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26 july- end August I'm available to host those interested in the cob bottle building project
Kia ora, welcome to New Zealand. I hope you have a wonderful experience in our country. We have a permaculture food forest property 2.5 acres in Kaiwaka, the gateway to Northland. I also love colour and flowers, so I'm now planting lots and lots of flowers. Flowers are for the bees and for joy.
I grow vegetables year round so there's always working, learning and planning to do. We have a newly developed orchard of almost 500 fruit trees including figs (lots) , apple, pear, plums, peaches, cherimoya, casimiroa, mountain pawpaw, feijoa, guava,, passionfruit, grapes, lemon, limes, orange, mandarin, tangelo, pomegranate, persimmons, apricots, crab apple, mulberry, nectarine, Cape gooseberry... Oh, and a stack of new plants I just purchased, again. There's always room for more in a food forest.
We have grapevines and berries to plant, more fig trees to propogate (please bring me some new cuttings), avocado's to establish and flowers. I want flowers everywhere.
When i have time I'll teach you about permaculture, compost, seed saving, weeding and all the joy of gardening while we work!
Were also doing adobe bottle bricks for the Fibonacci Cathedral (bathroom) and light earth cabin bathroom.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We are looking forward to sharing our home and time with you. We love to have guests join us for family meals, walks on the beach, I'm passionate about permaculture and organics, and happy to share my knowledge with you. I can teach you about soil and compost, including worm farms, bokashi and even humanure if you want! We live 15 minutes from several beaches including mangawhai Heads, Mangawhai Estuary and Te Arai surf beach.
I'm into wholesome, delicious vegetarian food including fermented food, slow food, sourdough bread and hearty goodness. Cake is important too of course. I'd love to exchange recipes and learn your favourite dishes too.
My house is off-grid, solar power, log burner and we have composting toilets, you will need to be conscious of power use, light the fire in the winter afternoon and conserve water in summer. It is important to check with me about your shampoo and soap etc as everything is composted by worms. We must look after these little workers very carefully. You can recharge your devices and have a quick hot shower every afternoon. You will be warm and cosy with the log burner and have delicious hot vegetarian meals each day.
Aide
We are continuing an exciting eco-build project! You and the team are building a cob/Adobe spiral bottle house outdoor bathroom and need your help and enthusiasm. Yes, it's an earth building using cob/ Adobe and bottle bricks. We'll be making lots of glass bricks from old bottles, mixing clay and straw for the adode and creating beautiful designs. The shape of the bottle house comes from nature-the Fibonacci spiral.
When we're not working on this we'll be gardening, sowing seeds, planting seedlings, making compost, or patting our adorable kunekune pigs, collecting the eggs from our lovely flock of hens. We might plant more fruit trees, do some weeding, or putting gravel on the path to the new cabin. Did I mention my passion for figs? I collect as many varieties as possible. Please bring me some cuttings if you can!
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Anglais: Courant
Français: Débutant
Maori: DébutantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
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Hébergement
Accommodation is in a cabin with no power but maybe the house or tents too depending on how many are staying. It maybe the couch, a bedroom or a mattress on the floor depending on the event and duration. Check in with me what your requirements are.
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Intercity bus comes to Kaiwaka. I can pick you up.
All the usual comforts are available while Our property is off grid living. You will be able to experience truly being attuned to nature's resources. You will be warm and comfortable but in the winter we can't use a hair dryer unless it's a very sunny few days. I have hot water bottles to keep you cosy and warm overnight. I love my creature comforts so our composting toilets are not going to make you crinkle your nose. Experience comfort and care for nature too.
Please note if the weather is suitable accommodation for the adobe building will be tenting. Please bring your own bedding if possible but just communicate your needs with me and we can sort out a good solution.
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Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Mes animaux
one pet Kunekune pig named Pumba
25 hens
two cats
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We worked with her on finishing the cob bottle brick wall in her bathroom. She was great at guided us through the building process, giving us support where needed but also the freedom… read more
Sophie and Elsa worked on the cob building, confidently learning many new skills. They asked great questions, keen to… read more
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We worked with her on finishing the cob bottle brick wall in her bathroom. She was great at guided us through the building process, giving us support where needed but also the freedom… read more
Sophie and Elsa worked on the cob building, confidently learning many new skills. They asked great questions, keen to… read more
Somewhat unusual for a host to accommodate around 15 people but it worked out well.
There were different everyday duties like empting the compost toilettes, cooking lunch for such a large group and doing the dishes. Everyone contributed what suits one best.
Andrea was really doing her best to meet… read more
It's also a very special memory that there are nearly twenty people working and living together. I learnt cooking a big meal, giving and receiving help.
Andrea tried her best to host big… read more
We worked on her Adobe cathedral which was really fun and relaxing at the same time.
If you're interested in permaculture this is a great place to go. Andrea was more than happy to explain what she knows and offered books for me to read.
She made sure we took breaks… read more
I learnt a lot from Andrea who has an enthusiasm for learning and imparting knowledge, and I felt very… read more
