Costa Rica Garden Show!

mantiszn

mantiszn

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Actual name is strelitzia, native to and common in South Africa where I'm originally from
Beautiful plant, almost everyone back home has them in their gardens.

mellokitty said:
aaahhh. up here (where they're ALL imports) these are the more familiar "birds of paradise":


i think they're the same family though? the other kind are quite rare; i forget what they wanted for the potted ones but i've seen them sold as cut flowers for $25/stem.
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ScoobyDoobyDoo

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mellokitty said:
aaahhh. up here (where they're ALL imports) these are the more familiar "birds of paradise":


i think they're the same family though? the other kind are quite rare; i forget what they wanted for the potted ones but i've seen them sold as cut flowers for $25/stem.
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i think you are right. cuase we have ones that are exactly the same but one grows up and the other down. the ones that grow up look like your picture. i wish i knew more about the foliage here. i just think it look puuuurdy! :eyesmoke:
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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dangledo said:
awesome thread, great pictures.
the old man likes the tarpon, i like to dive.
Hogfish tacos on my menu in 6 weeks. :leaf:
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I know that they are really a wrasse, but I grew up calling them Hog snapper - it just sounds right.
And they look beautiful on a plate !

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MellowFarmer

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Hey Scooby I really need to sit down and read through this all but as I am having difficulty learning Spanish as a third languange amd not remembering moi francais tres bien and having tried Cali Junior College class even lol and living iin an entirely immigrant non english speaking above say age 12 please help?! there must be a way? i really am close to just hopping the border no passport fusa mais moi house est about to be next to a huge casino which means if i wait a year or two a big bounty to bring with me if my gamble is correct so a year to be fluent? :bongsmilie:
 
ScoobyDoobyDoo

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MellowFarmer said:
Hey Scooby I really need to sit down and read through this all but as I am having difficulty learning Spanish as a third languange amd not remembering moi francais tres bien and having tried Cali Junior College class even lol and living iin an entirely immigrant non english speaking above say age 12 please help?! there must be a way? i really am close to just hopping the border no passport fusa mais moi house est about to be next to a huge casino which means if i wait a year or two a big bounty to bring with me if my gamble is correct so a year to be fluent? :bongsmilie:
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if you immerse yourself then a year to be understandable; 3 years to b fluent; 5 years to be local. just depends. i was FULLY IMMERSED working construction all day.
 
Da Almighty Jew

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yea i thought i just posted something i dont know i guess somebody just deleted it? But why?. Scooby is that 3rd world country investing something that I could get into with untaxed dollars? You dont have to answer this if you dont want. I know the question is controversial.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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I can see deleted post's & don't see any in this thread from you.

Did you post in another thinking it was this one ?
 
ScoobyDoobyDoo

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Da Almighty Jew said:
yea i thought i just posted something i dont know i guess somebody just deleted it? But why?. Scooby is that 3rd world country investing something that I could get into with untaxed dollars? You dont have to answer this if you dont want. I know the question is controversial.
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very easily
 
ClaytonBigsby

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ScoobyDoobyDoo said:
hey mellow. i'm sure there are some areas of this country where growing outdoor would be much easier. up north it is a dryer climate; they get less rain; and it's a little less humid. not sure they have the same pest problems. i wouldn't say everyone is growing on their front porch here. i would actually sy that hardly anyone grows here...indoor or outdoor. the laws are pretty serious about growing but possession of less than an ounce is not even a fine here anymore. there is serious talk about legalizing it completely to curb the drug violence. not sure if that would work cause all that violence is from cocaine.

you could live very well on $900 a month down here. the cost of living is very low here while the quality of living is very high. real estate is cheap as long as you aren't on the beach or in one of the high tourist areas. go 10-15 minutes outside of town and the prices are pennies on the dollar. if you don't have residency you are supposed to leave every 90 days. that may have changed to 120 days. i thought i heard something about it. you have to leave the country for 48 or 72 hours i think. most people just pay a service and send their passports to the border for $200. that's what i used to do before i had residency. a lot of times you will leave anyway going back to the U.S. or travelling. it's easy to get residency if you are retired or don't plan on working here. usually you can get it after you have lived here for a year. then it costs about $1500 and takes around a year. if you aren't retired, married to a Costa Rican, or father of a Costa Rican baby then it gets a little more complicated getting your residency. not at all impossible; just a little more time consuming.
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Hi Scoob,

Great thread, thank you. My wife and I are seriously looking at heading out. We've been looking at S. AM, but Costa Rica looks and sounds great. I love the options on climate and was looking at Ecuaodr for that reason. Her mother is coming too and she is retired. Do you think residency would be easier for us if she got it first, because she is family? Are there opportunities to work there? Thanks for any input!!
 
ScoobyDoobyDoo

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ClaytonBigsby said:
Hi Scoob,

Great thread, thank you. My wife and I are seriously looking at heading out. We've been looking at S. AM, but Costa Rica looks and sounds great. I love the options on climate and was looking at Ecuaodr for that reason. Her mother is coming too and she is retired. Do you think residency would be easier for us if she got it first, because she is family? Are there opportunities to work there? Thanks for any input!!
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unless you are retired or have a chile here in costa rica it takes about 2 years to get residency. as fa as work goes...gotta make your own way. everyone is different but the common bond we all have that live down here is that we had to get dreative about what we do for a living and how we do it.
 
ScoobyDoobyDoo

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just some random pics from the last few days...

herradura bay from my condo.

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not sure what these guys are but they are fun to watch run around. like little roadrunners.

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scarlet macaws. they live on the mountain behond my condo. thousands of them. they fly down to the beaches in the morning to feed on the almond trees (different almond than we eat). then they make their way back up to the mountain every night. they always travel in mated pairs. noisy fuckers though. lol.

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nothing better than a relaxing day by the pool

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VTMi'kmaq

VTMi'kmaq

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Subbed beautiful pics my man. Did the yucatan pen. many many moons ago! So i see alot of wonderful forest and veggies but how's the fishing?
 
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