The Journal
Field notes from a regenerated estate on the Nosara River: the land and its wildlife, the craft of the house, and the life of the town around it.
From cattle to canopy: three Nicoya restorations
Degraded pasture becoming forest again on the Nicoya Peninsula — the Eden Project at Matambú, a private reserve on the Nosara River, and this estate.
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Where the trees came from
A baobab from Africa, a banyan from India, dry-forest natives from Guanacaste. How a collection of 202 species was assembled on one Costa Rican hillside.
What to check before buying land in Nosara
A due-diligence list for Guanacaste property: water, title, access, the maritime zone, setbacks and utilities — and what a straight answer looks like on each.
Ostional: the turtles at the end of the corridor
Hundreds of thousands of olive ridley turtles nest at Ostional, minutes north of Nosara. What an arribada is, when they happen, and how to see one properly.
The orchard, variety by variety
Over 100 fruit trees across 50 varieties of fruit grow on this Nosara estate — rambutan, cacao, soursop, star apple, miracle fruit. What is planted, and what it tells you about the soil.
Solar, water and internet: how the estate runs
Infrastructure is the quiet dealbreaker on remote property. Power, water and connectivity at a 16.3-acre estate in Nosara, and what to verify anywhere else.
How a landowner creates a private wildlife refuge
Costa Rica lets private owners have their land declared a national wildlife refuge. What the designation gives you, what it takes away, and how long it takes.