Aircrete Dome Building Workshop Retreats in Costa Rica
One of the owners of Rancho Delicioso, Joseph has been studying this new building material called Aircrete and is considering offering 7-14 day workshop retreats on how to build your own dome home. Aircrete: or aerated cement, is a new building material that has created an inexpensive sustainable eco friendly housing solution. It is a […]
The River Palace
We are nearly done constructing our new accommodations for our guests at Rancho Delicioso, which we call The River Palace. We will have better photos soon when we’re done! This is just to show you what we’re working on! It took nearly a year to build, and was designed with the idea to make […]
Goddess Retreat Costa Rica
We are honored to be welcoming back GoddessCeremony for another incredible week long Goddess Retreat here at Rancho Delicioso! Surrounded by lush jungle and greenery, we are excited to be hosting the next sacred women’s retreat at Rancho Delicioso in Montezuma, Costa Rica This retreat is for the woman ready to step into her power, […]
Tropical Seeds for Making Jewelry
For 11 years I was half owner of a jewelry company called Seventh Sense, and we scoured the planet looking for exotic beads and materials of all types to make our jewelry. Although I’ve left that business far behind, I still love the idea of making jewelry, and am always keeping my eye open for […]
Plant Quiz Answers
Here are answers to the tropical plant quiz. Turmeric Flower This large, exotic flower comes out of the tumeric plant. Tumeric’s bright orange roots are perhaps the most super of all superfoods, with myriad health benefits, especially good for the brain. It can also be used as a dye and stains nearly everything it touches. […]
Permaculture Plant Nerd Quiz
Here are photos of ten EDIBLE tropical plants. So for all you tropical garden geeks and permaculture geniuses, the challenge is to name them all. Leave your answers at the bottom in the comments section if you like… For the answers to what these plants are, click here: Plant Quiz Answers
Herbs and Plants for Personal Hygiene Products
A friend of mine, Kelly Perkins, visited the farm a few days ago, and she was curious as to what we have growing here that could be used for personal hygiene products such as lotions, scrubs, soaps, shampoos, insect repellents, and other face and skincare products. She was asking about this because she has a […]
How to prepare a natural insecticide and fungicide
In Rancho Delicioso we are experimenting with several recipes in order to create organic products to treat plagues from various insect pests, or to prevent them. We believe that there are harmless ways to treat these frequent problems of the gardens, rather than using chemicals. We came across to this recipe to create a powerful […]
Costa Rica TreeHouse – Montezuma
The Sacred Geome-Tree House is now only available if you attend a retreat at Rancho Delicioso, are a guest of Joseph or possibly longer term rental if you get involved in the community (eco-building, retreat running, natural medicine, etc). You can email him Joseph (at) Anamaya.com for more info. The tree house is composed of […]
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 […]
