stephen rinker

Having just returned from Nicaragua, I can say that teak is a fast growing and valuable timber crop that is dry tolerant. The huanacaste tree is beautiful and also Moringa is a culturally important, nutritional and  valuable tree. Other things that work well there are squash beans and corn, of course, having been tried and tested for thousands of years, we also had good luck with kale, pak choi, melons, cherry and roma tomatoes, hot peppers, but these of course need irrigation. There is a permaculture institute in Guatemala that has seeds and information. https://imapermacultura.org/

My friends who live in Nicaragua are looking for a local source for open pollinated vegetable seeds; squash, basil, tomato, parsley, choi, beets, kale, chard, beans, corn, pretty much everything. As you may know, permaculture and good quality OP/OG seeds are hard to find in Nica, and getting things shipped there is really difficult if not impossible. My friends need contacts with locals in Nica who have seeds to sell or trade. Please help.