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| Seen from driveway |
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| Seen from house door |
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| Looking from garden back to driveway and Don & Linda’s house |
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| The back sidewalk with red palm at end |
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| Pot plant in Living Room |
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| One pot on patio/balcony |
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The other patio pot to help screen neighbors
It will get much larger |
Sorry, I took most of these photos before sweeping and mopping the tile walkways because I was in a hurry to go shopping in Alajuela. And note that the vines are planted at top of walls but will take a few months to trail down, maybe looking good in August. Still to come next Saturday:
- I have been debating whether to use mulch or ground cover and think I have decided on ground cover. He said he would give me two choices, so we will see what happens with that.
- Plus the Maraca or Shampoo Ginger plant is still coming next week. A prize plant!
- I’m adding a Guarumo Tree in the front yard, a member of the Cecropia family that has a fruit toucans love, so you know why I am planting it. Sloths like to eat the leaves too, so who knows, it might even attract a sloth.
- Also we are adding another red palm to hide the balcony post and give more balcony foilage.
- In front of my bedroom window he will put some fish-tail palms to add to my privacy from the street and also . . .
- A banana plant for my breakfast fruit as well as a screen!
This is fun! And the landlord is paying for some of the above additions as I improve his property. I plan to stay here a long time! 🙂 I love the house and yard, my neighbors, and a great landlord who also a good neighbor! (And reads my blog some!) Pura Vida! This is more what I envisioned in Costa Rica than the apartments, though there were some good things about them and I enjoyed my time there as a good place to start.
I highly recommend J&C Gardens if you live anywhere near Atenas or La Garita. You can email Cristian (who speaks English) at jycgardens@gmail.com or call him at 8873-7483 cellular. Tell him Charlie sent you!
