Terry Mitchell

Thank You Daniel, glad to be here! Well, I found this place when attending the Winter survival portion of my Wilderness Education & Ecology program where we built quinseys & other winter shelters. As far as gardening goes, last year was a challenge since my well pipe rusted through & I had to haul H20 for a couple months, however the squash, tomatoes & cukes seemed to do okay considering. It's SO dry here that it's a real challenge to water things enough, even if you make hills & flood them.

For livestock, I was considering goats mostly for fire mitigation by reducing fuels but also for milk, though I'm told sheep are better grazers. Winter will be a challenge though! Also, many many moons ago in another life, I was on aircraft carriers.

Anyway, I'm looking to do a WWOOFERISH kind of situation here, perhaps with more of a focus on sustainable forestry (not logging) as there is A LOT of fire mitigation to do, including creating defensible space & reducing fuels while maintaining winter browse. I do wish to do all kinds of permaculture projects here as it is the ideal place, it's just a matter of time & resources.

Cheers

P.s. You can see my ideas in the WWOOFER forum here: WWOOF North Cascades - Hike, Camp, Fish, Garden & Enjoy the Harvest - LGBTQASU Friendly!

High above the spectacular Methow Valley of north central WA sits a magical place by the creek under the watch of Lookout Mountain. I'm in the process of creating gardens & a home orchard while trying to grow extra food for the local food bank. I have future aspirations of livestock & poultry. I'm looking for a few good men, women & unbinary gender peeps to camp, garden, hike, mitigate fire fuels & be merry!

BYOF: while I am more than happy to share the harvest when available, I am not able to otherwise provide food at this juncture (not that I don't want to). However, there's lots of space to camp (fire safe only) with running water (both creek & well), including winter camping & potential (no dump) RV space. There are also many trails very close by & the land is bordered by Forest E & W.

Right now, the most urgent projects include fire mitigation including creating defensible space (essentially fire lines) & brush removal while maintaining winter browse for deer, elk, et al. I would entertain your presence in exchange for help with sustainable forestry (thinning unhealthy trees, not logging), as well as any donations, whether material or monetary for the procurement of livestock/poultry. This is a stunning place which I would love to share with some like minded LGBTQASU peeps (BTW: ASU = Asexual, Straight & Unbinary, LOL!)...I didn't want to leave anyone out! Host (yours truly) graduated from a year long Wilderness Education & Ecology program...I'm happy to share the knowledge! Thanks

Greetings from the North Cascades! Been up here a few years on 20, surrounded by the mountains. The scenery is superlative! Working on creating gardens & a home orchard. Hope to get some poultry/livestock...just a matter of (human) resources. Partner & I are hoping to share with others. I went through a year long Wilderness Education & Ecology program. I've worn many hats, including being on one of those floating cities with an airport!