Forest and garden tasks in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, USA

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  2026 

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  • Description

    Description

    –“You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.” – E.O. Wilson

    My wife, Maria, are continuing to rejuvenate our farm/homestead in the eastern Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Your stay will be in a lovely house along a quiet, rural road in Marcellus, on 23 acres with ponds, meadows, forest, and a trout stream. We host guests for two to three weeks, depending on the season, with spring and fall our busiest times.

    Our chief project for the past six years has been clearing invasive shrubs and planting 3,000 young trees. It's a big, decades-long experiment: Building a diverse habitat that’s surrounded by an ocean of invasives and overun with deer. If successful, this tiny patch of vibrant acreage will help enrich the environment and offset climate change factors.

    The next five-to-ten years will tell us a lot. We do a lot of young tree maintenance: repositioning tree cages, clearing weeds, vines and berry bushes, removing dead trees, and more. We've had volunteers from Japan, Hungary, Chile, South Africa, Kenya, Australia, India, Italy, France, Germany and the States. A New York State forester has overseen every step of the project.

    Other planned tasks this year include building an outhouse for our cabin by the stream and gates for our fenced-in garden , painting some exterior walls and possibly some indoor rooms. Additional jobs always pop up.

    Our gardening involves flowers, vegetables and berries.We have a friendly cat.

    I am an artist, yoga teacher, journalist and an author of two biographies. Maria is a massage therapist with a beautiful artistic side. I am a good cook, Maria is exceptional. We are both experienced travelers and have hosted for decades. We strive to see that our worker guests get to experience this beautiful part of the country in ways they enjoy, be it the local waterfalls, lakes, theaters and museums, thrift shops, whatever.

    We are a five to six hour bus ride from New York City.

    We're not welcoming pets or children.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Projets artistiques
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Jardinage d'entretien
    Projets DIY créatifs
    Aide à la maison
    Petits travaux d'entretien
  • Centres d’intérêt

    Centres d’intérêt

    Culture
    Politique/justice sociale
    Dev. personnel
    Ferme
    Bénévolat
    Art et design
    Livres
    Histoire
    Soin des plantes
    Photographie
    Jardinage
    Cuisine et alimentation
    Architecture
    Écriture
    Arts du spectacle
    Dessin et peinture
    Randonnée
    Activités en plein air
    Sports nautiques
    Yoga / bien-être
    Nature
    Fitness
    Sports d’hiver
    Voile / bateau
    Plage
  • 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

    Maria and I have been hosting travelers and international guests for years. We are kind, sensitive and curious, and well-traveled ourselves. We care deeply about the environment. We appreciate and are grateful for the beauty and preciousness of this life and where we are. Each stay experience with our guest workers evolves as we share our experiences and values with each other.

  • Aide

    Aide

    We'll need help starting in March, clearing invasives, cutting/thinning trees in a more mature part of our forest, preparing for planting young trees. We'll also begin opening up our garden, manuring around fruit trees and bushes, getting raised beds started.


    Forest rejuvenation is our biggest ongoing project, especially the invasive reduction, which involves cutting certain small trees and shrubs and spraying their stumps with herbicide. Tree planting is a short, intense period in early May that involves wedging open the soil with a tree spade to plant seedlings, putting weedbarrier fabric around each seedling along with a tree tube or small fence. Maintenance after planting includes watering, scything, uprighting tree tubes that have begun to lean, removing weeds from around the sapling trunk.

    We're cutting and splitting firewood, improving trails with stone and gravel. We work garden beds with a broad fork, add manure and mulch, plant successively in raised beds.

    Our cabin project involves assisting with carpentry and painting.

  • Langues parlées

    Anglais: Courant
    Espagnol: Débutant
    Français: Débutant

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    Workaway guests will stay in a well-appointed room with internet. Our house has one main bathroom upstairs with a tub and shower that we all share, and a smaller half-bathroom downstairs. Workaway guests are expected to keep themselves and their quarters clean and in order.

    We have a big, covered porch outside that overlooks our pond, which is a beautiful place to spend time in the warm months.

    Workaway guests will share meals prepared or provided by us. Dinner is the meal we most often share together as our schedules allow, but we occasionally indulge ourselves and guests with a nice breakfast or lunch.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    We can pick guests up in Syracuse at the bus or train station - a 35 minute drive from our house. We have bicycles to use on the beautiful and hilly country roads around us. There is lots of water around here—several Finger Lakes, waterfalls and rivers. We like to swim, sail and canoe on off-days.

  • 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

    Internet is solid.

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    Plenty of room to park, an outdoor shower with hot and cold water.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Deux

  • Mes animaux

    Mes animaux

    Gari

N° de référence hôte : 754189961463

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