Stay in a Tiny house in the Wilderness and learn some off-grid,
Backwoods Survival and Self-Sufficiency.
Park your own self-contained tiny house/van $100/week!
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| Looking out from the farm over the Tarkine wilderness |
We also have some plots available for lease with vans already on.
We have a plot near our drive with “Rosie” on it. Rosie is a tiny house on wheels – a bit like a small gypsy wagon with a pot belly fire. Rosie only sleeps one person (and you can’t be too big!). This plot has a small veggie and herb garden. $125/week.
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| "Rosie" |
Near the drive we also have our bus ,“Bumblebus”, which is set up as an off-grid tiny house with a wood fire, solar power and shared organic veggie patch. $175/week. Sleeps 2.
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| Inside the "Bumblebus" |
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| Bus garden |
Up the top of our hill we have a plot with “Betsy”, our little (12ft) retro caravan on it. Sleeps 2. The track to Betsy is hike-in only but a beautiful 400m gentle walk through the pines. $100/week.
Minimum stay is 1 month. All stays: No running water – bucket
water in. BYO
sleeping bag etc. No poison chemicals to be used inside or out.
Provide your own food. Some organic produce and wholefood available
for purchase.
We are looking for younger couples or single
people (preferably under 45) who want to learn to walk lightly on the
earth on our 200 acre ex-plantation block next to thousands of acres
of the Tarkine wilderness.
We are starting the world’s
first Sustainable Community Farm™ to save rare plants, animals and
trees, grow organic food, do long-term sustainable forestry and live
with respect for nature.
Come and plant gardens and trees
with us and make a difference in the world.
Our farm is in
a remote area in the mountains 20 minutes to Waratah and as we are in
a cool temperate rainforest here it can be cold and wet and can
snow.
Training:
We teach Good Heart Living™ which
is our own version of backwoods survival and self-sufficiency. The
ongoing training will equip you with skills for living in the
wilderness and start to re-wild your heart for living in nature.
Beginners welcome.
We will teach you how to grow your own food in our training gardens but it is up to you to grow food in your plot to provide for yourself. If you are here longer we also teach you the basics of wilderness survival, hunting, foraging, plants for healing, animal keeping, crafting, and forestry.
A condition of being here is that you have to make satisfactory progress in the Good Heart Living™(SCF) course.
Tuition cost for 1 month is $495 (Winter months $375).
Tuition for a season (3 months) is $1485 (Winter $1125).
Some of the tuition is potentially work off-able at 2hrs/day (1hr/day in winter months).
Everyone who is here has to work at growing food. No exceptions (we all have to eat).
In return for
cheap rent we expect that people will do at least 1 hour/day doing
tasks that need doing in our gardens and around the farm. In order to
grow your own food you will have to work in your own garden plot as
well as work to provide your income.
Some of the
activities you may do include tree planting, fencing, growing food,
seed saving, foraging, wildcrafting, preserving, crafts, and building
animal pens or shelters (depending on season).
Must be
physically fit and healthy enough to do the work required to grow
food. No GM vaccines to have been taken within the last 2 years
please as we are an organic farm and against genetic
engineering.
Our lifestyle is closest to indigenous
peoples and peasants which we see as the most sustainable. We eat
meat - seeing all life as sacred - animals and plants.
No
drugs. Sorry no dogs (no fences yet). Lots of wildlife.
If
you have dreamed of being off-grid this is a great opportunity to
rent some land in a community in a forest away from the cities. This
is a chance to live the good life.
A condition of renting
here is that you have to abide by the rules of the community. All
stays are subject to availability and approval.
We do not
do or allow permaculture or regenerative agriculture here and do not
work with the government. We practice Good Heart
Living™.
Instructors:
Gavin Edwards (The
Self-Sufficient Farmer™) who has over 50 years food growing
experience.
Lisa McAndrew (Good Heart Herbalist) is Australia’s
first community herbalist.
If you are interested could you
please tell us a bit about yourself by emailing Lisa and Gavin at
Good Heart Farm™:
goodheartfarm at proton dot me
or ph 0459 263 525 (text only - we are on the edge of reception!)
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Gavin Edwards 2024. All rights reserved. No part of this document may
be reproduced without prior permission from the author.
Good
Heart Farm™, Good Heart Living™, Sustainable Community Farm™
are common law trademarks of Mama Earth Pty. Ltd. ACN 146 054 828.
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| Looking out towards St. Valentines peak |
