Originally Posted by cookshow Not much premium market here (yet), people want cheap, taste is an afterthought. Would these be an advantage under your melons?
My wife and I (currently living in Portland Oregon) have our house up for sale and intend to come to Nicaragua sometime this coming spring. During Nov. we were in Matagalpa for a couple of weeks and with a little help, were able to see some nicely sloped land (about 30 acres) for sale for $50,000 USD. I offered $40,000 but left to come home before I was able to hear back from the owners. Here in Oregon, 30 acres, at 20,000 per acre sells for $600,000. So we're pretty excited. Now I'm interested ...
Updated 12-11-2013 at 10:34 PM by Outstanding in the Dirt
Now that I have lived here in Nicaragua for 6 years people I know in the states have asked me. "If I had it to do over (moving to Nicaragua) would I?" My answer has been NO, knowing what I know now I never would have moved here. But I am here and have to make the best of it.
Shook the whole house a few times about 3 nights ago. The lightening is spectacular. I was really glad to see some sun today. Spent the whole day outside. Had enough of the rain for a while.
I woke this morning at 3AM to do some work for a client in Dallas, found out why my computer was giving me fan errors (I'd stuffed it with various cables,, fan couldn't turn). Re-arranged the computer station so it almost makes sense. Jaido showed up and we left for Estelí. The larger bags I needed for the apple trees were not available in Condega, but we did successfully find them in Estelí at one of the Plastinic stores. We had a couple of less significant ...