Our Mission
We are driven to be more self reliant and to benefit primarily from our direct efforts. We strive to reduce our waste and implement systems that are regenerative and makes best use of the things and beings we utilize for our healthfulness.
We are in service to the water, earth, air, and the living beings that are vital to our ecosystem. We intend to make offerings daily that restores the vitality of our environment.
After being married in 2022, Tiffany and Colin immediately relocated to a fertile area in Costa Rica, seeking out a region with rich soil, comfy temps, and plenty of rain. We hoped to land a property with existing fruit trees or other food already growing. We scored on that front, buying a chunk of land that includes about two acres of producing coffee bushes, mangosteen trees, cinnamon, citrus, rambutan, pineapple and sugarcane.
The previous owner had the property for 8 years, and upon purchasing it immediately planted out coffee. We inherited this, and so our plants are on the younger side, but plenty big enough to give a good annual harvest. The variety is obata, a type of arabica -- actually, arabica is the only kind of coffee allowed in Costa Rica, robusto being outlawed some decades ago.
As serendipity would have it, not only did we find a great property with coffee in production and lots of sapling fruit trees, but the previous owner was very ecologically minded. Instead of using glyphosate on weeds and other synthetic products for pest control and fertility, he chose simple weed whacking and nothing that ends in -cide. Thus we are able to move straight into uncertified organic production, a boost in our recent quantum leap from life as renters in the cold and smokey Pacific Northwest to owner-homesteaders in the welcoming hills of the tropics.
We are now working daily to increase our food production and reforest this property. This goal will not only help us thrive more but it will also call back home other species such as birds, monkeys, and insects. We envision turning a good portion of our property into a food forest so that everywhere we walk there should be something there to pick and snack on or harvest for a later heartier meal.
Another goal for our property is to offer this as a rejuvenation center so guests can come and soak up the morning bird songs, ambient temperature, and food just harvested from our gardens. We will offer farm to table meals, a sauna, spa treatments, and tubs that overlook Volcan Baru. As a guest you will be able to visit us for a few hours or a few days in our off grid cabins.
For now, we are immersed in the culture of a mostly Tico neighborhood so that we may learn the language and knowledge from those that settled these lands before us.
