#fincaecovida

With the permission and advice of a local gardener here in Bejuco we went on a little treasure hunt this morning and found this cacao tree with these beautiful purple fruits. We are going to plant the seeds from one of these fruits in our greenhouse in Bejuco so that we will have trees of this variety to plant at Finca EcoVida in Las Mesas next year. . . . #cacao #costarica #puravida #fincaecovida #ecovidacostarica #permaculture #planttrees #trees #chocolate (at Parrita, Puntarenas, Costa Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFEfyapdPn/?igshid=8nla4tnrs9gk

This soft orange fruit has a sour taste but contains twice the amount of vitamin C of an average orange. It is a Sundrop or Guayabilla and is used to make juice or jam. We ate this one in a smoothie yesterday and it was delicious mixed with bananas and pineapple. Since we only have one bush of these at Finca EcoVida and it has just started fruiting we have been saving all the seeds to replant. . Message us if you are interested in growing your own sundrop we have a few plants available for sale. . . . #costarica #fincaecovida #ecovidacostarica #fruit #fruithunter #sundrop #guayabilla #permaculture #tropicalfruit (at Mesas, Puntarenas, Costa Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4DKpFnOau/?igshid=1h0jurexufj8m

We found these mature cacao trees by the river on our farm a few years ago and have named them our Mama Cacao trees because they have not only given us delicious fruits to eat but we have used their seeds to propagate 100's of trees over the last few years. 📸 by @iridiego . . . #puravida #parrita #lasmesas #fincaecovida #cacao #chocolate #permaculture #agroforestry (at Parrita, Puntarenas, Costa Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDkEuyNp5mI/?igshid=ktdwrynim0kw

This is our 5th red pitaya (dragon fruit) from Finca EcoVida in Las Mesas. Today we shared this beauty with our team in Bejuco because they have never tried this fruit before. Everyone loved the taste and texture. We can't wait to get our first white fruits soon so we can all taste test those too. 🙏🎉👍 . . . #puravida #parrita #lasmesas #fincaecovida #dragonfruit #pitaya #pitahaya #fruit #fruithunter #costarica #permaculture #ilovenature #organic #nofilter #nofilterneeded (at Parrita, Puntarenas, Costa Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDO6c7aJMRo/?igshid=1ef4w4aih5mhr

Our beautiful oak table made by Alex and Junior is finished and we couldn't be happier with it! It is our favourite peice of furniture at Finca EcoVida! These two brothers from Mastatal are very talented and we highly recommend them if you need any project done. We also replaced the sofas at our rental house in Bejuco so the old ones moved to the farm to complete our outdoor living room area. We love reusing, repurposing and giving new life to old things. With the new table and the old furniture it is feeling very comfortable and homey at the farm. . . . #puravida #parrita #lasmesas #fincaecovida #woodwork #woodworking #supportlocal #farm #finca #reuse (at Mesas, Puntarenas, Costa Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC571B1DmrU/?igshid=c88dyd7mbp86

Our amazing farm team has planted over 400 fruit trees at Finca EcoVida so far this year and we plan to plant 600 more to reach our goal of 1000 trees for 2020. Diego and Joel are standing next to one of our cacao trees that was planted last year. We can't believe how big it has grown in only one year! It must love all the mulch and care our farm team gives it and every fruit tree we plant. A huge thank you to everyone who has help to plant trees at the farm over the last 2 years! . . . @iridiego . #puravida #parrita #lasmesas #fincaecovida #ecovidacostarica #planttrees #cacao #chocolate #costarica #permaculture #ilovenature #organic #agroforestry (at Mesas, Puntarenas, Costa Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC3bIAXjn0c/?igshid=eeroas4fhgmw

It might not be exciting to everyone but we are super excited about our new composting toilet (baño seco) at Finca EcoVida! A huge thank you to Javier for building this for us and also to Junior and Alex for installing and giving new life to an old door that we salvaged. It all turn out perfect! . . . If you want a composting toilet contact Javier at 5005-2631 (WhatsApp). . . . #puravida #parrita #lasmesas #fincaecovida #permaculture #reuse #compost #drytoilet #bañoseco #costarica (at Parrita, Puntarenas, Costa Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC0_8qhDbfX/?igshid=6vm5hn695a97