We are a growing family here at sunrise… Im Marcia and I live here with my two daughters, a beautiful young couple that originally came as woofers and now live here permanently, and a Farmer friend who just moved here this month and we are looking forward to growing more in community and consciousness. We live work and play on our beautiful organic farm,in the Sierra foothills near grass valley California. We feel truly blessed to be on this lovely land,with its good water and soil, beautiful views,and right by the amazing yuba river! We are primarily a homestead, trying to live on the land as much as possible while still enjoying our wonderful community..
We grow a wide variety of crops,orchard with peaches, plums, nectarines,cherries,figs, apples, pears persimmons!.. just about all the veggies that grow in our climate, various berries including blueberries raspberries strawberries and mulberries; nut trees, flowers, plants for selling and much more! We do some farmers markets, plant sales,very small csa and some wholesale..still primarily we just try and grow enough to keep us happily eating and sharing from our gardens year round while keeping up with our two children!..
Therefore we do a lot of preserving, from canning to drying, freezing to fermenting, and plenty of cooking and enjoying..we always have a lot to do on that end!..We also always have various other projects going on... we just built a very simple outdoor kitchen for wwoofers and have plans to build a bigger nicer one soon!.the one for now has all you need to prepare meals and also we will surely be inviting you to dine with us as we love sharing food! We have a composting toilet and outdoor shower and bathtub with hot water for your use, at this time we are offering tent space and have a couple trailers available, also if you have van/ camper ext...you are welcome to bring that...We just recently moved out of our old house and into our little cabin that we renovated and plan to eventually renovate/ cob the old existing structure.. we also just built a food storage shed that has now turned into a tiny house that we are renting on Hipcamp... the current building project is adding rooms for my girls in our cabin which they are very much looking forward to!....so as you can see there is always plenty of fun opportunities for building and general farm maintenance ..
We ask for a trade of 4 hrs a day with exception of Saturday which we also don’t work,however you are free to join us more if you desire! Otherwise you are free to enjoy this wonderful place! A walk to the river, relax in a hammock or adventure into endless possibilities! This area is really special.. with its beautiful nature..from hiking to hot springs,rivers to lakes, and the picturesque towns that surround.. we live in amazing community, that has so much wonderful music, all kinds of fun classes, and just so many great events of all kinds! As you can probably see, we love it here..and we hope you will too! Please feel free to contact us with any questions..happy travels!
Organic methods: All organic, planting with biodynamic calendar, permaculture, fun!
Certifications: Not certified still all organic!
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Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Flower farming
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Seed saving or production
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Beer, cider, wine, or juice making
Bakery
Natural cosmetics fabrication
Traditional crafts
Methods or systems
Biodynamic agriculture
Permaculture
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Woman-operated
BIPOC-operated
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Self-sufficiency property
24.3
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60
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