by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 27, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 9 Life in the jungle: As per my usual morning ritual now, I mixed cement and poured another dozen patio stones for my future greenhouse floor. This is pouring number 5 with 63 stones now. Once I get my first 100 stones I will lay my greenhouse front entrance to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 27, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 1 Life in the jungle: Orlando showed up this morning. I pulled the deck post forms off the posts we poured last week before he arrived. They did not pour very well. I wasn’t very pleased. We set up the last three forms. This time mixing and pouring...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 14, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 22 Life in the jungle: Today was killer hot with no breeze. I started my morning cleaning up my chickens and moved my large broilers to their new coop. I should mention that every day as a task, I need to look after my chickens along with watering my seedling...
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...
