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Finca Mycol

FL (Southeast)

Finca Mycol is a 20-acre permaculture homestead that has been steadily transforming its landscape since 2002 to live in an ecocentric balance with nature and the hue-mans. Located at the end of a dirt road 17 miles north of downtown Gainesville, Florida and just outside a dinky town with no traffic light called Brooker. There is a 10-minute trail to the upper Santa Fe River, a recently excavated swimming pond with dock, and fortunately have no light pollution. If it can grow in this climate I am attempting to grow it. I have been doing plant propagation (grafting/cuttings etc.) and subsequent planting of plum, pear, pecan, chestnut, muscadine grape, citrus, fig, cactus, pawpaw, peach, rio-of-the-grand cherry, blueberry, blackberry, moringa, lemongrass, shitake, and an annual garden area with mints, chives, tomatoes, greens, potatoes, beans, etc. I also engage heavily on ecosystem restoration of longleaf pine uplands and oak hammock habitats ridding of invasive exotic plants (air potato, exotic grasses, Chinese tallow etc.) and planting native ground cover in its place. I am a botanist that works for the state of FL. I teach wild edible plants and mushrooms on the side. There is a solar shower, solar oven, minimal solar power (my system is not operating optimally and I could use help) and live off-the-grid. We often cook over the open fire but have propane for back-up. We use humanure compost for bathroom facilities. Accommodation wise there is a refurbished trailer with space for two rooms that opens up to a recently completed front porch, a gutted van with a bed mattress, and several family sized tents that can be set up. I am project oriented and expect about 30 hours of work per week and assign tasks if I am away on the job (I typically am away 4 days/week doing restoration ecology work). Please note that I must work to maintain funds for the homestead and need honest self-reliant volunteers when I am away. When I am on the finca over long weekends I expect you to help me out when I am doing projects. Stays are limited to a one year period. Current tasks are building an outhouse, screening in the porch, fencing in the field for pasture, tending the chickens, gardening, soil building, weeding, and functional art (also some nature-murals if you are an artist). In exchange for volunteering, I provide a roof over your head and food staples. I do not host children, pets, heavy alcohol or smoking of tobacco (other smokes are fine). You should have your own transportation. I personally don’t eat beef or pork but will eat a road-kill deer. FYI I am also a musician (guitar, charango, balafon, djembe, panlago etc.) y hablo espanol asi asi. Politically I am a green anarchist and don’t believe in ANY organized religion or alien abductions…so no proselytizing….all life is beautiful and equally a mystery to me. I hope that one has a positive vibration and state of mind and is motivated to live in such an alternative lifestyle. Love and light to all who have read this even if you don’t make it to the finca!

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