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Borrowing From Yesterday To Do the Work Of Today
Offering Resources to Promote Self-Sufficient & Back-to-the-Land Living
Narrowsburg, New York USA
Andrea Reynosa
1724 County Route 23,
Narrowsburg, NY 12764
845-252-3518
areynosa@skydogprojects.com
www.skydogfarm.com
1724 County Route 23,
Narrowsburg, NY 12764
845-252-3518
areynosa@skydogprojects.com
www.skydogfarm.com
Skydog Farm
We have a 100-acre sustainable farm in the Upper Delaware
River Valley. Our business
focus is raising heritage
livestock and heirloom
vegetables for the local
Catskill and New York City
markets. We incorporate
into our farming practice
the holistic earth friendly
principles of permaculture.
Overview
- Source of power: 4 horses, tractor
- Equine are used to: logging, blue stone quarrying, manure spreading, general farm chores.
- Other livestock: Katahdin sheep, heritage poultry, Australian cattle dogs.
- Acreage: 106; 6 in garden, 10 in crops, 10 in pasture, 80 in woodlot.
- Skills offered in: heirloom organic gardening, seed saving, horse training, livestock management, landscaping within sustainable agriculture/permaculture model.
- Work hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 5 days/wk.
- Terms: room and board in exchange for shared chores and an eagerness to learn and participate in daily needs of the homestead; lunch and dinner provided during work hours; one apprentice at a time, 3 months minimum spring, summer, or fall.
- Stipend: yes, depending on level of experience.
- Accommodations: wood-heated cabin.
- Apprentice must be:
be willing to farm and learn; have a good
work ethic. - Visit first: yes.
- Trial period: one week.
