Tropical Permaculture Journal: Growing Food & Living Sustainably
Field-tested guidance on designing food systems and living sustainably in the tropics, based on 15+ years at Finca Tierra in Costa Rica.
How to Design a Self-Sufficient Tropical Permaculture Homestead
A tropical homestead is not a collection of techniques, but a living system. This guide explains how to design a self-sufficient tropical permaculture homestead by integrating food production, protein, fertility, and human movement into a resilient whole.
Tropical Food Forest Design: A Complete Guide for the Humid Tropics
In the humid tropics, everything grows fast, including weeds. A good tropical food forest isn’t a jungle; it’s a balanced system of trees, spacing, and soil life. Here’s how we design and maintain our food forest at Finca Tierra for year-round abundance.
Tropical Vegetable Garden: How to Grow Abundantly in the Tropics
Growing a productive vegetable garden in the tropics is absolutely possible: you just need to garden with the climate.
After 15+ years of experimenting at Finca Tierra on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, we’ve learned which vegetables actually thrive in humid and dry tropical zones, how to transform clay into rich soil, and how to harvest daily from a compact space.
This guide distills the methods we use at our education center so you can grow abundantly at home in any tropical region.
How Much Land to Feed a Family: We Grow a Complete Diet on ½ Acre (2,000 m²) in the Tropics
A simple ½-acre tropical garden and food forest that produces calories, protein, fats, and fruit year-round, no fertilizers, no external inputs.
Have a question about the course?
Reach us at fincatierra@gmail.com — we’re happy to help.
Want to dive deeper?
• Explore the Tropical Permaculture Online Course
• Join us in Costa Rica for the On-Site Permaculture Design Course