2908, 2013
Ginger sign
One of the many signs you’ll find throughout the farm. Thanks Nathalie!
2708, 2013
Growing banana trees
These banana trees should produce within 4 months or so.
1408, 2013
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1308, 2013
Growing banana tree
One of our growing banana trees. This season we planted about a hundred banana trees of half a dozen different varieties.
1008, 2013
Blanco’s favorite cob oven
Our cob ovens aren’t just for cooking.
2707, 2013
Thunder in his pasture
Thunder in his pasture.
2507, 2013
What’s for breakfast?
Here’s what we typically eat for breakfast:
- A huge fresh fruit salad made up of some delicious combination of local fruits – bananas, pineapples, papayas, mangoes, passion fruits, and more
- Kefir (which is made here daily from fresh raw milk) or yogurt
- Chai tea and Costa Rican coffee
- Raw honey, cocoa from a nearby chocolate farm, and other delicacies
- Oatmeal has somehow become a Saturday tradition – soaked overnight of course!
Best of all, here’s the view while eating and conversing in the mornings:
View from the table at the main house.
The food tastes incredible and every morning marks a memorable experience among these vibrant natural surroundings. Of course hunger from the early morning’s martial art practice and pre-breakfast farm chores make the best spice!
2407, 2013
Sprouted corn
To supplement their daily diet, we give some sprouted corn to our chickens and turkeys. Sprouting the corn increases the grains’ digestibility and nutrient availability. And they’re particularly fond of it!
Ari and Lela getting ready to feed our sprouted corn to the chickens.
1807, 2013
Mama chicken
One of our best mama chickens with her babies right after they hatched
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1207, 2013
Real pigs
Just like the chickens living here at RDS, our pigs are truly free ranging in a natural habitat where they can live a fulfilling life, find most of their own food, and “display their natural behavior”. We currently have 3 growing pigs digging around in an area covered with secondary-growth forest where we intend to expand the farm’s crops. They’re happy and it shows! They’re also our best workers when it comes to preparing the soil for planting. In addition to fertilizing it, they’re working the soil and plowing like no man or machine could ever do.