Una Cura de Dengue Con Hojas de Papaya?
[Muchas gracias Karla Romero por esta Traducido al Español! El original en Ingles, con mas detalles: Cure Dengue with Papaya Leaf Juice] El dengue se ha extendido agresivamente en muchos lugares de Costa Rica durante la temporada de lluvia, especialmente en los pueblos y ciudades. Sin embargo, puede haber un remedio simple y de bajo […]
Goat Milk
Before I came to Rancho Delicioso, my boyfriend Roland and I had begun to experiment with making our own dairy products…yogurt, feta, and cream cheese. While they were great tasting, without a cow or a goat, they were actually far more expensive than to just buy the item at the store. But now I have […]
Welcome Amanda!
My name is Amanda Sailors and I am coming here from Galt, California. I am currently a senior at CSU Chico majoring in Agriculture with an option in Crops and Horticulture. I studied abroad in Puntarenas, Costa Rica for four months in 2012. While I was there learned a little about organic agriculture through my […]
Volunteer Garden
A few weeks ago we decided to build a garden specifically for the volunteers to grow their favorite foods in. In an effort to be resourceful we decided to use old glass bottles from the recycling center to create the garden boundaries. The next step was designing the garden- we created a shape that would […]
Welcome Monica!
My name is Monica Ravizza and I’m from Los Angeles, CA. I received my bachelors in Psychology and my Masters in Social Work from UCLA (Go Bruins!). Before coming to Rancho Delicioso I was working as a grant writer for a non profit hospital, and while I was helping to fund programs that supported health […]
Welcome Lisa!
I’m so pleased to be staying on this beautiful farm, learning everything I can in the short time I’m here! I came here from San Francisco, where I spent the last three years making jewelry and crafts in my spare time, and working in accounting for a primary healthcare start-up. I recently quit my job […]
Papaya Leaf Cure for Dengue Fever
With the number of people catching dengue fever seemingly on the rise every year in Costa Rica, especially during this rainy season, the demand for a simple and inexpensive remedy has never been higher, and as with so many common ailments, the modern medical system is not very helpful. The good news is that researchers […]
Tarta de Coliflor y Queso
Here at Rancho Delicioso, the volunteers take turns preparing lunch for each other on workdays. When my turn came up in the rotation this week, I decided to try to recreate a favorite of mine from an internship that I did on another farm in Costa Rica last year – Cauliflower Cheese Pie, or Tarta […]
Giant Mushrooms
We found some mushrooms growing in the corner of the shade structure, seemingly connected somehow to the roots of a large Melina tree. We thought they were gigantic to begin with, but they just keep growing larger and large and now are much larger than the original huge size. They’re by far the largest […]
Artificial Wasp Nest for Caterpillar Control
There are hundreds of species of wasps in the jungles of Costa Rica. Many or most are predators of other insects, and we’ve learned that they’re already being used in other parts of Costa Rica to control flies. A Plague of Caterpillars that Eat Spinach and Arugula We have several types of small caterpillars that […]
