional assistant, a cook. I spoke Spanish before English but now only consider myself fluent in English. I am a bit of an oddball but authentic and very kind. I communicate well. But be warned, if you start asking me about bees I might never shut up. :) Anyone out there with 'special interests' will understand... my only limit is that currently I get tired easily. You don't have to worry about me over working you. I am often worn out after 2 -3 hours of just 'supervising'.

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  Help

  I move slow from low energy/long covid/ chronic asthma problems. Mostly I need general help around the house and yard and just a spare set of hands for some light DIY tasks I am doing around the house. Nothing grueling!

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  We have an attic bedroom in the main house which is temperature controlled and private but I am not accepting workawayers in the house right now just because we have so many personal guests planning to visit. Workawayers in vans or campers are a possibility.

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  What else ...

  On the land you could take walks past the pastures and some woods. There is an outfit a few miles away that hosts various kinds of music and events. It is called "Snake Prairie Events" on road 304 and there is a fun brewery called "The Wild Bunch Brewery Co" in Red Rock. Lockhart, Gonzales and Bastrop are the nearest towns to us within 30 minutes of driving. Palmetto State Park is about 40 minutes away and there are some natural hot spring near there for day trips to soak called "Ottine Mineral Springs".

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  My husband is a computer programmer and works remotely out here. We welcome digital nomads and have fast internet service through "starlink".

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  Space for parking camper vans

  I built a complete outdoor shower bathroom with a flush commode which anyone traveling in their own vehicle could use and is accessed from outside my home. You could use these facilities and not fill up your black tank while staying here. There is also a laundry room accessible from outside that you are welcome to use. We have internet service (my husband is a remote computer programmer) and our land is fairly level. We have an underground tornado shelter for rare, but possible, dangerous storms.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Only if they can stay outside my house so I suppose this would only be people traveling in their own motorhomes or vans. Our place is pretty wild and there are coyotes, pigs and sometimes maybe bobcats in our vicinity at night.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

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