Chasing Horses

Went to the farm early to check on the plants. Shortly after getting there we saw a horse and her colt enter our space. I knew I had to chase them out or else my fruit trees would be history. The men who are fencing the property lines have promised to put up some...

Parrots and Coffee

Picked up a Belizean friend who owns a plant center. She was coming out to see if the acre section I was planting could hold any more trees. She suggested that I wait until I undercut another acre before I plant any more fruit trees. I should now put in my cassava...

My Own Coffee Plants

It is five o’clock and the roosters are all crowing, get up, get up. I obey, as I get dressed with closed eyes and head through the door to finish the job we started yesterday morning. As Marlene and I drive through the hills to our land the mist is still in the...

105º

It rained all through the night, so I knew my land where I am planting would be very muddy. I had set the alarm for four thirty and when it went off I was still in a deep sleep. Knew I had to get up, because the boys next door would be up and ready to go at five...

THE FENCE

Today we hired four workers to build a barbwire fence around the borders of the land. People are hunting on the land and I really do not want the animals to be killed. It is such a great Joy when I walk up to the top of the hill and see a deer scampering down to the...