Popular Post Ron19 Posted February 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2014 Sunrise over misty paddy fields and sugar cane 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Skint Posted February 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2014 Thai Farm Spectacular! Usual story of overloading a truck and the wheels sank on one side the rest you know, took about an hour and a half to get it up right, lost a days work packing.... Some pics are hazy due to the dust from the cane fields. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaggy1969 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2014 Hanging out the washing rubber to dry. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob8891 Posted February 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2014 Shaggy contacted me to see if I had any farming photos.... all I could think of at the time were some of coffee farming around Doi Chaang (Chiang Rai). Rather than post them in isolation, without much explanation, can I suggest you take a look at this link, where the photos have some background information, like the initiative to wean the people off poppy cultivation etc... You'll need to scroll down through this page if you don't want to read the other stuff! Anyway, I hope it's of interest to you. http://highland2thailand.blogspot.com/2013/09/sept-2-3the-golden-triangle.html Rob 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Skint Posted February 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2014 Thai Village Spectacular, becoming monk! Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob8891 Posted February 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) OK... I shouldn't have posted an external link, apparently, so apologies to one and all. Here are a few photos from a trip to Doi Chaang last September to look at life / farming in a Lisu hill-tribe village. Doi Chaang is a Lisu / Akha village SW of Chiang Rai Hillsides across the area have now been cleared for agriculture Corn is commonly grown on horrendously steep slopes. No chance of mechanisation here! I wouldn't fancy living down there...The chances of a landslip from soil erosion is too great. The locals used to grow opium poppies here. A Royal initiative helped them more to other forms of farming, and now it is a Buddhist shrine. This is part of an initiative researching coffee cultivation. Even here, ground between bushes is cultivated with other foodstuffs Edited February 5, 2014 by Rob8891 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grimleybob Posted February 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2014 Although not a photo this is picture that I did this morning using oil pastels on canvas 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob8891 Posted February 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2014 We were taken to a friend's family's coffee farm. They had been one of the first Lisu to settle in the area, and had been able to get first choice of the land they wanted for their intended crops.... They had patches of land around the village, with varying height, slope and aspect. Looking at this farm, we wondered what the worst land looked like (especially since I grew up on a Lincolnshire farm!!) I used to be a teacher, and taught about the huge, open coffee fazendas of Brazil. Here, it was discovered that the coffee grew better if grown in partial shade. The bushes were planted under macadamia trees, banana plants and a variety of fruit trees such as persimmon, mango and I forget what else! Coffee beans ripening. Hand picking is essential to only get ripened fruit. Workers would be paid according to the proportion of ripe / unripe berries The farm grows the fruits mentioned as well as gourds, melons, lemons, passion fruit, dragon fruit and guava, some of which may be sold and some will supplement the family's diet. The hillsides are seriously steep, so everything comes down to manual labour. Right at the top of the hill, just before the forest is a field of corn. Harvest must be fun! That's the top of the coffee area, then it's up to the corn and up again to the forest There is a lot of bare, poor thin soil here. Soil erosion in the rainy season must be a problem. Doi Chaang coffee is sold to the local co-operative. A lot is exported to Canada, since there was a large Canadian investment in this project. This is one of the ventures that has been quite successful in weaning the people off the poppy, which in turn has helped to stem the flow of drugs. On the downside, heroin production has relocated to Myanmar and Afghanistan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 IMG_00000103.jpg Although not a photo this is picture that I did this morning using oil pastels on canvas Thanks for sharing your wonderful artwork grimelybob,unfortunately I have no more likes today,so please accept this one I made earlier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Shaggy contacted me to see if I had any farming photos.... all I could think of at the time were some of coffee farming around Doi Chaang (Chiang Rai). Rather than post them in isolation, without much explanation, can I suggest you take a look at this link, where the photos have some background information, like the initiative to wean the people off poppy cultivation etc... You'll need to scroll down through this page if you don't want to read the other stuff! Anyway, I hope it's of interest to you. http://highland2thailand.blogspot.com/2013/09/sept-2-3the-golden-triangle.html Rob Hi Rob and welcome Many thanks for you taking the time and effort to share your amazing and informative photos with us today. Regards Shaggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaggy1969 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2014 Newest arrival at Aunts farm in Mahasarakham. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaggy1969 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2014 I often wonder why these big old tree stumps are left in the middle of fields.....maybe just too much work to uproot them.Not that I am complaining,the make great sunset silhouettes. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dancealot Posted February 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2014 I like your attraction to tree stumps, Shaggy. De-shelled rice, fresh out of the field and ready for processing. I find it interesting to think about what is still mixed with it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 I like your attraction to tree stumps, Shaggy. De-shelled rice, fresh out of the field and ready for processing. I find it interesting to think about what is still mixed with it. Hi DAL Great artistic last post you made mate.....but please,please....PLEASE tell me it was a photo you made of the local rice machines floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hi DAL Great artistic last post you made mate.....but please,please....PLEASE tell me it was a photo you made of the local rice machines floor Yes they were scraps( But still art) , indeed. Very keen, Shaggy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dancealot Posted February 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2014 I'll make it up to you with Mr. Etac.. backing off. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post teletiger Posted February 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ok. Own up. Who's the comedian with the spray paint? Regards. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob8891 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I forgot to mention....... probably lots of things, but one in particular on this photo.. In between each row of coffee bushes lies the next generation. If I remember correctly, the work on a five year cycle between generations. Amazingly coffee beans are sweet and almost tasteless until someone work their magic on them in a roaster. Gotta go to Coffee Time for a top-up now!! Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Robby nz Posted February 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2014 This paddy is getting close to harvest time, some around here has already been harvested while most others are only in the half grown stage. Another misty morning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ok. Own up. Who's the comedian with the spray paint? P1000900.JPG Regards. What's with the colour ? Photoshop !?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Ok. Own up. Who's the comedian with the spray paint? P1000900.JPG Regards. What's with the colour ? Photoshop !?!! I've seen them coloured like this quite often at local markets and I think it's aimed at children. Edited February 6, 2014 by Ron19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post farmerjo Posted February 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2014 Neighbours were a little restless when i lit up 75 rai today with just me and fil. Good hot burn. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ok. Own up. Who's the comedian with the spray paint? What's with the colour ? Photoshop !?!! You are a bunch of comedians,.. you know. TEL: great shot. Thanks. A fluffy bunch.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ron, incredible shot. This is one of your best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dancealot Posted February 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2014 From the cabbage fields 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ron, incredible shot. This is one of your best. And taken with a Nokia phone camera. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ron19 Posted February 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Edited February 6, 2014 by Ron19 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 As you imagine this is not mine but is the sort of image I wish to capture for the ones I have posted here but as yet have not been able to produce. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nightwatch Posted February 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2014 Pineaples in Hua Hin The pics were taken a few years back whilst me and my better half took a scenic ride on the back of Mr Chang 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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