by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 23, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
Of note, last week I finally started building my greenhouse. June 27 Life in the jungle: I had a much better sleep last night. Orlando and Joseph showed up this morning. No concrete work today. We put up most of the main 4×4 support posts and got a bunch of...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 23, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
June 21 Life in the jungle: I slept okay last night but at 6 AM I woke up with a horrible cough. So bad I got up and took a walk around the yard and went back to my hammock and fell asleep until 11 AM. After breakfast I worked most of the afternoon at the ponds. ...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 15, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
June 13 Life in the jungle: It rained all morning. My allergies were at their worst and my cough was bad. It took some Jack ass bitters that I had picked last week. Last week Verna Mae showed me a jackass bitters plant. I harvested some leaves to dry out. The...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 9, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
June 2 Life in the jungle: It rained and thundered hard last night with a power outage. Because I couldn’t run a fan during the power outage, I spent the first part of the night in my hammock. Things are all calm this morning but of course, I am drained of...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 28, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 28 Life in the jungle: It must have rained most of the night and into the morning. The road is drenched and it was a wet bike ride to the bus in the rain. I bussed it to Belize City and then caught a bus to the Agricultural Fair in Belmopan. There was only 1...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 25, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 22 Life in the jungle: I was expecting to wake up to heavy rain. It never came. I woke up and went down to my hammock and ended up sleeping until 10 AM. My day was spent completing my watermelon greenhouse framing and fastening the plastic wire mesh. I was...
