Creating environmentally designed habitats for sustainable living in Costa Rica and beyond…
We are nearly finished with building our teak and concrete block bodega up on the ridge at Tierra Del Suenos. We'll use it as a garage, storage unit, and workshop. Right now we're finishing up the details - painting and varnishing. We've also begun construction on our lot down on the beach.
            The third, and possibly the best batch, in tropical home brewing adventures, almost met its end in the moldy rainy season condition of June. The rainy season brings clouds of mold that drift invisibly through the air landing on everything.   When I checked the carboy on the last day of the 15-day fermentation, I …
One of Nicaragua’s most valuable resources turns out to be wind.   Super strong (often hurricane force) and consistent winds blow across lake Nicaragua.  These amazing winds are basically Trade Winds that are funneled and amplified as the high pressure on the east coast (Caribbean) rushes through the gap in the Central American Cordillera to the …
Kim was in Oregon for an early spring trip and on a hike along the Columbia River found a grove of young cottonwood trees in full bud. Cottonwood is in the same family as willow, the tree from which aspirin comes, and also has pain relieving and antibiotic qualities. This is really good stuff for …
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Living in Nicaragua is awesome. Warm weather, warm waves, affordable homesteading, and a simple life lived barefoot. There are however a few things we miss about the US - mexican food, fast internet, and good beer! Luckily, Kim is an amazing cook, so we get our mexican food fix via homemade guacamole and chipotle chicken …
We moved into our new cabana about a month prior and had yet to take full advantage of the loft because we didn’t have any stairs. We had considered several funky stair designs with notched logs and spiral things, but in the end just wanted to have nice wooden stairs finished in a reasonable amount …
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