by Diane Laughter | Jan 9, 2017 | Animals
The theme of this post is animals. Much of our fifteen acres is wooded, so you can be sure there is a whole world happening we don’t see. Every day we do see plenty of birds, squirrels, lizards, and iguanas. We find turtles every now and then. We put a dot of...
by Diane Laughter | Aug 26, 2016 | Permaculture
Eight months into 2016 and the fun and work never stop! We continue to do more building, more planting, more infrastructure development. We renovated an existing animal structure, turning it into a material storage area and added a large open-air workshop and locked...
by Diane Laughter | Sep 15, 2015 | Animals, Art, Construction, Landscape Design, Permaculture
Okay, it has been a while since you heard from us, way too long. If you know us, though, you know we have been busy, so busy. Since the beginning of this year, Gerard and I both filed for and received our Nicaraguan residency, registered our business, ViVerde SA...
by Diane Laughter | Oct 7, 2014 | Animals, Landscape Design
We moved to our 15 acre farm at the end of August. The month before the move, we were busy procuring what we needed to set up our own housekeeping (the Granada rental was completely furnished). We had fun working with a local metal shop to design and make grillwork...
by Diane Laughter | Aug 11, 2014 | Landscape Design, Nicaragua, Permaculture
Have you been wondering what the heck we are up to here in Granada? Well, turns out, lots! We are now the proud owners of a 15 acre finca (Spanish for farm) with giant trees, fruit orchards, two houses (rustic but nice), infrastructure such as an 85 meter deep well...
