New plantings

These are plants I just transplanted from the front of my farm which is located in Haciendas El Choco in Sosua. They were real crowded and took up too much of my front so I moved them around on a couple of walls where they look better and I can plant many more flowering plants in the front. These stone walls are pastures for my animals and topped with barbed wire to keep the kids inside and not wondering.

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More pictures to come!

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Hasta Pronto!

Kids feel at home in New Finca

For those new to my blog these are pictures of my new finca located in the gated community of "Haciendas El Choco" in Sosua, Dominican Republic.

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Below you will see some of my animals in their new Pasture. I stone walled it in and put barbed wire on top to keep them inside. If they ever got out and roamed the neighborhood my neighbors would hate me. Goats eat everything and the sheep would be almost impossible to catch and return here as they are very skiddish although getting a bit more comfortable with having people around them more now.

These are a few of my kids with their mother. I love having the kids here! They are always a whole lot of fun to watch. Soon I will always have kids around as I now have 5 females goats and one sheep and hopefully will add two more female sheep today. This guy above is my new boy sheep. A handsome looking lad he is. I hope he reproduces equal to himself! He has an interest in the goats in season for some reason but don't think the other guys are going to let him in their henhouse:) More of my goats above and they are doing just great here on the new finca. They are growing much faster and really seem to be enjoying their lives here. . Hasta Pronto!

First new build on Finca

This is the first construction on my new finca. It is plumbed for a kitchen and a bath but will be used for storage for now until I get the next construction up. I needed to finish a building quicker than the bigger one and decided to do this one first because it is smaller and quicker. The fellow in this picture is a laborer just doing the primer inside.

The next picture is of the same home with Daniel in the picture who has worked for me for years first in the other finca which I sold. Since I moved the animals over Daniel has been working here which has been a great help. He is very knowledgeable and a good guy. Hopefully the windows and door will be installed next week. I paid for them yesterday. I am getting Bronze color frames and glass tinted bronze also. There will be a grid pattern in the windows and screens in all.

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Doors will be brown as well. Havent picked out the paint colors yet but will do this Monday. Woo hoo finally getting completion.

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Hasta Pronto!

Property Update

Well no pictures at this moment but the property is coming along great. I have my 4 Haitians working again now after their Holiday Vacation and my Gardener from my other finca is now here also since we moved the animals over before Christmas.

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I found out that I had purchased about 1200 m2 more than I thought I had. There was some sort of land swap between the developer and the landowner before me I wasn't aware of and when my buddy Herbert was negotiating on the property next to mine I found out about it from the developer who owns half the lot that Herbert was interested in.

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Since I had already fenced in the property I thought was mine I then fenced in the additional property and will purchase a couple of cows now to put there. I am also planting a special grass that grows amazingly. 4 inches a day. The cows I will be buying will be about 150 pounds each but when they get bigger they may consume as much as 60 pounds of feed a day which is impossible on 1200 m2 of land.

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I now move the goats out of the pasture during the day to graze and mow my other grass. For the first hour or two they eat non stop and then lay down. I don't bother taking the Sheep out because they are freaky deaky and you cant grab ahold of them. Perhaps that will change when the sheep has babies because I plan on handling the children so she will probably have to warm up by then.

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I am going to buy 2 more female sheep this week hopefully. I have one boy and don't need more so this works great for me. I would also like to purchase more female goats. I have two baby gals now so in a year they will be reproducing also. I have 3 females reproducing now and in a year 5 but I want more! When I have 10 female goats combined with 3 female sheep I will always have babies on the way or happening.

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The prices of vegetables have gone through the roof. First becaus of Navidad and then because of the storms. This is also good for me. I have so much planted now it is unbelievable. I have 3 varieties of Tomatos, over 5000 Yuca plants, corn, beans, squash, melons, eggplant, sweet potato, chinola, toyota, cucumber, carrots, onions, oranges both sweet and juice, Limon, avocado, Mango, Cherries, Cashew, Juan Duli, Ocra, Spices, Aloe, limoncillo, Mallonnon , Grapefruit and more.

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Perhaps I will sell off some stuff in a few months. Even I can't eat 5000 yuca planted at the same time.

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Today and yesterday we cleaned up the front of the property. Took down the barbed wire moved all the plantings to the back of the property and so far planted an additional 95 plants for color and still not finished! It looks awesome and even the security guards are commenting.

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Hasta Pronto!

This is the road my new finca is located on. As a matter of fact I am just out of eyesight on the left side of the road. The trees that have the red flowers are called Flamboyan. Makes for a beautiful entrance to the finca!

To the right you can get a small look at the tennis courts of the community. There is also free Horseback Riding for the owners at the stables on the property.

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This place was originally set up as a place for Gentlemen Farmers which is the class I belong in. It actually turned into a place for Mansions instead which is ok with me. When I thought I wouldn't exactly fit in I learned that I am the type of person this was meant for:)

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Hasta Pronto

Happy New Year

This is a picture of what my new Finca looked like when I purchased it. The three plants you see in front of the fence were the first 3 I planted way back on Oct. 6th.

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I sent this to my buddy Herbert who is/was interested in purchasing the finca next door to my property to show him it wasn't all groomed as it is now when I bought it. I haven't posted in the blog for about a month because there was a problem uploading pictures and was about to give up on the blog but alas it is back to working now!

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More to come shortly now that I can put my pictures up! I have a small building up and Roof tiles being installed now. Don't know when it will get finished with all the rain we are having now but hopefully we will catch a break and I will get done.

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Hasta Pronto