Shade Structure for Growing Vegetables
Updated March 6, 2015 This project we consider to be a big failure!!! It works great in dry season, but the problem was that in the rainy season, the mesh lets in all the rain, but not enough light or sun. This led to extremely humid conditions that most plants could not tolerate. Fungus […]
Awaken: Surf Camp
Permaculture, Surfing, and Yoga! Rancho Delicioso is an extensive Costa Rica eco village, offering a week-long (7 days / 6 nights) retreat with three of our favorite things: Surfing, Permaculture, and Yoga! Our location, on the Southern Nicoya Peninsula between the towns of Santa Teresa and Malpais, is perfect for surfing. There are […]
Recycled Bottle Gardens
Next to Rancho Delicioso is the area’s recycling center, most of which currently comes from the town of Montezuma, but also from Santa Teresa and Malpais. We can use plastic bottles from the center to build cool and innovative gardening projects. We’re hoping to find an inspired genius to build something remarkable to show the […]
Eco-Jewelry Made From Recycled Materials
I was a jewelry maker for eleven years, and traveled the world looking for interesting beads and materials to use for my company’s designs (Seventh Sense Inc) So I have a particular interest in this project and would love for someone to take it on. Any pile of trash is a potential gold mine of […]
White paint roof cooling experiment
I’m currently living in a recycled house that we call Villa Delicioso, and it has been extremely hot inside, even with 4-inch fiberglass insulation, an overhanging roof, an attic space, and all the windows open. Years ago, an architect here told me that ONLY bright white paint will keep a metal roof cool, and our […]
Godzilla attacks the farm
This vegetarian monster, known as a green iguana tried to get into our lizard-proof garden, and found a weakness, which was that one of the posts wasn’t covered with tin. He climbed it and ate many peppers before being discovered and captured. These can grow up to 6 feet long, and is even bigger than […]
Yellow Heirloom Eggplants
These beautiful eggplants are an heirloom species from seeds bought in the U.S. and are about the size of a baseball. They grew easily in bags and have been moved into well-composted soil in full sun during the hot dry season, and are producing well.
Favorite Things
These are some of our favorite sites around Costa Rica and beyond. Costa Rica Gardening / Plants Ark Herb Farm – Located on the slopes of the Poas volcano, roughly north of San Jose in the mountains, the Ark Herb Farm is an “Ethno Botanical Garden” and has a huge variety (more than 300 types) […]
Small Caterpillar who eats our greens
What is this bug and what do we do about it? If you recognize it, and have an organic solution, please help us out. We’ve been spraying our plants with a powdered mix of chili peppers and garlic, but this bug seems to be pretty resistant to it. We don’t have a lot of […]
Coming Soon – The Tilapia Pools
Today we are digging the first tilapia pond, with the goal of growing many of the fish we eat at Anamaya. We will feed them kitchen scraps, and they will also eat the algae that forms in the pool. If need be, we’ll also grow or buy corn for them.
