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Organic farming and building on a serene property in the hills of San Vito, south Costa Rica

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  • Activité récente: 28 mars 2024

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  • Description

    Description

    Hello, we are Colin and Tiffany from the U.S., who are now full time residers in rural Costa Rica. We are a newly married couple that shares an interest in being self-reliant.  This interest was so strong that it brought us to Central America, where we now own 17 acres of land.  We are dedicated to caring for (Mālama) this land and the waters as best as we can, while also growing the majority of our own food.  We are interested in learning the way of the locals and indigenous of this area as well as incorporating aspects of permaculture, incorporating some natural building, and organic gardening. We currently have 2 locals that work for us in construction and land maintenance.

    Colin is in his 40's and has lived in many states in the U.S. plus other countries, including a remote indigenous area of Venezuela and close to a year in Botswana. He most recently lived in an aspiring ecovillage in Oregon for 11 years. He has organized permaculture courses and speaks Spanish pretty well. He's a fan of hiking and dark chocolate.

    Tiffany is in her 40's and has spent the majority of her adult live as a digital nomad. She has lived in many U.S. states, most recently Hawaii, and has been working towards being a homesteader and organic farmer for some time. She is into crystals, holistic health, healing, and is a certified Plant Based Chef. Her Spanish is coming along but needs lots of growth and work.

    We live in an area called San Vito which is majestic and picturesque even on the most rainy of days. We are 5 hours away from SJO and 40 minutes from the Panamanian border. We intentionally chose this area to live in because there is not a large concentration of expats. We wanted as much of a local experience as possible, so we could learn the way of those that came before us as well as get stronger at speaking Spanish.

    Currently we are working on setting up our property to be a homestead for us as well as a health farm for future guests to stay with us. This means scaling up to grow the majority of our own food. We have a few garden spaces going, lots of fruit trees (with more to come), chickens for eggs, and soon will be adding animals for milk and land maintenance. We have a small coffee production going as well.

    This area has great weather year round, it feels like perpetual Spring, and it is very quiet and peaceful with kind and welcoming neighbors. We are one of the last houses before our road ends at the river.

    Walking through the neighborhood is great for sights, getting to meet the neighbors, and for fitness.

    The greatest activity here is to be present and enjoy the peacefulness.

    We are able to accommodate digital nomads. We do not have wifi that is available in the A-frame but we have shared dining room area you can work in. We have been told that Claro cell service works in the A Frame.

    *In the month of April we will be welcoming a bamboo building pro here to begin construction on our community center. If learning to work with bamboo is of interest to you then this is a good opportunity.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Projets artistiques
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    S’occuper des animaux
    Aide dans une ferme
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
    Aide informatique/internet
  • Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de l’ONU
    Pas de pauvreté
    Faim «zéro»
    Bonne santé et bien-être
    Éducation de qualité
    Égalité entre les sexes
    Eau propre et assainissement
    Énergie propre et d'un coût abordable
    Travail décent et croissance économique
    Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
    Inégalités réduites
    Villes et communautés durables
    Consommation et production responsables
    Mesures relatives à la lutte contre les changements climatiques
    Vie aquatique
    Vie terrestre
    Paix, justice et institutions efficaces
    Partenariats pour la réalisation des objectifs
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    This is an all Tico neighborhood. Its a great opportunity to practice your Spanish and to learn from the knowledge of our neighbors. On our property you will learn new things about organic and permaculture farming or have an opportunity to put your skills to use. This area of Costa Rica is peaceful and beautiful which is good restoration for an overworked soul.

  • Aide

    Aide

    We seek assistance for our construction man, land/farm work, cooking, cleaning, and doggy tending. Big bonus points for a professional massage therapist, too. :) The more skills the better, like previous construction projects, horticulture in the tropics, calm communication, and Spanish ability.

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant
    Espagnol: Intermédiaire

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    We are interested in sharing what we can about English and learning more Spanish.

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    We have a newly constructed A-Frame with either a twin or double bed (depending on single or couple). The space is quiet and mostly private surroundings. It overlooks the Talamanca Mountain range as well as Volcan Baru. It has tiled floors, a closet, and a compost toilet inside. One side of the A-frame has a tinted see through wall that also contracts up and down to open up to a covered deck.

    It is *mostly* private because we do utilize the surrounding area for exercise and some farming.

    The cooking facility is a shared outdoor kitchen at the main house, with a fine setup of appliances and equipment, and some private storage space on shelves, refrigerator, and freezer. We provide transport to the local grocery store (offers some speciality products like GF, organic, etc) and Saturday farmers market once per week -- this will be the opportunity to shop for your preferred breakfast/lunch/snack items.

    We provide dinner and lunch 5 days a week, dinner, that you may cook or we would but we provide ingredients.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    In your time off you are free to enjoy the property and the trails. There is access to the river in a few spaces (requires good physical fitness if accessing from the property). River access from the property is private and will feel like you have the whole space to yourself. Nearby are a warm spring, the town of San Vito, La Amistad National Park, Saturday farmers' market, and charming nearby hill towns.

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    We have good internet signal. Each room that is connected to our home has a desk and wifi available. This is not the case for the A Frame. You are always welcome to work in the dining room.

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

  • ...

    Nombre d'heures attendues

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, for a total of 25 hrs per week

N° de référence hôte : 147977826551

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