by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 14, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 15 Life in the jungle: My rooster let me sleep in a bit this morning. I spent the whole day painting. My first priority was the internet tower. I had to finish priming two sections and I got the first coat of paint on the other four sections. I also put a...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 26, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 6 Life in the jungle: I started my morning chopping in the coconut field until the internet guys showed up and dropped off my internet tower. It turns out I needed to make the main tower platform larger (which I then did). I spent the rest of the day finishing...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 26, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
Earlier this month I started rebuilding the rear section of my deck. March 30 Life in the jungle: There were no cracks in the deck floor this morning. I am very thankful for that. But I am also certain my deck surface would have a much cleaner finish had the proper...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 24, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
Currently, I have been working on rebuilding my rear deck and getting an internet connection. March 23 Life in the jungle: Things went great with my cycling guests and they got back on the road late morning. Orlando showed up and his youngest son also showed up. We...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 24, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
Last week I started to replace my rear section of deck due to wood rot. March 16 Life in the jungle: After Orlando arrived, we mixed 2 and a half bags of cement and poured four of the six columns required for the new deck. It was a long hot day mixing cement all day....
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 24, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
March 6 Life in the jungle: I spent my day finishing moving all my seedlings to a location away from the house. I am planning to replace my rear deck and need working space by the house. It took a lot of work as there were close to 1,000 seedlings to check and some...
