Yea! birding
German cabins
our cabin (& our Geely)
chill porch, green roof :)
chapel w/ green roof
both craving sunlight
mmm...coffee
fat fiddlehead
Matapalo makes 1 big tree trunk
big fern
Matagalpa
Selva Negra coffee plantation & eco-lodge
spider monkeys
gran matapalo
Selva Negra Eco-lodge
Selva Negra coffee processing
takes the shells off
wash
“waste” water re-used to produce methane gas & cook frijoles
water treatment - 50% farm/ecolodge energy produced thru hydro-electric system
land of coffee
a yellow-bean coffee
eucaliptus & limoncillo plant = natural pesticide
massive ripe bean
organic inputs for the coffee plantation
farm health clinic
owners' home above permanent workers (500) homes
plantation school
cafeteria - provides workers & families 3 meals/day
farm personal org. chart posted in cafeteria
national minimum wage law - posted in cafeteria
company policies posted in cafeteria
coffee shells power stove, ashes composted
latrines
temporary (harvest) workers (500) quarters
i make a great cheese plate
head-size lemons
1st stage compost
worm farm
