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12 Apr 2024
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Description
Hi, I'm Chuck - a retired homesteader in beautiful small town Lamoine, Maine. I raise chickens, split firewood and grow my own vegetables on two acres and in working greenhouses. I have two grown children who run their own businesses locally, who drop in daily. I aways need help in the gardens with planting, weeding and harvesting veggies
(greenhouse work is aways fun!!), and splitting and piling firewood. My house is a classic 1870s wooden home so there are always things to repair, refinish or clean (some light housework would be amazing too, although I dont expect anyone to be a maid).
Come and explore Lamoine and Acadia National Park, which is only a 15 minute drive away.
We swim, kayak, hike, bike or paddleboard daily after work in the summer months.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volunteers can learn organic growing techniques, how to raise vegetable starts, use drip irrigation, trellises and suckering crops, working in greenhouses, and other related farming techniques.
Acadia National Park offers hiking, biking, kayaking, and swimming in a beautiful setting (I have bikes and kayaks you can borrow). Great meals are always provided from the gardens or the ocean.
Projects involving children
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Help
Planting, weeding, harvesting veggies.
Splitting, stacking firewood
Light housework like vacuuming.
Building projects.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
You'll have your own clean, spacious and private bedroom on the first floor, with a double bed. Shared bathroom.
What else ...
Acadia National Park - 47,000 acres
Bar Harbor
Ocean within walking distance
Free transit (bus) within 5 minutes, to Bar Harbor and around Park
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
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How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Chuck kinda 'rescued' me from another workaway place where I didn't felt comfortable at all, even though back then he wasn't a workaway host yet. So he gave me a place to sleep and some chores to do and soon we grew closer.
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