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We are an off grid 15 acre ranch in the desert of El Pescadero, Baja Sur. 15 minutes from Cerritos beach, 25 min from Todos Santos. We have been developing our off grid Permaculture Farm and Eco village since 2019. We are working on gardens, increasing wildlife habitat, trail networks, and eco friendly infrastructure. Husband and wife team, Dane and Sabrina have been living off grid since 2017 and are chasing a goal for self sufficient living in harmony with nature. The area is abundant in exploration either the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains or the beaches of El Pescadero. We offer an enriching experience to reconnect with nature while living off the grid and developing a permaculture skillset.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Re connect and live with nature, Off grid living and construction skills, zero waste lifestyle experience, permaculture practices and gardening techniques, animal husbandry, ancestral food preparation, native flora and fauna knowledge, desert medicinal plants uses, trail building, mapping, Spanish immersion and living among the ejido Mexican ranchero community.
Help
We will be looking for 2-4 people to help in the following key areas for the winter/spring season. This could be separate people or a couple for these positions.
1. Maintenance person: This position is key for our eco village to function and thrive. This person will be responsible for keeping the common areas consistently clean and functional. This includes basic kitchen duties, sweeping and general upkeep of our palapa common space, laundry as needed, raking the patio areas, garbage collection, compost, keeping bathrooms clean, keeping our trails clean and functional for guests. Some extra jobs that could be done when slow: campground development, trail development, and help with basic construction projects.
2. Gardener/Farm worker: This position is very important to the rancho as we take great pride in the care provided for all the plants and animals we live amongst and share our beautiful property with. Some tasks include : Animal husbandry (chickens, wildlife, dogs, cats, etc.) Garden projects / care and maintenance ( watering, mulching, planting, harvesting, permaculture garden projects) . We will be creating a new community garden area and this will be a lot of planning, developing and implementing new systems, therefore preference for this position will be given to applicants with prior permaculture experience.
3. Campground Development & Maintenance (1-2 people): Our campground needs help getting back on its feet for the season. Ideally they would stay in our campground in their own accommodations, but do have tents with mattresses and bedding if needed. We are only asking 2-3 hrs per day of work for this position, in exchange for a safe, private site in our campground and use of our common areas. This position does not include food. Preference given to someone with construction skills and/or landscaping experience. Once campground is ready this could turn into a campground host position for the right person.
SUMMER 2025 OPPORTUNITY (June - October)
This is a paid position ($6,000 pesos per month) for all the basic upkeep of the ranch (Training will be provided 1 month prior). There will be a supervisor available for assistance too. We provide accommodations on our beautiful and peaceful rancho, all your basic utilities including wifi, propane and water. This person should be able to handle the hot summers in Mexico and have their own transportation.
Duties include: Watering gardens and maintenance, chicken and possibly dog care, keeping the grounds very clean, and hurricane/rain preparedness, as well as regular check-in's. There will be some other projects to plug away at during the summer too for the ambitious type.
This person will display the following criteria:
Good communication skills, able to respond to messages promptly.
Responsible and Reliable
Strong enough to be able to handle farm work
Problem solving skills
Clean and orderly living habits
Sustainable mindset and non wasteful with resources like water
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Depending on the availability we have the following accommodations available on our ranch:
1. Fully set up and private trailer with 2 queen beds with bedding, kitchen, palapa and outdoor space for relaxing in your off -time.
2. Heavy duty canvas glamping tent with queen or double bed and bedding.
3. Main bedroom in common area of eco village. This is in a safe rain proof concrete building, and serves as the main accommodation for our caretakers in the summer.
4. Basic tents with single mattresses and bedding.
Communal area we share includes:
Multi-functional palapa with wifi , couches and dining table as well as many counter tops for projects.
Composting toilets, hot shower, as well as many patio areas to relax on the property with shade and beautiful views.
We will provide supplies for meals to prepare on your own and do some communal dinners together too.
What else ...
Check out the local area for exploring like relaxing, whale watching, swimming or surfing at the popular and close by Cerritos Beach. Adventure to Todos Santos and stroll around the town checking out all the funky stores, colonial buildings and art galleries. Tour up into the beautiful little ranches and mexican pueblos beyond us and go for a dip in the year round mountain streams of the Sierra de la Laguna mountains. There are local buses in town if you want to explore and go and see neighbouring areas like La Paz or the world famous tourist town of Cabo San Lucas. Just relaxing on the rancho bird watching, reading in a hammock, wildlife viewing and journeying through our hiking trails in the ancient old growth cactus forests might be enough to satisfy your free time off work.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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We have had many caretakers for our ranch over the years and have experienced much disappointment so we were pleasantly surprised this year to have the ranch being taken care of by people with such competent hands. Their previous experience with farming in Germany really helped with… read more
Sabrina and Dane are a very nice, welcoming and generous couple from Canada.
They both work hard on to improve the ranchos structure and develop an ecovillage. And if this will not be enough ,they organize their own market in town now.
They were both very flexible and helped us so much to escape… read more
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We have had many caretakers for our ranch over the years and have experienced much disappointment so we were pleasantly surprised this year to have the ranch being taken care of by people with such competent hands. Their previous experience with farming in Germany really helped with… read more
Sabrina and Dane are a very nice, welcoming and generous couple from Canada.
They both work hard on to improve the ranchos structure and develop an ecovillage. And if this will not be enough ,they organize their own market in town now.
They were both very flexible and helped us so much to escape… read more
