Making a dream. Aka pond/lake

[khwaibah]

Up about another 6 inchs over night. FL doing maintenance work. Have about 18 inch more room. The paddy to your right has 4000 fish in it.

 

 

The area in red is where the ramp was and this area will be excavated next year and will increase the capacity about 20%.

 

The blue is fish nursery and you see napier grass. Just infront of the fish nursery pond is 10 meters deep. In the pond she has another 4000 fish and they were JUMPING this morning. 

Edited September 11, 2019 by khwaibah

[BakHamLe]

Nice lake, my wife and I have created something similar but are having issues with too much rain! We are getting a lot of erosion on the banks of our ponds. Any suggestions on plants to grow on the banks to slow or stop erosion? We have put down rice and lemongrass but we need something with deeper roots

[lannarebirth]

1 hour ago, BakHamLe said:

Nice lake, my wife and I have created something similar but are having issues with too much rain! We are getting a lot of erosion on the banks of our ponds. Any suggestions on plants to grow on the banks to slow or stop erosion? We have put down rice and lemongrass but we need something with deeper roots

"Ya Fek" or King's Grass is a vetiver grass with 2m-3m roots. Very good for erosion control and holding slopes. Thread about it here about 10yrs. ago.

 

 

[BakHamLe]

8 hours ago, lannarebirth said:

"Ya Fek" or King's Grass is a vetiver grass with 2m-3m roots. Very good for erosion control and holding slopes. Thread about it here about 10yrs. ago.

 

 

Thank you very much for that link, I’m going to check it out. 

[khwaibah]

Time for an update. Water in the pound is holding up excellent. Me bosses project has gone from 12 rai to 17 rai and this pond is irrigating as I post rice, corn, at least 6 kinds of pumpkins, lettuce, tomatoes onions and I can't keep up. She is putting in 2 greenhouses 20mx4mx3m..I think.

 

Our two supervisors.

 

I have salad 3 times a day and it all grown at her dream. BTW she does the cooking.????

 

Her majesty over looking her domain.???? This is an area that now has corn and pumpkin growing.

 

 

Nursery

 

Planting rice 

 

The green in the upper part is Japanese rice.

 

An arbor on the back side of her future coffee shop. The arbor has pumpkin that will cover the complete frame. These pumpkins I am told are very long...

 

 

AND The Greenhouse.

[farmerjo]

Your doing well to find workers.

I've got 2 ton of gypsum to go out and everyone is busy cutting sugar.

[473geo]

Hi kwaibah

 

Enjoying your thread thanks

 

Could you provide an approximate size, cost, and source for your greenhouse please

[khwaibah]

34 minutes ago, 473geo said:

Hi kwaibah

 

Enjoying your thread thanks

 

Could you provide an approximate size, cost, and source for your greenhouse please

GH is about 20mlx4mwx8mt. Just the steel is about 31k. Cover and labour is extra. There are 3 people working on it all locals that do this for their livening. The steel was sourced from GH Surin. Photos from today. Tomorrow should have more. You only see 1 unit as there will be 2 side by side. Each unit has 22 legs which will be set in concrete. This area is the fill from the pond.

 

The green is the rice nursery.

 

Pond is just in back of the pu.

 

 

The vegetables were all grown by the wife and these were all sold to local restaurants this morning.

 

Black tomatoes.

Lettuce and small tomatoes.

Pumpkin

 

Edited February 1, 2020 by khwaibah

[473geo]

Excellent thank you, looking forward to more photos, your information on cost is appreciated, and will be interested in how you cover the frame and ventilate - if appropriate

[khwaibah]

Green House 1 frame just went up and GH2 by noon.

 

Had to make Buddha.

 

 

Had a bottle of Italian white wine as a gift. I had to finish it off at 8:30 this morning.????????

 

It's up.

Jig for making the arches.

[khwaibah]

GH2 is up.

 

[khwaibah]

Just checked out me bosses inspiration about 8 km from us. Grapes and strawberries.???? As she says..fork rice.????

 

[khwaibah]

This is why me boss said FORK rice. It does take work but more profitable. A lot of her product is now heading to a major supermarket with the backing of the DOA.

 

 Water is still holding.

 

The green in back is her second crop of organic rice. 

 

[IsaanAussie]

Hey Crazy Buffalo, how much does your wife charge for a consultation? First class work love to get the low down from her. 

[khwaibah]

1 hour ago, IsaanAussie said:

Hey Crazy Buffalo, how much does your wife charge for a consultation? First class work love to get the low down from her. 

Zero on fees.???? Drop by and have a talk.????I prefer Leo.???????? Side note..because of this Corona Beer Flue???? Playing heck getting items from Lazada and they have posted.

[khwaibah]

Her Dream is alive. Me boss just had a meeting with Tops Surin and June 12 I am told is the day. Butternut Squash is just one of many items from her project to go on sell.

[IsaanAussie]

Brilliant, what a catch as a customer. Your missus is doing everything right. Congratulate her for me. Now the real work will start, keeping up with supply to match demand. Got my fingers crossed!

[khwaibah]

Me boss just sent these to me she is still at Tops's Surin setting up for tomorrow. All products from her project.

 

[IsaanAussie]

Good luck tomorrow, the setup looks great. 

You know there are enough farangs here now to set something up like a CSA community for us as a barter system.

Imagine that! Not an ATM card in sight.

[khwaibah]

Butternut Squash top 6

 

Me boss  returned last night about 9 pm. Cold pizza for me. She was out the door about 6 this morn and back up to TOPs. She told me they went in the store to check then they went outside. Over 200 people were there including the Surin Gov. She says the inside was a madhouse and they stayed outside. She has just had a phone cal from TOPS and was told EVERYTHING that was putout was sold. That photo above that shows 6 Butternut Squash..she actually had about 50 more that are not shown. TOPs wants all she can grow and are screaming for another load from The Together Farm. She is jumping up and down She did get a polo shirt.

  

[khwaibah]

Btw load 4 was yesterday and number 5 today to TOPS Surin.

[khwaibah]

Load 6

Zee boss took me for a look see at a Farmers Market in Tops Surin this afternoon. I was goob smack by what I saw. I counted over 20 display stalls and a very large fresh cooked food both with local talent. The market area is just inside and takes up at least 75% of the produce area. All produce and fruit are advertised as chemical free and by what I saw majority of it comes from Surin. I only saw two other farangs in the store but about 50 Thais most about the FM side. To me it looks like Tops have hit a grand slam.

Wife with red bag stall infront is hers.

She grew all you see.

Tops even has a Fresh Cooked Food Both with local talent..

100% local owned Wagyu Beef.

 

AND speaking of local talent...????????

 

 

 

[IsaanAussie]

Everything is right about this scheme. Collectively the volume needed can be satisfied by a group of small farms. Better quality, more variety and fresher produce on offer and the logistics is local. 

Since it appears to be direct from farm to store, the prices should benefit both farmer and consumer. Tops will obviously do well, else they wouldn't do it.

I hope it succeeds and the concept spreads.

[khwaibah]

Mushroom project going in as I type.

  

[IsaanAussie]

Straw mushrooms? 

[khwaibah]

36 minutes ago, IsaanAussie said:

Straw mushrooms? 

When I find out I will post. I do know that DOA and TOPS say OK.