The rainy season is upon us and our world in Junquillal has turned beautiful shades of green! The sunsets are magnificent with clouds turning light into unexplainable colors. Of course, all the bugs are loving it too. But don’t worry I have donated enough blood for them to leave you alone should you decide to visit.
At the ‘Mi Tierra’ farm the habitat/retention ponds are filling up. Elias and Ever have been working hard creating new vegetable areas and have been successful with tomatoes and cucumbers. We have a new ‘fly and try” program. Fly on down and we’ll let you try some of these fresh organic vege’s! The farm also has a variety of fruit trees and a few of the new super food trees like the Moringa and Ojoche for sale. We can even plant them for you! Don’t forget about our friends in the trees who enjoy the Almendro de Monte tree for food and habitat. We got those too.
Our esteemed Estate Manager, Doug Stearn, and farm manager, Elias, created a new road into the farm at the end of road near lot 37. There is a place where you can park and take a short walk to one of the wildlife ponds at the farm. If you feel like taking a great hike start at the original farm road, walk thru the farm to the new road and back to where you started. It is a very scenic circuit with lots to see. The only caveat is the farm road may be under water if you try this after a heavy rain.
Tom Peifer, our TP Green zone consultant, has been busy working with Doug and our gardeners on priority erosion areas. Tom has also been working with Kim and me on our lot #61 creating contour lines for planting and utilizing erosion control techniques. I would highly recommend connecting with Tom during your next visit and see the best ways to minimize erosion, conserve water, create an edible landscape and increase the biodiversity of your little slice of paradise. We started planting bananas and bamboo a few years before construction started and now we have some fruit and privacy screens. Please feel free to visit our lot and ‘soon to be home’ when you are in the area.
Also, please feel free to contact me or Kim when you are here for a tour of the farm. We can arrange a time to meet with Elias and show you the beauty and bounty of the TP farm.
Be Well,
John