Comments on: Planting Trees for Life in Nicaragua

By: Andra

Andra — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:36:12 +0000

Hi my name is Andra, I with a group of 4 others who will be traveling through Central America in a couple of weeks and I would love to get in touch with some of these farms and if you know of any local projects, groups, organizations, etc doing great things. if you could help me out with some names and contact information that would be great! Thanks so much, keep up the good work!

By: tim

tim — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:46:21 +0000

hi Hannah, we have a coffee finca in zapata outside of Esquipulas,Matagalpa and we have the same jungle type area .if you have any wet areas you could plant malanga,my spelling might be wrong,but it is a really big leaf plant ,.the root is the size of a small log .you take off a small bud when you pull it out of the ground and replant this bud and it will grow a new plant ,after that you take the outer covering off wash ,I have had it fried sliced very thin much better then potato chips different flavor .then i had it in soup really good ,kinda like potato but really different.We also have mango trees banana trees and cocanut trees sweet lemon and regular lemon trees ,orange trees, grapefruit trees .also kalala fruit this is very refreshing it grows from the ground and you run a canopy of wires and each plant will follow the wires and soon you will have a kalala canopy, this fruit is pear shaped and has seeds in it they are crunchy and taste very good ,the spelling of kalala might be wrong . there is more but one other might be coffee.well have fun it is a beautiful country ,and great people to match tim

By: Phyllis Robinson

Phyllis Robinson — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:49:24 +0000

Hi Hannah,

I’m sorry that I can’t help you out… perhaps someone else reading this might have information for you. We are a Fair Trade company in the U.S. that buys organic coffee from small farmer co-ops in Nicaragua and elsewhere. In this case, we helped finance one of our co-op partners’ efforts to plant fruit trees in their coffee fields. The idea and the work comes from them, we merely provided a bit of financial support.

Good luck with your farm!

Phyllis

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:01:53 +0000

Hola amigos,
I have been living in Nicaragua on and off for a year. I have finally saved enough money to buy a small piece of property south of San Juan Del Sur (jungle, not beach front). I am now curious as to what I should plant so one day I can provide for my family off the land we live on. It is only one acre. I already have mango, pochote, neem. I just planted an avacado and 2 orange trees. ANy advise is appreciated. Gracias. Hannah