Finca

island cassie · 12-02-2007, 09:00 AM

A friend has just bought 8 acres of land with 3 streams running through it - lots of big trees too. The streams have crayfish and eels in them. It is a gorgeous piece of land and he has 10 heifers on the grassland.

Old debris needs clearing.

A deep swimming hole.

A neighbour has cleared his land and is growing bananas, but I couldn't ford the river and climb the barbed wire fence to get closer!!

bencelest · 12-02-2007, 10:20 AM

Where is this little bit of paradise?

mskitty38583 · 12-02-2007, 11:27 AM

even with all the clean up, wow what a place to live.

AnnaJW · 12-02-2007, 01:10 PM

Talk about Paradise!

island cassie · 12-02-2007, 06:24 PM

Benny it is near Sabaneta in the Dominican Republic.

Cassie

MediaHound · 12-02-2007, 09:10 PM

Wow, congrats to your friend!
Thats beautiful!!

island cassie · 12-02-2007, 09:14 PM

The pictures don't do it justice really - I would kill for that land!!! Of course they had to hack their way in behind a gang to see it initially - covered in passiflora right to the tops of the trees. Going to be fantastic as he will keep it fairly natural and concentrate on native and fruiting plants.

dablo93 · 12-04-2007, 10:18 AM

really beautiful, with the streams!
I hope i'll get later also a pieco of land like that

mskitty38583 · 12-04-2007, 11:25 AM

its nice when someone buys a pice of land, and is going to leave it basicly natural. that is what the earth is for, growing things. natural beauty is better then anything in this world. glad hes not building condos!

Taylor · 12-04-2007, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mskitty38583

glad hes not building condos!

That's happening to all the farms / coastline / back bay(swamps)! Its sad, but it all comes down to money.

bencelest · 12-04-2007, 04:52 PM

Oh, Wow!
Then you can plant bananas there as many as you want?
But of course, cherimoya, mangosteen, mangoes, guavas, etc... and so on and on....
So it really cost them to buy that piece of paradise. (How in the heck can I post a little

island cassie · 12-04-2007, 10:28 PM

He is going to develop it a bit like a botanical garden with local plants but not very formal. Every type of local tree/fruit will be there as well as coffee grinding/tasting and every fruit in season. He is being really sensitive to the area and keeping all the trees of value and age. Any spare key limes will end up there!!

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12-04-2007, 10:28 PM	#12 (permalink)
island cassie island cassie's Photo Gallery Location: Dominican Republic Find me on the map! Zone: 11+ I guess Name: Island Cassie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,170 BananaBucks : 558,616 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,708 Times Was Thanked 2,079 Times in 874 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 416 Times	Re: Finca He is going to develop it a bit like a botanical garden with local plants but not very formal. Every type of local tree/fruit will be there as well as coffee grinding/tasting and every fruit in season. He is being really sensitive to the area and keeping all the trees of value and age. Any spare key limes will end up there!!

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