Share Your Talents in New Mexico - Land of Enchantment

Greetings,
We are seeking a responsibly mature, independent, creative person with a passion for organic gardening, permaculture savvy and enthusiasm for sustainable living. We are offering a very unique opportunity to live on our beautiful rural southwest New Mexico ranch rent free in exchange for mentoring and educating a retired professional couple in the nuances of sustainable living. We are hoping to find a mentor and educator who is willing to share their knowledge while living their own dream of having a beautiful piece of land to use as their own. Such person would be required to provide their own independent housing as in RV, Yert, etc. We would provide all necessary amenities including internet. Basically this means you come and educate us while "doing your own thing" and we will provide you with infrastructure and agreed upon project materials. We have several outbuildings, barns, garden and greenhouse in place. We are seeking a long term to indefinite opportunity for that special person who wants to live their dream without financial obligation while being of service.

Our rural area is spectacular in scenery, dark night skies, clean air and water as well as abundant wildlife. The possibilities for peace, purpose and contentment are limitless.
More details and specifics will be provided upon request via emailing:  sandy.zendonkey@mail.com.

Thank you,
Sandy

This sounds like a wonderful opportunity.

Until you find the right person, why not ask some of your questions here on the forum.

The forum has lots of virtual mentors.

Greetings Anne,
I posted using my e-mail contact address as this is going to be the most efficient means of communication for my needs.

Sorry, you misunderstand what I was suggesting.

You said, "educate us".

I understand you are wanting folks to come and visit and help you get started.

I was suggesting that the forum is made up of a lot of wonderful folks who like to come together to share ideas and make suggestions.

I just thought it would be nice if you joined these folks in some discussions.

As I said, "The forum has lots of virtual mentors".

And several of the live in New Mexico...

Morning Anne,
I am new to this fabulous educational and oh, so informative site and applaud you all for the wonderful job you are doing. I have indeed been reading many of the postings and am sill getting a feel for how it all works. So far I do not have any specific questions for the group however should one arise I will definitely express myself! I look forward each day to see what else may  be useful to me. I have received a few direct inquires for my help wanted posting.  My situation is unique in that our ranch is very rural and remote with very few people in our area.  An example is that we are 50 miles to the nearest shopping; hence why we are self reliant and intentional in our way of life. This lifestyle is not for the "average" person. I feel confident that we will find a like minded individual who would appreciate living such a purposeful life in one of the most beautifully well kept secrets in the US.

This is a good place to find people who are interested in homesteading in rural areas.
John S
PDX OR

Thank you John. I will continue to utilize the site even if I do not find the right person for my unique situation. This is definitely rural with a flavor of the old wild west! Happy Trails...

Sandy Amy wrote: An example is that we are 50 miles to the nearest shopping; hence why we are self reliant and intentional in our way of life.

Sandy Amy.. 50 miles to shop isn’t too bad. I used to live 20 miles of some of the worst dirt roads ever North of Magdalena. Once you crawled, bumped, and scraped through that.. THEN it was 30 miles on paved Hwy 60 into Socorro. Ahh, the memories. Here outside of Death Valley, it is 80 miles to Pahrump, Nevada for groceries, hardware, automotive, nursery, etc. Us rurals are resourceful and helpful to each other, and that is how we make it! If you ever want to talk story about New Mex feel free to email me at: mad4782@gmail.com. Pretty committed to the project here.. but you never know!

sandy, here is Tini, i would love to come and teach you german and permaculture and help out at your ranch. please get back to me.