Big Island tiny sanctuary in Honokaa, Hawaii, USA

  • Última atividade : 13 fev. 2025

Disponibilidade

  2025 

 Hospedagem min. solicitada: mínimo 2 semanas

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Detalhes

  • Descrição

    Descrição

    Please READ OUR ENTIRE POST ~ before emailing us – especially our CALENDAR / availability, thx. Our season to welcome guest volunteers is generally mid-NOVEMBER TO MID MARCH.

    Aloha from Big Island, Tiny Sanctuary

    “Big Island Tiny Farm” was the original name given our place by a neighbor-friend, with tongue in cheek, because I’m always outside tending to our tropical fruit and coffee trees, bushes, and plants. We share what we harvest with neighbors and friends, but we’re not a business or “commercial” grower (ie., we are a private home, not a business and we do not sell our produce to the public).

    We (and and our guests) consider our home a sanctuary. We’re not a commercial yoga studio. Yoga and meditation are simply part of our daily way of living.

    We built a sweet studio home on a lovely half acre lot in Honoka’a. It is like a live-aboard Yoga studio with an open kitchen, a large private bathroom, and a second outside shower.”

    Our studio home is our sanctuary, and we live a simple, mindful life. We’re in a small neighborhood on the edge of Honoka’a with good neighbors and an awesome view of Maui on clear days. Our property is only a half acre, but it is large enough and very fertile – so we are growing an “Edible Landscape” that will provide much of our diet.

    We have 3 mature mac nut trees, bananas, guavas (3 varieties), papayas, mangoes, avocados (3 varieties), Myers lemons, limes, cara cara and Valencia oranges, grapefruit, rollinia deliciosa, Abiu, Brazilian cherries, coffee, dragon fruit, green tea, and more - and they’re doing great!

    We’re interested in building several raised beds for veggies. We’re also interested in creating an island-specific compost setup that won’t attract rodents and undesirable pests - which is a challenge here in the tropics 😉.

    Our studio home is quite open, with lots of glass (and screens). It is simple, clean, and safe.

    ** AND We NOW (finally) have a new, clean, dry, and tidy 8'X 13' garden shed with a single bed platform and comfortable sleeping pad available for a guest worker :-). (See the recently added photo. I have added a small table, chair, lamp, etc.) We also have a large tent and a small tent to offer if you prefer the full camping under the stars experience.**

    We built our studio with an extra outside shower, which is fun, and an exterior door directly into the bathroom.

    Honoka'a is our favorite place in all of the islands... Lots of beauty and community. The Hamakua Coast is alive, awake, and thriving in many ways. We’ve watched an agri-cultural renaissance evolve here for the past dozen-plus years. We love it so much we put down roots!

    We only host ONE Workaway guest-helper at a time. Most of our Workaway guests have arranged to stay for a month - which has been great.

    The Hele-On Bus passes right through Honoka'a:


    Please note - Honokaa is NOT Kona - it is a wonderful, historic small town on the beautiful green (windward) side of the island, and like all of the Hawaiian Eastern / Windward shores we love the life-giving rain missing on much of the west side.
    If you want touristy night life, big city buzz and hanging on the beach every day - maybe look for a host on the west side...?

    * In general, we host one volunteer guest-helper at a time for about a month +/-.

    * Our sweet little studio home is extremely clean and tidy - especially the kitchen and bathroom - and we have had no bug or mildew problems (which are common in the islands). We ask our guests to be mindful and follow our simple house rules - to help us maintain a safe, clean, healthy environment.

    Please read our guests' feedback / reviews.

