gardenubon

Hi Gardenubon

Don't see why you would want to cut down Cashew nut trees to plant rubber. Rubber will not make a return for 7 years and will cost more than you think. Jim

yeah i like the cashews but everyone here is statring rubber and about 9 years ago the father in law did start 40 rai and then by advice of 1 friend cut them all down as this freind said you cant grow it here so he stupidly cut them all down and did cashews instead. now the 1st year here people are getting rubber and he feels stupid i guess.

yeah did a bit more reasearch and not sure about farming in general, we have land but im not sure if i want to invest cash as i dont think i will be working on the farm too much.

cashewnut trees are nice and not too much hard word as you get the shade although i hate the moot deang when they have a nest up the cashew with all that fruit!

thanks and the cashews will stay for the time being and dad in law has nearly 2000 cashew trees so its nearly time for harvest.

Good luck! In our village, we bought quality sinks and a bath for the bathroom, when they installed them they threw away the traps!! Like, 'What the F*** are these for?'

They also used bright blue grout for the tiling and we had to explain step-by-step that the patterned tiles should be distributed evenly throughout. Oh, and they encased the bath in concrete and tiled that too, just to make it impossible to do any changes....

Don't get me started on the electrician!

haha sorry but had a laugh at the tap throwing!

yeah both my bathroom sinks have no rubber seals as they werent required! the floor in the en suite runs the wrong way so the water has to be swept away after each shower and the pvc joints(concreted in) are leaking behind the walls, think i will bypass them myself but ive never done tiling although i dont think the builder had either!

and i love how the wife thinks its ok and doesnt care at all about any of this, as she thinks its very nice and only a little bit of water!

i think buddism plays a big part in the freindly thai/lao people in my area and also the culture of "gin koaw" everyone who eats always offers other to eat with them. sometimes its embarrassing though as my issan is very limited and i dont want the food offered.

i think that compared to what ive experienced in scotland they are pretty friendly and seem honest.

but how can i really know untill i can speak issan? can any farang here speak thai? issan?

and also im kinda new to thailand and still have a lot of learning to do.

also i would like to say that alot of things we westerners take for granted, the peeps here dont evn contemplate and vice versa.

but sometimes its weird when the familys over for food and my dining table is overlooked for the hard floor or a movie is on but im alone on the sofa with the floor full. this always reminds me im a long way from home as we would be fighting for a seat in my town and hating sitting on the hard uncomfy floor.

anyone know a good tiler/plumber? i mean good, as i have 2 dodgy bathrooms although i did pay 40 baht a sq m but thats the wife for you1 seriously anyone know a good tiler in ubon?

Hi there, just joined this forum so that i can find out how much it will cost for fertilizer to do 10 rai here in ubon, i have a river to pump water so thats no problem. the farm currently is cashew nuts, but my father in law says i can do rubber if i like on 10 rai.

will this be big enough? i know nothing about farming but alot of people here are starting rubber in my area of ubon.

cheers