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.
Buying land in Costa Rica to conserve it: what works
An honest guide to conserving Costa Rican land you own — the designations that exist, the ones that do not, and the tax assumption that is simply wrong.
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Twenty-three birds you can see from the veranda
Every bird recorded on this Nosara estate, with the months and hours each is most likely to appear and the trees each one favours.
What a water concession gives you in Costa Rica
Water is the real constraint on property in Guanacaste. What a concession is, how it differs from simply having a well, and whether it transfers when land is sold.
What is an ecological easement in Costa Rica?
A servidumbre ecológica lets a landowner protect part of their property permanently while keeping it. How it works, what it binds, and where it is still untested.
The first tree: twelve years of planting in Nosara
In 2010 this land was cleared ground. The first tree went in on 27 May 2014 — a coconut. More than nine thousand trees and plants later, here is what changed.
Nosara, Tamarindo or Santa Teresa: choosing a coast
Three of Costa Rica's best-known Pacific towns, compared honestly: how you get there, what each is actually like to live in, and who each one suits.
Guanacaste's first voluntary biological corridor, in Nosara
In 2026 Nosara landowners began building a biological corridor from the hills to the sea, entirely by voluntary agreement. How it works, and who is behind it.