Some more images of Fuente Verde

So for my second post i will show you guys some more images from Fuente Verde. I have since left and am preparing to begin work on my family's property down in Golfito.


This is a photo I took at night in the full moon over at Fuente Verde. That's Derick and Tiffany the farm Managers.

This is a giant flying bug that kept swooping down near us as we sat at night under a porch light. He was happy to get up on my hand and pose for pictures.

This is an example of how we are starting our orchards. The most prominent plants in the photo are the Banana trees. This was pasture only some months ago. The mulch that you see in circles around the plants is cut cattle grass. The method is to wrap the mulch around the trees and to put horse manure in the middle next to the trunck for fertilizer. The mulch is very thick and will choke out all weeds underneath it. While the weeds under the mulch is being choked out Sweet Potato plants are establishing themselves in the middle of the circle near the trunk. Once established they will crawl all over the ground near the tree so densely that weeds won't be able to compete.

There you also see Palms and that plant in the foreground with pink flowers is a legume so it will be providing nitrogen to the soil.

Topher, the guy on the left, put together this ram pump. Theres Derick on the left priming it. A ram pump is able to use the power of the natural flow of water to kick a small portion of the water way up hill. This one is for irrigation on their terraces. This model didn't work due to leakage but Topher has since made two working models, one made totally of metal.

Here is Derick and Tiffany with a dream catcher they just made for a friend.


I've been in San Jose for a couple weeks buying a truck and am supposed to be getting it today and as soon as I do have it I'll be down in Golfito starting on our farm, so that's where you'll hear from me next.