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Costa Rica Photography Workshops & More

Taught right here on our farm or at another exotic location we offer Costa Rica Photography Workshops specially crafted for Beginners and Pro’s. Don’t miss theTravel & Wildlife Images for reptiles, sloths, all the wildlife found on our farm. Please visit our Marketplace for wildlife and rainforest designs on usable products like one of our 3 calendars, a cute wet sloth shower curtain and bags. Click on the picture.

Our Accommodations page has info on renting our rustic, wooden cabins and directions to our farm. We moved countries to become sustainable and so far, it’s working. Homesteading is much harder than we thought but practice makes perfect.

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Why We Chose a Painted Metal Roof, Using Bamboo Poles & Water Problem

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

Why we chose painted metal roofing, how we used bamboo to help with building, and combating water stains from the incessant rain on our interior wood ceiling. Roofing Options in Costa Rica In Costa Rica your roof is, in my opinion, … MORE

Caribbean Rice-n-Beans aka Coconut Rice and Beans

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

How to make Caribbean Rice n Beans using fresh coconuts, garden vegetables and herbs. We visit restaurants that are owned by Afro-Caribbean ladies more than we visit traditional “sodas” here. Our meals always cost a buck or two more but … MORE

Red Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) & Olive Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochrous) Limon Costa Rica

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

Images of a Red Eyed Tree Frog and an Olive Tree Frog found in Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. Tree frogs all have adhesive disks and webbing between their fingers and toes. They all have bulging eyes and can pretty … MORE

Raw Sugar Cane Processing using Manual Press

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

This article shows how we harvest sugar cane from our garden and make sugar cane juice on a manual hand press or trapiche, as it is known here in Costa Rica. This is the sugar cane we have planted in … MORE

Building Project Costa Rica – Part 4 – Tools & Torque

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

Our Building Project – Images of the progress since the last post (permission to project start), how very important a machete and rope have become and which brands of tools are taking a beating. We are officially deep in the … MORE

DIY Concrete Planters, Sculptures, Stone Heads | How to Make a Cement Planter

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

DIY concrete planters are a fun project that takes very little time or effort. Save money by making your own. Along the roadside here in Limon, Costa Rica people like to sell you their wares and crafts. In just a … MORE

Building Costa Rica – Permission to Project Start

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

Building in Costa Rica Part 3 – Obtaining Permission to Project Start. The waiting is over. We are finally starting our house building project. This article covers the steps we took to get permission, how we prepared the posts to … MORE

Rain Forest Aerial Tram Limon Costa Rica

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

Our Rain Forest Aerial Tram Day. What we thought of the place. Every once in a while we are lucky enough to get away from the work of the farm and enjoy ourselves at one of Costa Rica’s many tourist … MORE

Building Costa Rica – Building with Wood

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

Why are we Building with Wood? Part 2 of Building Costa Rica. See Part 1 or Part 3 We chose to build our home with both wood and concrete. Wood will be our supports, buried directly in the ground, and serve as the material … MORE

Food Dryer Solar DIY

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Kimberly Beck

How to make your own Food Dryer using Solar Energy (the power of the sun) Why build a Solar Food Dryer? We built this solar food dryer because all of our harvests seem to come at the same time and we … MORE

Latitudinal Adjustments – A Summary of Our Move to Costa Rica

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Kimberly Beck

Our move to Costa Rica This summary of our move to Costa Rica can be found at Living Abroad in Costa Rica a website/book/guide about moving to and living in Costa Rica. The fourth edition is coming out and our expat … MORE

House Building Costa Rica | Road & Septic Cost

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Kimberly Beck

Building Costa Rica Part 1 See Part 2 or Part 3 The process of house building Costa Rica can be fun and time consuming! We have been waiting to build our own house for two years. When we first bought the farm … MORE