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Host rating
80 %
Last replied
10 Apr 2024
Feedback
9
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Description
Our homestead is a permaculture inspired dream becoming reality on 1.5 acres just 15 min from downtown San Diego. Established in September of 2020 we are in the beginning stages of rehabilitating the land, building a community space and creating a food forest. We are planning to be food independent in three years, off the grid in 6 and enjoying every step of the way. We are focused on archiving and teaching self-sustainability, this is not a commercial farm, no products from the homestead are for sale.
On our homestead you will learn to build with natural materials like Cob and Adobe, establish and tend a garden, create soil, dig with a backhoe (and by hand :). Other specialized skills that you may learn: plumbing, framing, creating swales, building water catchments, establishing a food forest and many more useful and perhaps even a few silly things (like how to catch a chicken).
We have dogs, cats, chickens and rabbits. We need people that can see a project through to completion and who enjoy working with their hands. We love teaching, but our preference would be that you have some experience living on a farmstead or know the basics about tool usage and safety.
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
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will learn to live in community on this earth with this earth from this earth
Help
We need help all around the farmstead, building, digging, working with cob, animal care, watering, shoveling - lots of shoveling.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Accommodation
We have Canvas cabin tents with real beds inside and a motor home
We have a garden to harvest vegetables, chickens for eggs and have additional groceries delivered.
Sometimes we eat together sometimes we cook individually in our cob house kitchen.
What else ...
We are 20 min from the beach and 15 minutes from downtown San Diego. Lots of outdoor stuff to do. Anza Borrego State Park is just an hour away.
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?
More than two
Hours expected
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 6 hours, Wednesday and Friday 3 hours. Sunday and Monday off.
Feedback (8)
The tasks were always well explained and quite varied. The tents are spacious with privacy.
They also helped us a lot when organizing our trip around USA, making a huge difference in our final experience.
Best wishes to the proyect!
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The tasks were always well explained and quite varied. The tents are spacious with privacy.
They also helped us a lot when organizing our trip around USA, making a huge difference in our final experience.
Best wishes to the proyect!
As for work we made two wall for chicken , cleaned rabbit coops and a chicken coop and planted trees and vegetables.
We were able to eat so many foods!
He gave Japanese rice and a big pizza for us!
I was able to fulfill a dream of living on the West Coast. The weather was nice and we got into the pool, and the… read more
Stephan and Michele
