Filling the Galleron
December 30, 2017
The Galleron is a place of hard-work and determination, our whole finca revolves around this one spot. This is/was...
Incubating
December 16, 2017
So we filled the chicken pen, now we want to make our own chickens, we think that Rufus will make some pretty fancy...
Chickens, Chicks, Roosters and a pesky Cayote
December 9, 2017
When we made the chicken coop we had just 3 chickens, Beryl, Sexy Sue and a nice white chicken that we didn’t have...
Out-door kitchen or Helipad?
December 9, 2017
When we arrived at the finca, one of the first thing we noticed was a very large partially tiled circle at the front of...
Building a Wood Storage Tree - With Contrast
December 9, 2017
There is a lot of wood around a Teak plantation, as you might imagine, up on the hill, El Ranchero is totally made of...
Fertilizing and killing Ants with pink fairy dust.
December 2, 2017
So a while ago I chatted about planting 1000 trees for our natural boundaries, this in itself was an arduous task in...
Filling the Finca with Baby Animals
December 9, 2017
This week we added to our Finca Family, with 2 puppies and a kitten, all free to a good home
Hilltop Vegetable Garden (not from the walking dead)
November 11, 2017
We live on a hill, a very big hill in the country… this hill has a pool and a view that most people can only dream...
Teeny Tiny Shed to Giant Worktop
November 5, 2017
On arrival at the finca we unlocked the toy cupboard aka the bodega, for all intents and purposes our office. It...
The Day we got a Tractor – or almost
October 27, 2017
After the usual amount of pondering about whether a tractor is really necessary on the finca, by which I obviously mean...
Gerry the Goose/Dog
October 21, 2017
After almost 3 years of hard work on the finca, our main man Manuel decided that it was time to move on and concentrate...
Building a Home for the Porks - aka Alizee and Rachel
October 17, 2017
There was once a French couple from a town named Breast (I kid you not) they arrived on foot and we will forget the...
