Farm Life

Today was a work day like any other. At the crack of dawn you can hear the howlers speaking one last time before they move along with their day, foraging the canopy. The parrots have so much to squak about. The roosters can be heard too, cockle doodle do. We stay in bed a little later knowing that our animals are self sufficiently finding food at least until 7 am when they guys arrive to work. we employ 4 full time guys and a couple part timers from our village. Today we finished the rain catch gutter that feeds a 660 gallon tank. It holds our precious drinking water. The dry season is on and every drop counts now until the rains come back for hurricane season. Speaking of hurricane season, we haven’t got a bad one since 61′. Though, there have been a few since then. By mid day it is a break for lunch and we run the pumps to irrigate the garden while its hot. I am dreaming of having a wind mill or hydraulic Ram so that we aren’t so dependent on Petroleum fuels. Soon, the farm will have a Truck converted to use bio-diesel. We are working on our compost, manure inputs to mix and apply later onto our 5000+ plants. Almost done building the next structure too. This one has a palm thatch roof and a loft inside for an elevated bed up in the breeze. Its soo cool…

Does anyone want to build a windmill?? or a ram pump from a check valve and old pipe fittings???Are there any bright people that can help build a sustainable future? If so, we have a pretty good start here. E-mail us at belizebamboo@gmail.com

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Today we loaded 2 tons of sheep manure onto the trailer and hauled it down the road. We managed to apply some to the garden before the rain came down. One last rain for this season as the dry sets in. Our sustainable eco-agro culinary farm is producing fresh produce rite onto the table where my wife, the chef, cooks it up to perfection. Adena’s culinary creations are more than subsistence livining satisfaction, they are magical meals prepared creativly and with lots of love. Ok, so I am a bit bias to the opinion that my wife is a good cook but she did win the deans award at her culinary university.

On a lighter note, the horses are doing well with plenty of Bermuda grass still green enough to eat. Is anyone ready to ride? What better way of sustainable travel can you think of? i just heard the chickens chirping, they are getting big and fat and almost ready to harvest. They are 100 percent home grown, free range and bug eating machines. That is good for the garden, chickens not bugs, in case you didn’t know.

The bamboo is getting huge and almost ready for a sustainable agro-forestry harvest here in our tropical eco-system teaming with biodiversity and wildlife. Ok, so now i am just using key words for google to put us at the top of their list. Come visit so we can get off the damn list. I’m sick of feeling like a liver recipient patient. Eat healthy, visit our farm and spread the word. Belizebamboo baby!!

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