My local Hydroponic farm, picked up a couple of nice lettuces for dinner!

These are the babies..

Butter Lettuce

Last few photos from the fish farm on the River Chi

Winch system to take fish food down to the raft and also to bring the fish up for sale.

I wouldn't fancy tackling that walk way after a few beers

But I suppose you could always sleep it off in one of the huts

This is all that remains of the Sala up at the rubber farm

A heavy storm last month decided that we didn't need a roof anynmore.

Fortunately none of the trees were damaged and a new shelter will be made further back amongst the trees.only anther couple of years and we will be

able to make our first cut of rubber

Selecting baby cabbages

This one would be cooler than most.

This one would be cooler than most.

I really like this... but most villagers up here would prune the branches off that is blocking the sun.

Rosemary and Oregano and mint ... being grown by my local hydroponic farm....but this is in soil!

The owner of this farm is a really nice guy, I like popping in once in a while a chatting with him (he's Thai) and well read...

The rosemary is under plastic to keep it on the dry side (soil) ...for the Hotel market!

Oregano, this has really filled out in the last month....

and mint... I got on his case about the flowers as he has two kinds!

more land being cleared...to build more poly houses, to try growing tomatoes ... hydroponically... he's not sure yet whether that will be successful...

Farm land with some of the Loei mountains in the background.

from what i saw of loei on a recent trip it is a beautiful area of Isaan.

I would of loved to stop and take more photos buut as it was we were in a hurry

to get to Chiang Khan before sundown.......a definite longer stay in the future

Sundown in Nong Saeng

Going off to cut sugarcane

Bee hives amongst the tamarind trees

I've converted the backyard of my mubaan into a farm to grow veggies as a trial. Pretty good results I would say from the yield that I get. I'm using cow dung here.

I've converted the backyard of my mubaan into a farm to grow veggies as a trial. Pretty good results I would say from the yield that I get. I'm using cow dung here.

I realize that cow manure is good fertiliser as long as it has been composted because if it's not you usually get a lot of weeds.How are you getting around that?

I've converted the backyard of my mubaan into a farm to grow veggies as a trial. Pretty good results I would say from the yield that I get. I'm using cow dung here.

I realize that cow manure is good fertiliser as long as it has been composted because if it's not you usually get a lot of weeds.How are you getting around that?

If you think cow poo is bad .... don't try chicken poo, it's even worse for weeds and hotter too !... you should know that Ron, with them big cluckers you have up your way!

Sundown in Nong Saeng

I thought Ron had decided to include some foreground in his sala shots. But no, its another "tattooed Daddy" artistic shot. Nice

Sundown in Nong Saeng

Blurred and all , Shaggy , That is FN beautiful , Thanks man !

I've converted the backyard of my mubaan into a farm to grow veggies as a trial. Pretty good results I would say from the yield that I get. I'm using cow dung here.

I realize that cow manure is good fertiliser as long as it has been composted because if it's not you usually get a lot of weeds.How are you getting around that?

I was told by my wife that the guy who reared the cows have them composted for a month or more before he sells them. Otherwise it will kill the veggies.

Ron if You grow Dragon Fruit ive found that putting a big sewer pipe around each of the post improves the fruit quality. , bit late now you've done the posts.

That's interesting,haven't heard of that before for dragon fruit.Do you have the sewer pipe above ground and fill it up with soil mix ?

Yes, and it makes a difference. Old Fruit Farmer told me.

I've converted the backyard of my mubaan into a farm to grow veggies as a trial. Pretty good results I would say from the yield that I get. I'm using cow dung here.

Hi lawrence

Great work with your backyard,thanks for sharing it with us.

I bet the veggies taste even better knowing you have grown them yourself.

Reflections in a fish pond

Hold my hands up to this one guys,I was trying to be a little arty-farty with this one.

Phot was taken down at Grandpa Tan's PlaNin pond.Original photo below.Nothing

altered,only cropped and rotated.

WOW,catfish using breathing straws! RBH what next?

Papaya tree sunset

Red fleshed dragon fruit cuttings are in.Will have to get into it and make the tops for these three posts then sit back and wait for the cuttings to take off.By the way,the banana plant that you can see that is too close has already been shifted to the back of the block.Bit of a worry though, It wasn't looking 100% before and when it came out of the ground it had some white white mould on some of the roots so it may not survive in it's new position.

I've converted the backyard of my mubaan into a farm to grow veggies as a trial. Pretty good results I would say from the yield that I get. I'm using cow dung here.

I realize that cow manure is good fertiliser as long as it has been composted because if it's not you usually get a lot of weeds.How are you getting around that?

I was told by my wife that the guy who reared the cows have them composted for a month or more before he sells them. Otherwise it will kill the veggies.

That's the way to do it.I use it in liquid form and let it age for at least a month before applying it to the plants.

Reflections in a fish pond

Reminds me of a "Constable". That's John, not the BiB.

Excellent photo.

Regards.

Worn out! ... poor old fellow! ..... I was going to use another word there, but thought it might offend Shaggy!

WOW,catfish using breathing straws! RBH what next?

This are machine transplant that's why the rows are so neat and tidy - Japanese rice. Belongs to the UIL, my farm is 200m down the field from his.

Worn out! ... poor old fellow! ..... I was going to use another word there, but thought it might offend Shaggy!

Great photo Jim......and he definitely is looking 'shagged'

The sun says it's time to go home.