Looking for work on permaculture farm next season, couple(groundskeeper and construction instructor)

Hi! I am a 21 year old groundskeeper and horticulturist. I am finishing up an associate's in horticulture this upcoming spring and want to start working in permaculture. I know I am posting a little early, but I want to get this out there.

As a groundskeeper I have been working with starting prairies and prairie management, as well as raised bed building, mowing, tree-planting, and all grounds management. I have done some basic beekeeping through my grounds position, and am going to continue to learn about beekeeping. My boyfriend is a vocational instructor in construction and works in demo and re-modeling homes for underprivileged communities. We do have an indoor cat that will continue to live with us.

Once we save up enough money (many, many years from now), we are going to buy our own land and have a small permaculture, mostly off-grid property of our own. The plan has been in the works for the past year, and we are wanting to start learning and working for an established farmer this upcoming season to learn every inch of small farm management.

Right now we are either looking for a live-on worker set-up with the ability to work part-time in town to keep saving for our future, or a position where we can live and work nearby and come on the majority of the time.

If you have any questions or interest, please reach out. We are both very excited to start this process- I feel like I'm always chomping at the bit to get started and going. Thank you so much!!!

You may want to at least state the state your in, prairie, mid central?

Michael Moreken wrote:You may want to at least state the state your in, prairie, mid central?

Hi! Thank you for letting me know, I’m still getting used to this site!

I currently live in central IL, but we are both happy to relocate if need be. In my area, it’s a lot of large scale ag, so we are willing to move if we need to.

Thank you!!

Hi Skye,
This may be a stretch but I figured I might as well put it out there. As you said, it’s early, and if nothing else, you can keep it in your minds as a potential opportunity to consider over the coming months.
What I can’t offer is being an established permaculture practitioner. What I can offer is the opportunity to create a permaculture plan snd implement it.
I feel like the skills the two of you have would work well here, both on my land and in the greater local community. There’s quite a bit of agriculture going on here still but it’s all pretty small scale. There’s also plenty of work in the construction field (and as everywhere in this country, plenty of an under-served community).
You can look up some of my other posts to learn more about my place and what I’m trying to create but in short, I have 80 off-grid acres in southern Oregon, outside the town of Ashland. There is a wonderful spring that produces plenty of water to take care of all our needs, including a fair amount of agriculture. There are some cabins in the process of being finished, with plenty of room to grow. Despite being 20 minutes from town, the property is fully wild, with all manner of local fauna (except for the wolf) and an incredible variety of flora. In fact, it is said this region is one of the most biodiverse on the planet. My property fall within the cascade-siskiyou national monument, set up to preserve and celebrate that biodiversity.
Anyway, that’s probably enough to start. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or would like to discuss the opportunity further. Same for anyone else reading this post.
Good luck in your search.
-Leaf

Is PNW on your list? I have 2ac between Seattle and Olympia.