Help on our homestead, with planting, harvesting, building and other activities in Ribera, New Mexico, USA

United States

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18/08/2022
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2022

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We are a half-acre homestead and micro-farm in Northern New Mexico. Our property backs up to hundreds of acres of beautiful mesas and red stone arroyos, perfect for hiking and playing in seasonal streams. We are 40 minutes from Santa Fe, 30 from Las Vegas and within 10 minutes of Villanueva State Park. Crops we enjoy growing include garlic, oyster mushrooms, tomatoes, corn, lettuce, kale, chard, string beans, radish, medicinal plants, sunflower sprouts, amaranth and many more favorites that include native seeds and other experiments! We follow permaculture principles and have seen the land thrive as a result.

Accommodations include a small, renovated casita with sleeping loft and kitchenette. Outhouse available, with shared bathroom, shower, and laundry in main house. Vegan meals will be prepared and eaten communally.

Work is year-round with construction and greenhouse plantings continuing through the winter in addition to on-going medicinal preparations.

We are currently seeking a long-term exchange though we are open to short term ones as well. We are looking for help getting the property up and running again after our hiatus from growing. This includes weeding, fertilizing, completing our earthen barn as well as some household duties.

We are so grateful to have extra helping hands to make the work lighter and to learn about others and their lives. We love spending time with our land and hope you do too. Welcome!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers will learn what its like to live on a farm in rural Northern New Mexico. They will see firsthand the principles used to make farming easier in a part of the world that receives very little rainfall. Hopefully they will fall in love with one of New Mexico's natural resources, the breath-taking beauty of the skies and land!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Help with planting, harvesting (season appropriate), building, and day to day activities on our small micro-farm/homestead.
Languages spoken
German: Beginner
French: Beginner
Accommodation
Accommodations include a small renovated casita with sleeping loft and kitchenette with sink. Outhouse available, with shared bathroom, shower, and laundry in main house. Vegan meals will be enjoyed communally.
What else ...
We are about an hour away from Santa Fe, 30 minutes from Las Vegas and within 10 minutes of Villanueva State Park. Bus stop nearby (driving distance) with daily bus to Las Vegas, NM and Santa Fe.

Visitors will be expected to work 5 hours a day, 4 days a week.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 4 days a week

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Feedback left by and about host (10)

09/06/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Michael)

We are grateful for the time Mike spent with us. He has a good heart, is hard-working and diligent, conscientious, and trustworthy! He even house and pet sat for us for a week as our plans changed the month he stayed with us. It was such a relief knowing the animals were well cared for and shown love. We also appreciate that Mike was able to "go… read more

(Excellent )

07/06/2019

Left by Workawayer (Michael) for host

Phil and Nazca are great hosts. They really have their priorities straight, valuing harmony and setting a loving and positive example for their little kids. They've put a lot of effort into creating their small farm. I stayed just over 3 weeks and learned a lot about high desert growing. Beautiful land, and the small stone house for workawayers is… read more

(Excellent )

17/12/2018

Left by Workawayer (Adam & Alice) for host

Phil and Nazca's beautiful homestead was the best Workaway experience we had on our trip across the US this year! We arrived tired and wary after having a couple less than great experiences with other hosts, and were welcomed into a lovely, welcoming space. The meals were absolutely delicious, and gave us inspiration for our own cooking. We… read more

(Excellent )

16/12/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Adam & Alice)

Adam and Alice stayed with us for two weeks during a time of year where the work is far from glamorous-they helped plant the entire crop of garlic for 2019 as well as various tasks such as shucking corn and chopping garlic for medicinal garlic honey. They were diligent, hard-working and interested in learning, and so sweet with both our children… read more

(Excellent )

26/11/2018

Left by Workawayer (Anne) for host

Workawaying at Phil and Nazca was a great experience, we did our work with Phil and we talked a lot about what self-sufficiency really means and how they were designing their homestead to grow their veggies/grain/garlic etc, about New Mexico's culture and ins and outs. We did weeding, harvesting, getting some garlic ready, and got to experience a… read more

(Excellent )

04/11/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Anne)

We are grateful for all of Anne and Ian's help wrapping up our growing season and removing all of the many, many tons that grew from all the rains this year!! They have enabled us to be ready to plant our crop of garlic, without their help we would be planting much later!!! They are interesting, inspiring, hard-working folks and were both so kind… read more

(Excellent )

18/11/2018

Left by Workawayer (Livia & Mathieu) for host

Being at Phil and Nazca was a rich and unique experience! We learned so much about interesting things during our week.
The work was really great, Mathieu helped to make an oven with the elements of nature, stone, earth, straw. The girls and I helped to do the plantations! We keep this wonderful experience to practice it at home.
This family will… read more

(Excellent )

24/03/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Livia & Mathieu)

We are so thrilled with the time we spend a week with this sweet family! The girls are very respectful, smart and funny and were good playmates for my younger son and they also helped us to plant seeds and do other work. Livia and Mathieu are hard-working, considerate, interesting and just all-around conscientious and caring people. Livia helped… read more

(Excellent )

12/02/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Amy & Dale)

Low techie over here too! I've been meaning to leave feedback for far too long now. What can I say!??? Amie and Doc are amazing people. We wish they lived closer. Its been nice to still be in contact to see their amazing lives through photos at least. They spent a month with us and helped us immensely. We learned so much from them. They are what… read more

(Excellent )

12/02/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Wyatt)

Wyatt and Noriko are great! We enjoyed our week with them. They are hard-working, courteous and conscientious, interesting, very sweet and funny! Their helping hands helped us enormously to get ready for this new year. We are so grateful!

(Excellent )

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