For as long as I can remember I’ve been an early riser. This probably stems from when I was around twelve to thirteen years of age and did an early morning newspaper delivery round (in the ‘dark ages’ when I was growing up you didn’t need to get dispensation to be able to work ) . The habit obviously formed. But since Covid 19 I am waking up even earlier.
So, yesterday I got up and took my first mug of coffee, black with no sugar, shortly after 04.00 hours. And spent some little time Googling on what things we can do to improve the growing conditions for our vegetables when they are eventually planted. I took a second mug before getting ready for the drive to Estel’s Dine By the Sea for my breakfast. Some habits are good for you !
Anyway, enough off my rambling , back to the building of our greenhouse.
Unfortunately the build took an enforced break when Ambergris Caye (the mainland and many countries within Central America too ) got hit with a tropical storm. Generally , in Belize when it rains it pours .

The conditions delayed things for a week but when the sun came back it very quickly resumed and the sides started to go up.



Internal view of the southern side




And then it was time to start the build of the ‘engine room’ of the greenhouse. The framework for the raised beds. Three of them. All being 32 inches high and 20 feet in length with the two abutting the northern and southern sides being 21/2 feet wide and the center bed being 4 feet wide.

Oh, there was an upside to the rain. Our cistern was replenished!

Now don’t forget to keep your eye out for the next scintillating episode of this gardening extravaganza (bit over the top , I know ). Not content with growing vegetables I now want to grow my readership ! So, just go to the website : https://abelizehomeforus.wordpress.com and click on the link you see below.

The headline for this edition is based on the single released in 2017 by Luke Combs which reached number 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) .
Greenhouse produce – A man (and woman) after my own heart…
You can have wander around when you get here Kris.
Just came across your blog…I’ll be quite interested to see what solutions you come up with for raising vegetables. We’ve lived in Belize for 6 years and this is the first year I’m having a garden. I blog at http://www.mom-on-a-mission.blog
Hi Crystal . Haven’t gardened vegetables for 30+ years and that was in England do this is new territory for us. I’ll share the successes (hopefully a lot ) and the failures (hardly any I hope) via the blog. I’ll take a look at your blog.