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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...

Gardening in your Costa Rica Apartment with a Salad Bar Stand

Small urban gardens can be very productive and growing some of your own food is a great way to take charge of your health.

5 Easy and Eco Friendly Ways to Improve your Garden Soil

A growing number of concerned farmers and gardeners are changing the way we work with the soil to grow our food. We are now returning to a natural approach to return the gift of soil fertility to the land.

Hügelkultur: tricky on the tongue, amazing results in a Costa Rica garden

Ed Bernhardt explains an all-natural gardening technique that has at least one Costa Rican farm producing far more than before.

5 healthy ways to improve your garden’s soil in Costa Rica

A growing number of concerned farmers and gardeners are changing the way we work with the soil to grow our food. We are now returning to a natural approach to return the gift of soil fertility to the land.

7 natural pest control recipes for the Costa Rica rainy season

As the tropical rains increase in the last quarter of the year, so do the bugs - and for the gardener, that can spell trouble. Here's a collection of natural insect controls you can prepare right in your kitchen.

Nearly 20% of Costa Rican national produce doesn’t meet agrochemical guidelines, study finds

Nearly 65% of fruits and vegetables produced in Costa Rica contain residual traces of agrochemicals, a study from the Pesticide Department of the State Phytosanitary System found. 

Seed festival is a gardener’s dream come true

Ed Bernhardt takes us inside the recent seed festival in Tinamastes, near Dominical, and reveals a growing movement for organic farming and community health.

Feria Verde has a new spot at Ciudad Colón’s Old Market

The Feria Verdefirst kicked off at the Polideportivo in Barrio Aranjuez, just east of the San José city center, in 2010. This Ciudad Colón edition was inaugurated on July 29 of this year.

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