Pruning trees Thai style

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Jesus Christ...

 

Outside areas covered in concrete.  Canals filled with trash.  The only place you'll see much nature is in a park that is maintained by some sort of authority. 

 

Am I wrong?

[fredwiggy]

42 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

WOW! Now all was wrong with Asians again. Good job of you on a Monday. Wonder what more slur you have to throw on the people in the continent you choose to live? Have you looked at national parks, zoo´s, city parks forestry and more. Do you also know how much of the Thais that are out in forest and fields picking eatable things?

No, you don´t have a clue, as you just se 2-3 trees, and all are bad again.

If some didn't care and set aside acreage for parks and wildlife, there wouldn't be an animal left in Thailand.

[impulse]

Simple economics.  The place I stayed in Galveston had about a dozen palm trees that needed trimming.  If we called in a tree guy, they'd scalp them back to a single frond or 2 and that would cost $50 per tree and last for about a year.  But they'd look horrible for 6 months or so.

 

I ended up buying a chainsaw on a long pole and trimmed them back every month to a decent looking configuration.  Had we hired the guys to do that, 12 trees x $50 x 12 months a year would have been $7,200 a year just to trim the palm trees.

 

The numbers may be different in Thailand, but the concept is the same.  And Thais are big fans of low taxes and saving money...

 

[BangkokReady]

4 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

no this is really a thing. Of course it's not everyone but I see way too much concrete and dirt where it doesn't need to be. It's harder here to keep gardens though because they can explode in jungles very easily.

 

Ever see the houses where they concrete over everything and let it bake in the sun? Looks miserable to me but many people do this because it's easier to maintain. 

 

A good point.  It's probably a lot harder to have a nice lawn in SEA.  They don't seem to have the same kind of grass we have in the West.  You do often see these kind of pot-plant gardens.

[NorthernRyland]

5 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Outside areas covered in concrete.  Canals filled with trash.  The only place you'll see much nature is in a park that is maintained by some sort of authority. 

 

Am I wrong?

 

People eat in their car and then throw it out the window as they drive. The sides of the roads are covered with trash.

 

Then there's illegal dumping. People just stop off here and throw full bags of trash on the side of the of forest. 

 

There's clearly a problem with littering here and people not respecting nature.

 

[BangkokReady]

1 minute ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

People eat in their car and then throw it out the window as they drive. The sides of the roads are covered with trash.

 

Then there's illegal dumping. People just stop off here and throw full bags of trash on the side of the of forest. 

 

There's clearly a problem with littering here and people not respecting nature.

 

 

At least it isn't on fire in this pic.

[NorthernRyland]

7 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

At least it isn't on fire in this pic.

 

sure you want pictures of them burning the forest, I have no those too.