Maarja-Liis & Paul

Travel information

We are currently

Activities we are interested in:

Foraging, especially mushroom hunting, organic farming, wild food, cooking, outdoor activities, birding, yoga, dance.

Description

My name is Maarja-Liis and my husband is Paul. We are normally living in Estonia, where we have an organic farm. In winter our farm is under snow. We are both farmers and foragers, we do extensive harvesting in the wild of greens, buds, medicinals, berries and mushrooms selling in addition to using ourselves. We don’t have much work in the winter. Paul is from California and I am Estonian. This is fourth winter in a row we are leaving Estonia to get some sun and also looking for a warmer place to move. We lived in Hawaii and California before. Last winters we were in Italy, Georgia and Ecuador, Tanzania and Madagascar.

We are now planning a trip to Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico.
We are looking for places with no EMF, or as little as possible.
We are also available for house-pet sit over Christmas and New Year. We did that last year in Italy.

We are honest, reliable, hands-on, mature people. We are passionate about foraging, cooking and good food.

Two years ago I did my YTT in Ecuador and I have been teaching yoga in a local community since then. Yoga is a blessing in my life. I would love to be involved in yoga retreats or trainings when travelling. I also guide foraging trips, make soap, herbal medicines and run farmers markets. I am also experienced in alternative sustainable building and construction.

Paul has many years of experience as an organic farmer. He works with the nature to grow plants and our farm is loaded with pollinators, birds, wildlife, biodiversity. His farming style is unique, adaptive, abundant and successful. He is good at fixing things and general basic building and repairs.

Interests

Pets

Beach

Vegetarian or vegan

Outdoor activities

Plant care

Gardening

Cooking & food

Books

Writing

Yoga / Wellness

Nature

Hiking

Drawing & painting

Farming

DIY & crafts

Dancing

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Estonian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate

More details about my language interests
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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Life at a Farmstay

Art Projects

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Some knowledge of:  

Eco Projects

DIY and building projects

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Able to teach about:  

Gardening

Creating/ Cooking family meals

More details about your skills

Numerous skills

Age

39 & 50

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  Vegan