Welcome Emily!
My name is Emily and I am delighted to be spending my time in Costa Rica on Rancho Delicioso. I am originally from New Jersey, and have left a desk job in the United States to gain more knowledge about sustainable resource management and to help spread local farming knowledge to others. I don’t have […]
First Annual Mud Day Festival
Joseph and the volunteers were looking for an excuse to have a party of some kind, since a few volunteers had birthdays around the same time, and they chose a convenient day that worked for everyone. They decided they wanted a theme for it, so they started looking online to see what special events or […]
Aerial Silks
Since coming to Costa Rica I have been blessed with ready access to aerial silks. Right outside my door one hangs from the beautiful geo-dome. For anyone who does not know, an aerial silk is special fabric hung at heights. One or more acrobats will climb the silk and perform drops by wrapping the silk […]
Thank You Joy Taylor!
Hi! My name is Joy Taylor. I am from just outside of Lexington, Kentucky. I recently graduated with my BA degree in Art and minor in Equine Management. I’m a very active yogi and rock climber, and am in the area to do my yoga teacher training at Anamaya. However, I wanted to spend some more hands on time in the area […]
Savory Flaxseed Crackers
One of the future projects on the list for volunteers at the ranch is to design and build a solar dehydrator for drying herbs, seeds, and tasty snacks like these Savory Flaxseed Crackers. In the meantime, we’re using an Excalibur electric dehydrator borrowed from Anamaya. Ingredients 2 cups whole raw flaxseed 3 cups water 1 […]
Caterpillar That Eats Passion Fruit Leaves
This beautiful orange and black butterfly looks sweet, but it lays hundreds of eggs on our passion fruit vine leaves. At first, the eggs are bright yellow, but after a time, they turn a browner shade before hatching. The tiny caterpillar babies favor these passion fruit vines leaves (maracuya) and will quickly grow much larger. […]
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 […]
