Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

BUILDING AN AFFORDABLE GREENHOUSE

Presently my husband and I live with his mom until we can afford our own home,so for now we can only do raised beds. However, when I do get my own space I would love to have a neat little green house in my yard, but as we all know some green houses can be quite costly, so I decided to do a little research for  more affordable options. Just click on the links below for more information and feel free to leave a comment on which option you think is more affordable and suitable for a small yard space.

Option 1. BIODOME REVOLUTION
The Biodome Revolution teaches you how to build a dome shaped green house.It also shows how to go about organizing your green house in a way that would yield more healthier and productive plants.Although I'm not such a huge fan of the dome, It does include great features such as a water fountain.

Option 2.HOW TO BUILD A LOW COST GREEN HOUSE
This is a very simple structure using pvc pipe and is also very easy to construct.Although it may not be as attractive as the dome or other green house structures, it gets the job done.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

GARDENING IN THE SUN

OK. So last year around this very same time my husband and I decided to do some gardening in the yard.We were very successful in  growing some red peppers,tomatoes, Swiss chard,beet,cabbage,string beans,sweet potatoes, broccoli and okra.However, the sun in Antigua can be very unforgiving at times and we have kinda slowed down, so at present the yard is quite bear.
This picture was taken with the webcam from my laptop so it's kinda blurry.

We are in the process planning our new line of crops and making a few changes to our layout and raised beds.


Tuesday, June 19, 2012

WELCOME TO MY LITTLE ISLAND ON THE WEB

Hi everyone!
I am so excited to get this blog started and to share with you what life is like for a born and raised islander.So if you don't mind, please allow me to tell you a bit more about myself. My name is Roanna Guye, I was born on the beautiful Island of Dominica (not the Dominican Republic), and I now live on the lovely island of Antigua and Barbuda with my wonderful Antiguan husband and our beautiful son. I lovee nature and the outdoors, I love gardening, I love to bake,I love visiting other islands but most of all I love my family and I love God. So that pretty much summarizes who I am and what this blog is about.