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Overview

  • 80 references 72 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 40, Other
  • Member since 2011
  • Vegetable Farmer / Landscape Gardener
  • Turfgrass Managment / Fibre Arts
  • From Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Unwind and enjoy eachother and ourselves after 8 years of Market Gardening! Back to hosting as we have the space, time, and patience.

ABOUT ME

2 Adult Humans.
1 Male, One Female
2 Dogs, Star (Mutt) and Chef (Border Collie)

We are nice people just trying to keep ourselves proud of ourselves. This is harder than it sounds. We're getting older.

PHILOSOPHY

The glass is two times bigger than it needs to be.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting Couchsurfers throughout the year and sometimes couchsurfing when we travel. Being flexible with requests when possible

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great and varied. 75% Hosting 25% Surfing

Interests

Disc Golf
Love
Coffee Talk
The Pup
Vegetables
The E-Bike
The Future
Animals
Dinner Schedule
That pretty Bird!

Music, Movies, and Books

Animal Collective / Big Thief / Pinegrove / Thelonius Monk / J Dilla / MF Doom / St. Vinent / Solange/100Gecs / Water from Your Eyes / Lizzo

Paul Thomas Anderson and anything related to any of the people who work with him.
Old Japanese Movies
Best Movies of 20.....

Books about farming / Tom Robbins / Kazuo Ishiguo / Kawabata / Mishima / GGMarquez / Silas Marner / Grapes of Wrath / Orwell / Other good books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hobbification of the Forest through Disc Golf Design (3 times)!!!
Slept in the Van to travel to San Fransisco
Taught a Collie to Jump in my arms
Grown 10 metric tonnes of vegetables in a year
Drove Lots
Went back to school as an old lady

Teach, Learn, Share

anything about growing plants, throwing discs, self-reflection

What I Can Share with Hosts

Libations, Bakery, frisbees, stories, snacks, smiles, laughs, dog time

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, India, Mexico, Nepal, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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