Dancealot Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Hand pick corn farming! They still do it by hand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 cyclone: As much as they like fire I am surprised that the Thai's do not burn the sugar cane a week or so prior to harvest. Makes hand cutting fast/easy. plus you have a rat harvest when you set the field on fire. I am not proposing this as good practice, but I have never seen this, yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soidog2 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 cyclone: As much as they like fire I am surprised that the Thai's do not burn the sugar cane a week or so prior to harvest. Makes hand cutting fast/easy. plus you have a rat harvest when you set the field on fire. I am not proposing this as good practice, but I have never seen this, yet. When harvested for planting is not burned, otherwise is common practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soidog2 Posted March 27, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) Thanks to shaggy1969 for posting tips. Some re-posts from yesterday; birds eating my heirloom tomatoes. Edited March 27, 2013 by soidog2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 2 Tractors and 7 men whre involved in the excavation. Wonderful post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 2 Tractors and 7 men whre involved in the excavation. Wonderful post I only can count six men.... off that Beer DAL !! Boy you guys up north getting decent sized tomatoes, They just don't do it here on Samui, and I never seen any in my travels in the south either.... It's got to be either because it is too hot at night or your day length in the north is long enough to make a difference... ??? I think Soidog2 needs a bit of fine netting to stop the birds pecking! Great photos BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 2 Tractors and 7 men whre involved in the excavation. Wonderful post I only can count six men.... off that Beer DAL !! Boy you guys up north getting decent sized tomatoes, They just don't do it here on Samui, and I never seen any in my travels in the south either.... It's got to be either because it is too hot at night or your day length in the north is long enough to make a difference... ??? I think Soidog2 needs a bit of fine netting to stop the birds pecking! Great photos BTW! Dont't get pecky now, Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dancealot Posted March 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2013 What about this baby. Accidentaly caught in the net. Good fish is around 150/kg. Do the math.. This fish is worth an entire 24tray of Singha cans. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 What about this baby. Accidentaly caught in the net. Good fish is around 150/kg. Do the math.. This fish is worth an entire 24tray of Singha cans. Nice fish DAL..... Looks to me like a Featherback fish.Very tasty. But if you are thirsty then the tray of Singha are tasty also !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 What about this baby. Accidentaly caught in the net. Good fish is around 150/kg. Do the math.. This fish is worth an entire 24tray of Singha cans. Nice fish DAL..... Looks to me like a Featherback fish.Very tasty. But if you are thirsty then the tray of Singha are tasty also !!!! I didn't catch it. I am no expert but it could be a Featherback or a StinghaRay, i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soidog2 Posted March 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2013 Confused cats & dog. Rad mango. Anybody can ID this incredible mushrooms ?? One more tomato picture. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RedBullHorn Posted March 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) What about this baby. Accidentaly caught in the net. Good fish is around 150/kg. Do the math.. This fish is worth an entire 24tray of Singha cans. Nice fish DAL..... Looks to me like a Featherback fish.Very tasty. But if you are thirsty then the tray of Singha are tasty also !!!! I didn't catch it. I am no expert but it could be a Featherback or a StinghaRay, i think That's a Boal fish (Thai: ปลาเค้าขาว). Up north, Thais call it Pla Khow (Khow as in the meaning 'enter'), is a species of catfish in the family Siluridae, or "sheatfishes". It is among the most expensive fresh water fishes, small ones of a kg sells for ฿120/kg and the bigger they are the more expensive, a 3-5kg fetches ฿150-฿180/kg and the big ones 6-12kg fetches ฿200-฿250. The bigger it is the tastier it is, nice oily fish like raw Salmon. Prices fluctuate between seasons. Because it is expensive, nothing is wasted, even the barbels, grills, gut, stomach, internal organs are consume. Wikipedia have it's information under the key words 'Wallago attu '. Here's a couple of photos from my purchase. 4+ kg, tasty... Edited March 28, 2013 by RedBullHorn 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Thanks to shaggy1969 for posting tips. Some re-posts from yesterday; birds eating my heirloom tomatoes. oh no your photos went south.... .... did you change your settings in Picasa? It's one of the problems changing settings to Private, or limited or viewable to all... (I use the limited, usually)... The other thing that may have caused this is if you moved the images within Picasa... It is a bit of a pain in the you know where! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 @ soidog ........ Beautiful looking mushrooms. Closest I could find was the Maidens Veil mushroom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 @ RBH ....... Thanks for making me wiser about the fish in DAL's photo I was confusing it with this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaggy1969 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2013 RBH, Could you help me in identifying this fish please. It was caught by my Uncle in a nearby lake and caused quite a commotion in the village because no-one had seen this fish before. My thinking is that it looks like what I would call a Common Carp ........ but I have been known to be wrong 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I just let my Thai family look and they say: "Oooooooh". I never heard fo that species before.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 @ soidog ........ Beautiful looking mushrooms. Closest I could find was the Maidens Veil mushroom. Best when cook in soup, crunchy veil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) RBH, Could you help me in identifying this fish please. It was caught by my Uncle in a nearby lake and caused quite a commotion in the village because no-one had seen this fish before. My thinking is that it looks like what I would call a Common Carp ........ but I have been known to be wrong You are right this time shaggy, it is a Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Thai: ปลาใน ( Pla Nai. Nai as in the meaning ''In'' ). Just a Common Carp with enhance colour and shorter head (female). Pity its roes though... Edited March 29, 2013 by RedBullHorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 @ RBH Yes it was a pity about the roes but I suppose that One man's loss is another man's gain. The lake where the fish was caught has a really good Eco and I am sure that there are many more Carp in the lake. Uncle is one of only a few that go fishing there because there are rumors of it being inhabited by crocodiles ( probably started by Uncle ). He uses a gill net and regularly pulls out Pla Nin over the kilo mark,I am interested to see what other fish species are in the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cycloneJ Posted March 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2013 Salt farm, Chanthaburi 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Great post, nice pictures cycloneJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycloneJ Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Great post, nice pictures cycloneJ. thankyou; very labour-intensive, and I guess getting to drive the little roller-mobile is a major promotion from the poor bloke pulling the hand-roller. I looked online it said that at 1pm, about when it took those pics, it was 35C but 'real-time feels like 43C' Rather them than me in that heat/glare The salt farm is well-inland - 9.5km in a straight line from the Gulf of Thailand, i don't understand the process the water must come from the river/estuary, but why so far from the sea? (anyone?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soidog2 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 @ soidog ........ Beautiful looking mushrooms. Closest I could find was the Maidens Veil mushroom. It appears you are correct, many thanks, I was looking for a while; found them in between cassava trees.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soidog2 Posted March 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2013 Bees in the Baobab 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) Salt farm, Chanthaburi This are the salt we all use to salt our ponds, i appreciate their hard work, thank you. Edited March 29, 2013 by RedBullHorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) Just came home, i was invited to his house for a drinking session and dinner for all this... Edited March 29, 2013 by RedBullHorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RedBullHorn Posted March 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) We have water year round, but today was the turn of another farmer upstream, that's why the water level in the stream was low... We have to rotate within the schedule... I'm harvest 80'000 Big Oui catfishes (4 ponds, Cold season, started rearing on 25/11/2012) tomorrow, that's why I'm pumping out. Edited March 29, 2013 by RedBullHorn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 @ RBH Thankyou for taking the time and effort to post your videos Could you alter the privacy settings to make them viewable? Good luck with the harvest tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Waiting for the rain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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