Be nurtured and appreciated, help with gardening and food preservation in southern Indiana, USA

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  We are a wife and husband who grow vegetables for personal consumption, and we freeze, dehydrate, sun dry and can for our own use and donate the excess. We do mapling during the season and manage our forest without timbering. For 8 years we have been planting crops specifically to feed the wildlife, with a mindset as a wildlife sanctuary for all who want to come and partake. There are no fences, cages, pens or chains/ropes for the creatures, except fences around the small vegetable gardens to keep hungry critters out.  A 3.5 acre plot along the river is a pollinator plot with at least 9 different types of native wildflowers. 
  
  "There's always something to do on the farm." That's what my parents were frequently heard saying, when I was a boy. And that is true here today,. The summer crops of vegetables and berries have long since been preserved and are gracing our tables each day. On July 9, 4500 garlics were pulled, then dried … so luscious in the savory foods we enjoy. That's a larger scale crop than we usually harvest of other vegetables, and it's special when we'll gather with the friends and neighbors who have come to help with the harvest, and have a feast, this year featuring pozole with chicken and hominy. So come and enjoy lots of garlic, along with all the other good food that is provided, during your days and weeks here.
  
  Mamie's Garden, the 80' x 30' high tunnel, is in transition now, as strawberries are sleeping, figs have died back, and various volunteers, mostly kale, are providing fresh greens. There are also abundance of fresh herbs and mints. Come and get in on the renovation, as 3 of the 9 beds are prepped and seeded for spring eating and harvest. We'll start with spinach and other seeds capable of germinating at lower soil temperatures.
  
  Another of our larger scale harvestings is maple sap, about 3000 gallons of maple sap. Anytime after the middle of January, we'll be asking permission of the trees, one by one, as a tobacco blessing is placed at the base of each maple trunk that is tapped. From then through February, or most of it, the weather dictates sap flow and we follow the weather and collect sap for a few days. It is delightful and one of our very favorite seasons here. It is hard work, but invigorating and refreshing, as we watch and feel the early beginnings of spring while walking around in the sugarbush whenever the weather dictates, after it has warmed following a cold period.
  
  So, there's a lot of good things going on and we are waiting for your help and enthusiasm to keep things flourishing here. We love creating and enjoying abundance. The more experience with gardening, among vegetable, fruit and flower, the more satisfaction you will enjoy. But, if you are new to these practices and want to learn and gain experience, that's great, too! So, really hopeful of finding some farming and project help right away and for the coming seasons. Eager to hear from you. Larry and Helen

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Trabalho beneficente

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral

  Ajuda com computadores/internet
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  The description above includes much. In addition, we are deeply involved with several folks and organizations on reservations in South Dakota. In September, we will make our 11th Annual giveaway - we take donations folks in our community give, like sewing machines, fabric and notions, plus blankets and winter clothing and gardening tools, to people we have gotten to know at Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River and Rosebud reservations. We have been very supportive of the Indigenous ways and our brothers and sisters who are maintaining the old ways. Check out our FaceBook page: ask us for the link

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  Ajuda

  Around Halloween, we need help hosting our community garlic project. See the photo from last year. The chimneys and wood stoves need prepped for winter. Sweet potatoes will need harvested during the late summer. Summer crops in the hoop house need to be cleaned up and the new crops always need weeded, harvested, prepared and eaten. We eat a lot of our own more-than-organic veggies.

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Fluente
  Espanhol: Fluente

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  Acomodação

  Lodging is on the second floor of a passive solar, 70'x20' building. There is a complete kitchen (separate from that of our own residence), a basic bathroom that is clean and tidy, a sleeping room with 2 twin beds, and a community area with a futon and another twin bed. The kitchen is included in a large open community area for dining and relaxing. The is a large deck outside with clotheslines. A washing machine is in the rooms/shop below. There is a beautiful swimming pond, with a deck, located a few hundred feet up the hill.

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  Great if you have your own transportation. But, we have picked people up who travel by other modes. We love seeing the wildlife up close, so pets are discouraged.

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  All have access to the large and comfy community area. There are two private rooms in the same building with the community area. The entire building has unlimited optic fiber with 50 mb up and down. There's a house phone available using VOIP through the optic fiber. Extended calls require scheduling in advance. If your personal communication devices allow, you may VOIP via WiFi.

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Este anfitrião pode fornecer espaço para vans.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Horas previstas

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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