Grow Your Own Food in Panama

When you move to Panama, you can grow your own food if you want to. You can live a more self-sustaining lifestyle when you live to Panama.

Of course, fresh food is readily available at fruit & veggie stands or the grocery store if you’re not into gardening.

Sadly, some other countries restrict growing food on your property. But you will not have those problems in Panama.

Because Panama is only 9 degrees from the equator, the temperature is consistent all year. That also means that you can grow food all year!

The elevation in Panama will be the only restriction to what you can or cannot grow. Some foods will grow better in the highlands, and some will grow better in the lowlands in Panama.

See my garden in the video below. It’s at a 4600-foot elevation (1402 meters). My neighbor John manages the organic garden where we grow four kinds of lettuce, kale, swiss chard, zucchini, yellow squash, herbs, strawberries, blackberries, asparagus, tomatoes, spinach, eggplant, carrots, cucumbers, green beans, onions, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and more.

We also have bananas, pumpkins, guava, oranges, limes, and mangoes on the property.

I also have hundreds of coffee plants but have let them go because they are very labor intensive. It’s just easier to buy coffee already processed and ready to brew.

As an experiment, I added hydroponic to part of the garden to compare growing some foods that way instead of in the ground. Hydroponics uses 90% less water, and there is no weeding!

I order all non-GMO seeds and have them sent to Panama using a mail forwarding company.

A greenhouse protects plants from too much rain or wind, especially in the highlands. Instead of a greenhouse, you can also erect a cover for the plants so you can grow food all year!

We also have chickens which produce eggs every day. No permit is needed to set up a greenhouse, have a garden, or raise chickens in Panama. My neighbors have cows, goats, and pigs and a huge garden.

I have a lot of banana plants on my property too! The problem with bananas is that you have 100 ripe bananas all at the same time. They are perfect for smoothies and banana bread, or I freeze them to make “nice cream” or dehydrate them for use later.

Some people have a rainwater catchment system too. Yes, you can catch rainwater in Panama!

There is potable water for the three houses on the property. It’s $100 a year/house for potable water. And I have agriculture (non-potable) water for the gardens. Ag water is about $100 a YEAR for unlimited use. So, even keeping your garden alive, is more affordable in Panama!

Some people grow extra food to sell some for extra income. I do not sell any of the food grown on my property.

Come see how you can
LIVE BETTER for LESS in Panama!