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What are Diatoms and how are they used in Costa Rica?

A key ally in natural pest control is now available in Costa Rica.

7 Homemade Pest-Control Recipes for the Costa Rica Rainy Season

As the tropical rains increase in Costa Rica during the year, so do the bugs - and for the gardener, that can spell trouble.  Most...

A Look Back: Remembering the Costa Rica Fourth of July Picnic in 1965

Fifty-seven years ago in July was simply unforgettable. Sure, I was all of 6 years old, and had only just begun to have my...

How to beat the rainy season in Costa Rica with kids

I come from dry places. I am relatively new at motherhood. I am relatively new to Costa Rica. Therefore, the first downpours to trap me — along with a husband, a 3-year-old and a newborn — inside our small San José apartment filled me with dread.

Learn to grow and cook the low-maintenance pigeon pea in Costa Rica

During the dry season in Costa Rica, when the vegetation turns brown and the soil hardens, it’s difficult to grow any crops. But there...

A Gardener’s Guide to the Costa Rican Rainy Season

The rainy season is the perfect time to start, or rejuvenate, your tropical garden. Ed Bernhardt shows you how.
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Guatemalan Journalist José Rubén Zamora Released After Two Years in Prison

The Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora was released from prison this Saturday after more than two years in detention. He will now serve house...

Happy International Sloth Day! Let’s celebrate our friend the sloth

Sloths are some of the most interesting animals to have ever graced the earth, and yet they remain quite the unknowable little critters. The...

Costa Rica October Gardening Guide: Planting in the Rain

The weather in most of Costa Rica will remain much the same for October: more rain and then more rain. For gardeners, the heavy...