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Corrina Cohen wrote:Cultivating with heavy hoe,
Corrina Cohen wrote:FruitwoodNursery/Rolling River Farm: We are looking for 1-2 dynamic, diligent and hard working people to come live and work with us at our robust homestead and thriving family-run online nursery business, Fruitwood Nursery. As a member of a small team, this position is multi-faceted. You would be integral to the stewardship of our exceptionally diverse collection of fruiting trees, bushes, vines and native plants, our large subsistence gardens, as well as to the operation of our online nursery business. The nature of this work is seasonal and flexible, and the workload and responsibilities reflect that seasonality. Full time work is available November- June and more part time (25-30 hours per week) July-October. Position starts in Sept./October and must be willing to make at least a year commitment.
Roles & Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Field Work - March-Sept:
Cultivating with heavy hoe, fertilizing and harvesting 3 acres of perennial fruit trees, bushes and vines.
Planting, cultivating and harvesting large subsistence annual vegetable gardens
Pruning - Nov-Jan:
Dormant season pruning of all deciduous perennial plants in a 3 acre mixed orchard
This includes over several hundred fruit trees ranging from full size to more intensively planted compact trees. Requiring working on 8-10 ft. orchard ladders in cool-cold weather.
Nursery Work - Jan-April:
Collecting scions and rooted plugs for customer orders.
Packing customer orders to prepare for shipment.
Propagating plants for nursery via cuttings and seed
Cutting prunings to size for sale as scion wood
*All nursery work done outside and in open-air sheds, often in cold and wet weather conditions*
Homestead work - seasonal and ongoing as needed
Brush piling, chipping, fencing, irrigation and general maintenance
Mucking animal pens
Mowing and vegetation management
Care for large subsistence annual gardens
Housing Rent exchange and Caretaking
In exchange for 8 hours of work per person per week, we offer a 12X18 naturally built two story, two bedroom home with 2 covered porches, propane stove, wood heated outdoor shower, indoor heating via wood cook stove, washing machine and detached composting privy, as well as a generous portion of farm vegetables, fruit, and various products.
Animal chores 1 day a week per person about 30 min -1 hour, morning and evening. Includes caring for mixed poultry flock, and 10-20 head goat herd. On chore days you keep the animal products you collect such as eggs and milk
Caretaking responsibilities when we’re gone-generally no more than a month spread out for the year shared with another caretaker.
Experience and Expectations:
At least 1 year related gardening, agriculture, nursery or field work experience
Preferably some Pruning experience
Is comfortable with and enjoys the challenges of working physically in the outdoors
Availability to work outside in cold winter and hot summer conditions.
Availability to work up to 40 hours a week generally during our busiest season December-April..
Ability to lift 50 lbs.
Ability to comfortably and safely work from 8-10 ft orchard ladders for pruning and harvesting.
Experience with rustic and remote living conditions. Orleans is a small, remote community surrounded by clean water and beautiful wildernesses., .
Compensation
We offer compensation starting at $15.00/hour depending on experience,with a potential for a raise within 3 months.
Please email: Corrinaandmarc@fruitwoodnursey.com for an application.
Breaking Bear wrote:
Corrina Cohen wrote:FruitwoodNursery/Rolling River Farm: We are looking for 1-2 dynamic, diligent and hard working people to come live and work with us at our robust homestead and thriving family-run online nursery business, Fruitwood Nursery. As a member of a small team, this position is multi-faceted. You would be integral to the stewardship of our exceptionally diverse collection of fruiting trees, bushes, vines and native plants, our large subsistence gardens, as well as to the operation of our online nursery business. The nature of this work is seasonal and flexible, and the workload and responsibilities reflect that seasonality. Full time work is available November- June and more part time (25-30 hours per week) July-October. Position starts in Sept./October and must be willing to make at least a year commitment.
Roles & Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Field Work - March-Sept:
Cultivating with heavy hoe, fertilizing and harvesting 3 acres of perennial fruit trees, bushes and vines.
Planting, cultivating and harvesting large subsistence annual vegetable gardens
Pruning - Nov-Jan:
Dormant season pruning of all deciduous perennial plants in a 3 acre mixed orchard
This includes over several hundred fruit trees ranging from full size to more intensively planted compact trees. Requiring working on 8-10 ft. orchard ladders in cool-cold weather.
Nursery Work - Jan-April:
Collecting scions and rooted plugs for customer orders.
Packing customer orders to prepare for shipment.
Propagating plants for nursery via cuttings and seed
Cutting prunings to size for sale as scion wood
*All nursery work done outside and in open-air sheds, often in cold and wet weather conditions*
Homestead work - seasonal and ongoing as needed
Brush piling, chipping, fencing, irrigation and general maintenance
Mucking animal pens
Mowing and vegetation management
Care for large subsistence annual gardens
Housing Rent exchange and Caretaking
In exchange for 8 hours of work per person per week, we offer a 12X18 naturally built two story, two bedroom home with 2 covered porches, propane stove, wood heated outdoor shower, indoor heating via wood cook stove, washing machine and detached composting privy, as well as a generous portion of farm vegetables, fruit, and various products.
Animal chores 1 day a week per person about 30 min -1 hour, morning and evening. Includes caring for mixed poultry flock, and 10-20 head goat herd. On chore days you keep the animal products you collect such as eggs and milk
Caretaking responsibilities when we’re gone-generally no more than a month spread out for the year shared with another caretaker.
Experience and Expectations:
At least 1 year related gardening, agriculture, nursery or field work experience
Preferably some Pruning experience
Is comfortable with and enjoys the challenges of working physically in the outdoors
Availability to work outside in cold winter and hot summer conditions.
Availability to work up to 40 hours a week generally during our busiest season December-April..
Ability to lift 50 lbs.
Ability to comfortably and safely work from 8-10 ft orchard ladders for pruning and harvesting.
Experience with rustic and remote living conditions. Orleans is a small, remote community surrounded by clean water and beautiful wildernesses., .
Compensation
We offer compensation starting at $15.00/hour depending on experience,with a potential for a raise within 3 months.
Please email: Corrinaandmarc@fruitwoodnursey.com for an application.
Your email address might be incorrect, I tried to email you to no avail. I even tried changing the capital "C" to a lowercase "c". Anyhow, I hope you get this, as I am very interested in this position. What state are you in? My wife, Susie, also replied earlier in the comments.
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