    🏝️✌️🏻♥️🎶 🙏
    Aloha, Peace, Love, Music, & Gratitude

  • Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Ajuda em projetos ambientais
    Jardinagem
    Construção/faça você mesmo
    Ajuda em fazenda
    Ajuda a cuidar da casa
    Manutenção geral
  • Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

    Objetivos da ONU
    Erradicar a pobreza
    Erradicar a fome
    Saúde de qualidade
    Educação de qualidade
    Igualdade de género
    Água potável e saneamento
    Energias renováveis e acessíveis
    Trabalho digno e crescimento económico
    Indústria, inovação e infraestruturas
    Reduzir as desigualdades
    Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis
    Produção e consumo sustentáveis
    Ação climática
    Proteger a vida marinha
    Proteger a vida terrestre
    Paz, justiça et instituições eficazes
    Parcerias para a implementação dos objetivos
  • Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Honokaa is an old-world, Historic Hawaiian community - not the touristy experience that most tourists limit themselves to.
    There is an awesome Agri-Cultural-Renaissance underway on this beautiful Hamakua Coast. The Hamakua Harvest / Honokaa Sunday Market is more than a typical farmers market ♥️.

    We have ensured that our guest helpers have enjoyed the many natural and cultural wonders of our area - and beach time.

    You’re welcomed to join in meditation and /or yoga practice if you like.

    I (David) am vegetarian - mostly vegan now. My past veggie, vegan workaway guests have been quite happy with my meal prep. Shing is an awesome chef when she’s on-island !

    If you plan to extend your time in the islands, we're happy to help with local knowledge, must-see's, and less costly options & opportunities.

  • Ajuda

    Ajuda

    1. Organic Orchard gardening (cultivating, weeding, fertilizing, edging, integrated / organic pest management, etc..
    2. Help with house maintenance & projects - including a fresh coat of paint on our studio home again this winter of 2024/25.
    3. Picking / processing mac-nuts, coffee...
    4. Designing & building a new composter suitable for our area.

  • Idiomas

    Idiomas
    Inglês: Fluente
    Chinês (mandarim): Fluente
    Espanhol: Intermediário
    Francês: Intermediário

    Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
    I have always been fascinated by language... words... where they originated and his they evolved. A bit of an "armchair linguist."

  • Acomodação

    Acomodação

    * Our new (private) 8’ X 13' garden shed.
    * Our new (small) double tent.
    * Our HUGE 10X16 tent.
    * Your tent if you prefer.
    * I've allowed a few guests to use our extra futon couch in past years.

  • Algo mais...

    Algo mais...

    I've been a musician most of my life. I have a keyboard, ukulele, a bass, and several guitars in our studio and I still play often.

    We're close to the amazing Waipio Valley.

    Honokaa is alive & thriving and there is often something going on in town. (Movies, concerts, & dance at our “Honokaa People’s Theatre”, the local pub, several restaurants with music, etc.).

    Kamuela / Waimea is a 15 minute drive. Hilo is 45 minutes, Kona is 1+ hour. We have some amazing back roads and trails for running & biking - just out our door. (We have a guest bike). There is much to see and do on our beautiful Hamakua Coast and the Big Island.

  • Mais alguns detalhes

    Mais alguns detalhes

    • Acesso à internet

    • Acesso à internet limitado

      Acesso à internet limitado

    • Temos mascotes

    • Somos fumantes

    • Pode hospedar famílias

  • Pode hospedar nômades digitais

    Pode hospedar nômades digitais

    We have good wifi and it covers much of our property.

  • Espaço para estacionar campervans

    Espaço para estacionar campervans

    We also have space for your tent or a camper-van.

  • Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    1

Nº de ref. de anfitrião: 448592393922

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Fotos

A imagem mostra duas estátuas de madeira, uma parede de pedra e uma planta em frente a uma árvore, com um fundo sereno de árvores e um céu nublado.
A imagem retrata uma paisagem tropical exuberante com uma cachoeira caindo em cascata em uma montanha íngreme, cercada por uma vegetação densa e um céu nublado.
A imagem mostra um grupo de oito pessoas, incluindo crianças, sentadas no chão em frente a um muro de pedra adornado com estátuas de madeira, posando para uma selfie.
A imagem retrata uma cena serena de pôr do sol, com uma árvore em primeiro plano e um corpo d'água ao fundo, apresentando um céu laranja vibrante com nuvens.
A imagem mostra uma tigela de metal contendo grãos de café marrom-escuros, com alguns deles quebrados em pedaços menores, em um fundo branco.
A imagem mostra uma selfie de um homem e uma mulher posando juntos em frente a uma praia com pedras e grama, usando roupas casuais e sorrindo para a câmera.

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