My walk with Belikin this afternoon yielded a nice photo op of the school, and a quick google search yielded a pretty fitting rainbow quote to some up the last few weeks in Gallon Jug.
We are getting to the end of the hurricane/ rainy season, which has lived up to the rainy part. There have been few rain free days of late, which has meant constant puddles on the playground and mud tracked into the school. The kids have been pretty good about rolling with the weather related punches, but it has made things difficult at times for teachers, with additional activities needing to be plan when rain causes the cancellation of a recess or P.E. class.
The winter months, and the accompanying lovely weather are near, hopefully there wont be too much more rain to put up with, though I do like the rainbows.
Garden Update
The wet weather hasn't been all bad. The Roots and Shoots garden is off to a great start.
All of our garden beds have been planted and producing. The students have also been planning and planting additional growing plots.
One garden issue that we are continuing to have is beating the birds to the cucumbers.
There is a gardening adage in Belize that you know when cucumbers are ready to be picked because the birds have eaten them. It has never been more true than in the school's garden this year.
It has been easy to get lulled in to a false sense of security because the birds literally wait until the day the cucumber would be picked to eat it. So far their system has been flawless, as not a single cucumber has been picked for student consumption. In stead we have been left with bits and pieces to add to the compost bin.
So far we have tried 'hiding' the cucumbers from the birds under there own leaves and under palm leaves. No luck.
Monday we'll be hanging pie tins over the plant beds to see if that keeps them out.
Any additional suggestions are welcome.
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