Here's my Italian Basil.... not a good angle shot....

Needs picking to make some pesto soon! But this will last months if keep in cut back...

My Chillies not fairing so well...

And not sure why the Dill is soooo slow!

AHA! Throwing in the puny Italian BASIL now, are we! I am on to you.

Tsk, that it has to come to this..

I will counter with some freshly picked lemongrass i used later that day for my tomyammoo.

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My GF was here in Australia recently and one thing that is a problem for her is finding reasonably priced Thai herbs such as Lemon grass, Basil, Mint, chillies, Lime Kaffir leaves etc. The quality is also an issue. (I have no where to grow them where I am)

She got very excited when we went to a friend's house and my friend told her she could help herself to the Lemon grass in the garden. Out she went, very excited, walked into the overgrown garden bed, bent over and started to pull out a nice bunch.

"Careful of the snakes" I told her.

She stopped, mid pull, looked around quickly to make sure there were no snakes about. 'eee bah!" she muttered, triumphantly holding the lemon grass high as she made a quick exit, unwilling to forgo the lemon grass.

Here's my Italian Basil.... not a good angle shot....

Needs picking to make some pesto soon! But this will last months if keep in cut back...

My Chillies not fairing so well...

And not sure why the Dill is soooo slow!

AHA! Throwing in the puny Italian BASIL now, are we! I am on to you.

Tsk, that it has to come to this..

I will counter with some freshly picked lemongrass i used later that day for my tomyammoo.

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Moewahahaha

why does the word that describes this come to mind

perhaps should collect some for my Dill ?

yeah I know, maybe this is a new dwarf type! ...or it did not get enough TLC because I was giving DAL too much when he was visiting

You gave me a lot, sugar. But what have you done for me lately?

perhaps should collect some for my Dill ?

Next time we'll meet i promiss i will walk to you in slow motion only like David Hasselhof in Baywatch can do . Holding my backpack like a red lifeguard floater around my waist.

yeah I know, maybe this is a new dwarf type! ...or it did not get enough TLC because I was giving DAL too much when he was visiting

You gave me a lot, sugar. But what have you done for me lately?

What do you mean? Are you fishing for some more "likes" ?

Steady on there guy's

Steady on there guy's

Yes Daddy!

To answer Bookman's question... there were too many text blocks to answer within the original question

Re RICE HARVESTERS

Quote

"People mainly buying them on credit?

Or is it a status thing to own one?"

Getting back to being serious...DAL's gone to bed ... ha ha!

To answer that question about being a status symbol, I would say no....Credit, no doubt yes!

They hire them out for harvesting the rice crops... I guess enough business to feed everyone and make the payments! Not only do they have the harvester, but also a large truck to take them where they need to go...

Hard to find labour now to do by hand, and much faster to do.... my friend down there in Songkhla, did tell me how much to do a field, but I forget what he said now... His (family) fields are about 12 rai plots... x 3 or 4 plots.... Which I think is about average for each of the rice farmers down there.... so I don't think for most farmers they could justify having their own machine.... or even Kubota tractor for that matter.... Those are hired out too!

Steady on there guy's

Yes Daddy!

(ran out of likes,so I had to make my own !!!!)

Steady on there guy's

Yes Daddy!

(ran out of likes,so I had to make my own !!!!)

Tried clicking it Shaggy but it doesnt do anything. Can't you make it work?

This chicken was walking sideways due to some physical defect. Was very funny, you should have been there to understand.

(ran out of likes,so I had to make my own !!!!)

Tried clicking it Shaggy but it doesnt do anything. Can't you make it work?

Tssk,............'Shaggy shakes his head in disbelief '

That's because it is My like button dear Dalboy

ssk,............'Shaggy shakes his head in disbelief '

Tried clicking it Shaggy but it doesnt do anything. Can't you make it work?

That's because it is My like button dear Dalboy

Silly me

Family working together

The BIL is going to start growing Cassava in Yasothon this year and he came over last week to to help in cutting the cassava stalks for him to take back with him.

Everyone came to help...even Grandma and the children.

Cut and bagged up

Some of the family taking a rest whilst Ma,Grandma and Aunt cut the stalks.

Foreman showing them all how it is done

Fully loaded and ready for it's new life in Yasathon

N.B Photos taken by my good lady and full credit goes to her.

Today i pay my due to the "Land Deity" with the promised offering...

I guess we clicked, he made me prosperous...

(Per season ! Help from an elderly to do the rite.)

Today i pay my due to the "Land Deity" with the promised offering...

I guess we clicked, he made me prosperous...

(Per season ! Help from an elderly to do the rite.)

And may your next harvest be a fruitful as your last.

Old style farm carts

Pssssst....Wanna know a secret ?

Pssssst....Wanna know a secret ?

OOT OOT

For me ... another classic photo.

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This needs to be put up as a caption contest.There is some funny stuff here.

Neighbours gun......quite funny because the gun is actually longer than it's owner.

Preparation for rice planting on a farm near Chayabhoom. Two tractors working for 2 days saved a lot of hard work with the 'rot ty naa'.

Old style farm carts

National treasure.

Couple of buffalo's cooling off

Couple of buffalo's cooling off

This is what caused the flooding of hundreds and hundreds of rai in our area during the thai floods of 2011.This pipe is on our property and normally drains water from surrounding rice paddy's into a large khlong on the other side of the road and the outlet is normally 5 metres above the water.The son realised what was going to happen ad blocked the pipe off on the khlong side with a 10ml thick metal plate and piled a large amout of clay in front of it.Couldn't believe it but aperson or persons unknown removed it and that allowed the water to flow in reverse onto our property resulting in what you see.

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Plastic bags on fruit trees.... BAT BAGS! ..... To prevent fruit bats and insects getting to the fruit!

I have often seen the plastic bags covering the fruit, but never knew until today how the got those bags up there... one of my neighbours was at it today!

1. Put elastic band around the piece of pipe, which is attached to a long pole with a rope to "spring" the elastic!

2. Insert plastic bag into pipe.

3 do this

Find a Mango (in this case) and pull the cord once Mango is in the bag... the elastic closes the bag!

Bingo plastic bags do grow on trees!

Ingenious!

Farm.jpgPreparation for rice planting on a farm near Chayabhoom. Two tractors working for 2 days saved a lot of hard work with the 'rot ty naa'.

Hello Familyonthemove and welcome.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your photo

This is what caused the flooding of hundreds and hundreds of rai in our area during the thai floods of 2011.This pipe is on our property and normally drains water from surrounding rice paddy's into a large khlong on the other side of the road and the outlet is normally 5 metres above the water.The son realised what was going to happen ad blocked the pipe off on the khlong side with a 10ml thick metal plate and piled a large amout of clay in front of it.Couldn't believe it but aperson or persons unknown removed it and that allowed the water to flow in reverse onto our property resulting in what you see.

How long did it take before the water was fully drained and you could use your land again?

This is what caused the flooding of hundreds and hundreds of rai in our area during the thai floods of 2011.This pipe is on our property and normally drains water from surrounding rice paddy's into a large khlong on the other side of the road and the outlet is normally 5 metres above the water.The son realised what was going to happen ad blocked the pipe off on the khlong side with a 10ml thick metal plate and piled a large amout of clay in front of it.Couldn't believe it but aperson or persons unknown removed it and that allowed the water to flow in reverse onto our property resulting in what you see.

How long did it take before the water was fully drained and you could use your land again?

Three months from early september till mid november and we were lucky to get the previous crop off only a couple of days before this happened.Other people weren't so lucky.Sorry about the quality of the video's,they were taken with a mobile phone.I cant get them to come up any bigger.