Costa Rica Garden Show!

Damn..Now I'm hungry. I meant hamachi. You get that belly meat that places don't have.

Coho said:

Damn..Now I'm hungry. I meant hamachi. You get that belly meat that places don't have.

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that's called the "toro." the fatty muscle that runs the length of the belly all the way to under the head. you really need a larger fish for the meat to marble correctly. you don't normally get the high quality "toro" on yellowfin cause they don't get big enough. if you see "toro" or "otoro" on a menu then it came from a bluefin or bigeye tuna.

went up to my condo earlier today to drop some stuff off and swing by the marina. took a few quick shots. these guys are the best landscape artists. no power machines. only a lawnmower. everything is is done with machete.

view from my balcony. you can see the 16th green just past the open field.


view from the pool toward the golf course.


view from the pool toward the beach and marina


down in the marina village

Nice pics, very good composition, or did u crop them ??!!

lahadaextranjera said:

Nice pics, very good composition, or did u crop them ??!!

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thanks la hada. i just used a little point and shoot sony i keep on me. camera phones are the worst. the pics are cropped in photoshop. i only carry the big nikon when i'm on vacation or an adventure. lol.

ScoobyDoobyDoo said:

thanks la hada. i just used a little point and shoot sony i keep on me. camera phones are the worst. the pics are cropped in photoshop. i only carry the big nikon when i'm on vacation or an adventure. lol.

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CHEATER!!! jk

Those bushes are trimmed with just a machete ?? Damnn! The Mexican landscapers here aint got shit on those Costa Rican boys!

BeaverHuntr said:

Those bushes are trimmed with just a machete ?? Damnn! The Mexican landscapers here aint got shit on those Costa Rican boys!

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these dudes are artists with a machete. i wouldn't mess with them. most places they don't even have lawnmowers. these guys cut grass with machetes. i'm one of the few people in my town that actually has a lawnmower. up until last year they cut the soccer field grass with machetes.

ScoobyDoobyDoo said:

these dudes are artists with a machete. i wouldn't mess with them. most places they don't even have lawnmowers. these guys cut grass with machetes. i'm one of the few people in my town that actually has a lawnmower. up until last year they cut the soccer field grass with machetes.

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Thats nuts dude.

ScoobyDoobyDoo said:

these dudes are artists with a machete. i wouldn't mess with them. most places they don't even have lawnmowers. these guys cut grass with machetes. i'm one of the few people in my town that actually has a lawnmower. up until last year they cut the soccer field grass with machetes.

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Thats insane. Foreal?

couple pics from around the garden at the office.

this is an interesting plant on the property. here in costa rica it's called a "cola pez" which translates to "fish tail" or fish tail palm. it's a crazy plant. just flowers all year round. constantly shedding these little fruit/seeds. they start out as little knodes and then become green balls. then they turn purple and yellow and then black. eventually they die and all fall off on the vine. the crazy thing is that a single one of the round fruits can drive you insane. when they are purple-black if you pick them and break them open they have a slimy juice on the inside. this juice will make you scratch your skin off for 30 minutes. it is brutal. i've been hit with them a few times and you literally want to peel your sking off.




red palms


bananas close to being done


this tree is an "almendra" (almond) tree. that's what they call it. the little fruits smell super sweet. like fruit punch whn you break them open. not sure what kind of almons it is exactly but no one eats the fruit. they say it's bad for you.

My buddy and his girlfriend are on vacation in Costa Rica he just posted a pic on facebook of a black monkey in a tree and the facebook said he was in Villarreal Guanacaste..

BeaverHuntr said:

My buddy and his girlfriend are on vacation in Costa Rica he just posted a pic on facebook of a black monkey in a tree and the facebook said he was in Villarreal Guanacaste..

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yea, that's a ways from me. i'm in Manuel Antonio and he's up by Tamarindo. long as ride in the car; maybe 6-8 hours. 30 minutes in a plane or helicopter.

Wow. You've got all kinds of things going on. Nicely done.

here's a funky plant in the yard. this stuff grows wild almost anywhere. tends to like the sun though. looks like a fern kinda but then if you touch it, all of the leaves fold inward like a japanese fan. it's funny. this one is inside one of the raised beds in the backyard. i took all the soil out a few weeks ago cause i'm changing it and also cause the rainy season kinda destroys it. i just put the soil back in the compost box. add goodies to it all rainy season.

we got that here also. we just call it sleeping grass. it grows like weeds here and the ones we got have thorns on them

We have it here in Spain too. Bananas looking good !!!

Great looking property and fruit trees!! I am jealous...

bassman999 said:

Great looking property and fruit trees!! I am jealous...

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thanks bassman. that's a piece of property i got few years ago. not sure what i'm gonna do with it yet. spare house, office, workshop, machinery storage, etc... right now.

ScoobyDoobyDoo said:

thanks bassman. that's a piece of property i got few years ago. not sure what i'm gonna do with it yet. spare house, office, workshop, machinery storage, etc... right now.

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Give me a job and a place to live, and move me down. Classically French trained Le Cordon Bleu graduate, and been cooking for rich people at a country club for the past 5 years. It's a mellow job as far a chef is concerned, leaves me time to grow still, but I wouldn't mind spending a couple years in Costa Rica. lol