Spring Cleaning From Ann Marie Titsworth, Lot #2 The rainy season in Guanacaste can present many challenges to a landscape and garden; on Lot 2, our primary issues have been erosion and shade. Our landscape is defined by steep cuts and slopes paired with many large trees. Loss of valuable compost and dark, damp conditions […]

When it’s too hot to move… From Ann Marie Titsworth, Lot #2 This time of year, each day is a new struggle to keep cool in the peak of the dry season heat. We imagine that the occasional, quick brown-outs around 11am signal the electrical grid making adjustments to power those homes and buildings with […]

Joyful Ducks from Ann Marie Titsworth, Lot #2  Ducks are the most joyful creatures I have ever had the pleasure of observing. My husband, Matt, and I added ducks to our homestead exactly one year ago, with two pairs of Muscovies. In the way that things tend to happen here, a friend in a neighboring […]

Inner Visions I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied. John Masefield In real estate they say location, location, location. In life, “timing is the thing.” About ten years ago I had a bad case […]

Annual Gathering Examines Community Goals Each year Pueblo Verde lot owners and developers gather to discuss the past year’s successes and challenges and plan for future community needs and goals. The group met on March 1st and the overall feedback on the year in review was very positive. All roads and common areas were maintained […]

Two Lots Sold, New Owners Welcomed to Pueblo Verde Pueblo Verde welcomed two new families to our community this holiday season through the back-to-back sales of lots 8 and 9. Both families spent several days near the community, taking advantage of the guest cabina at neighboring El Centro Verde. This allowed them to walk the […]

Harvesting Reforestation Lumber in Pueblo Verde Before Pueblo Verde, the land that would become our homesites, gardens and orchards was part of a lumber-species reforestation project. The previous owners took advantage of a rich market for lumber by planting fast-growing species that could later be cut, milled and sold. Here at Pueblo Verde we encourage […]

More Than Good Fences to Make Good Neighbors For those of us involved in the real estate and tourism-based economy of the Gold Coast, the invisible guiding hand of Adam Smith has basically dropped down hereabouts like an ironclad fist. First the flow of starry-eyed potential buyers dried up. Many projects simply locked the ornate […]

Delayed Gratification Ann Marie Titsworth, Lot #2 Some things turn out better if you have to wait for them. After finishing the core structure of our cabin and moving in the same day, we were in need of a break; a chance to stop the financial hemorrhaging that is house construction and time to store […]

Going Bananas in the Tropics   The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.  Thomas Jefferson   Twenty years ago I was substantially more tranquilo in the act of smuggling than I would be today. With nary an afterthought as to the possible consequences, I waltzed unscathed through immigration and […]