Yeah, people are swiping their 3G phones in a connected world and a few kilometers away a hunter is waiting for his charge to go off after pulling the trigger on his flint lock. Thailand is certainly the center of extremes!

My uncle just fixed the waterpump.

Update

I don't know what brew he used this time but here is one taken of the same spot less than 24 hours after.He must have been more

careful this time as there is no obvious damage to the Cha-Om.

Update

I don't know what brew he used this time but here is one taken of the same spot less than 24 hours after.He must have been more

careful this time as there is no obvious damage to the Cha-Om.

I would say he mixed Gramoxone with the Round up.... he has two bottles in the first image.... Gramoxone is better on annual weeds as it kills back, as you see over night...

Seeds will pop on annual weeds if only Roundup used! .... many people don't "get that"

The perennial weeds /grass still needs a good 10 days for Round up to trans-locate and kill the roots...... so hope he does not disturb the soil before then ...

Good to see the sprayer is not sending out a fine mist and he has his wellies on!

Update

I don't know what brew he used this time but here is one taken of the same spot less than 24 hours after.He must have been more

careful this time as there is no obvious damage to the Cha-Om.

I would say he mixed Gramoxone with the Round up.... he has two bottles in the first image.... Gramoxone is better on annual weeds as it kills back, as you see over night...

Seeds will pop on annual weeds if only Roundup used! .... many people don't "get that"

The perennial weeds /grass still needs a good 10 days for Round up to trans-locate and kill the roots...... so hope he does not disturb the soil before then ...

Good to see the sprayer is not sending out a fine mist and he has his wellies on!

Have since found what was used and it is a mixture 50/50 of the two shown but have no idea of the strength.

I spent a number of years working on and around farms in Australia and one of the things I remember is that

it is important to apply any sprays for obnoxious weeds (or any weed for that matter) before seeds are set.

Thai farmers don't seem to worry about and that is one of the reasons that they are forever spraying to kill

weeds.

He must have been using a different head on the spray unit which fortunatley reduced the amount of overspray.

As well as the wellies,he also wore a hat and used a facemask but one of the things that amazed me was that he

never used gloves when spraying or refilling the spray unit.Never noticed him washing his hands afterwards each

time.It is clearly marked on the containers what precautions should be taken.

Update

I don't know what brew he used this time but here is one taken of the same spot less than 24 hours after.He must have been more

careful this time as there is no obvious damage to the Cha-Om.

I would say he mixed Gramoxone with the Round up.... he has two bottles in the first image.... Gramoxone is better on annual weeds as it kills back, as you see over night...

Seeds will pop on annual weeds if only Roundup used! .... many people don't "get that"

The perennial weeds /grass still needs a good 10 days for Round up to trans-locate and kill the roots...... so hope he does not disturb the soil before then ...

Good to see the sprayer is not sending out a fine mist and he has his wellies on!

Have since found what was used and it is a mixture 50/50 of the two shown but have no idea of the strength.

I spent a number of years working on and around farms in Australia and one of the things I remember is that

it is important to apply any sprays for obnoxious weeds (or any weed for that matter) before seeds are set.

Thai farmers don't seem to worry about and that is one of the reasons that they are forever spraying to kill

weeds.

He must have been using a different head on the spray unit which fortunatley reduced the amount of overspray.

As well as the wellies,he also wore a hat and used a facemask but one of the things that amazed me was that he

never used gloves when spraying or refilling the spray unit.Never noticed him washing his hands afterwards each

time.It is clearly marked on the containers what precautions should be taken.

Out of likes Ron ^ .... Yes the concept of cutting back weeds with flower heads or seed heads is a hard one for people to understand.... not just Thai's .... I might add...

Gramoxone has no antidote which is why it's banned in the west.... perhaps other reasons, I am note sure!

Well at least your man, had sense enough to use a mask.... many don't!

That's a cool photo ... he's paddling his boat backwards!

That's a cool photo ... he's paddling his boat backwards!

Thank you David and well spotted.

The fisherman was just pulling away from his mooring.

You can just make out the curve in his wake.

Farmer taking a break to make a phone call at the shalotte fields.

That's a cool photo ... he's paddling his boat backwards!

Thank you David and well spotted.

The fisherman was just pulling away from his mooring.

You can just make out the curve in his wake.

David I tried to find this photo last night to add to my comment but couldn't find it.

This morning with the aid of some coffee and a set of fresh eyes I succeeded.

Fisherman's long boats moored up.

My Chilli seedling nursery bit hard to see much but around 75% have emerged.This morning I was given about 40 advanced seedlings

( 10 to 15 cm high ) which have now been planted and since then I have been busy cutting and shaping poles ready for the lot you see here.

My Chilli seedling nursery bit hard to see much but around 75% have emerged.This morning I was given about 40 advanced seedlings

( 10 to 15 cm high ) which have now been planted and since then I have been busy cutting and shaping poles ready for the lot you see here.

What type of chilli Ron if you don't mind me asking , oops asked already

My Chilli seedling nursery bit hard to see much but around 75% have emerged.This morning I was given about 40 advanced seedlings

( 10 to 15 cm high ) which have now been planted and since then I have been busy cutting and shaping poles ready for the lot you see here.

What type of chilli Ron if you don't mind me asking , oops asked already

It's these ones here as far as I know they are called " Birds Eye Chilly Peppers " but could be corrected.

Ok , thanks Ron .

So you are growing the mild ones right

Ok , thanks Ron .

So you are growing the mild ones right

Seems to be the most popular one around here.I've only got to look at one for it to burn the crap out of my lips and mouth.

I would like to ask you a serious question Ron if I may ?

I would like to ask you a serious question Ron if I may ?

Go for it.

Do you and your wife grow all these vegetables and fruit for a small market , do you make a bit of beer money or is there more than that requiring family and friends to partake ?

Sorry if this is embarrassing to you mate .

Do you and your wife grow all these vegetables and fruit for a small market , do you make a bit of beer money or is there more than that requiring family and friends to partake ?

Sorry if this is embarrassing to you mate .

Very little is sold,most of it is given away to friends and family and for our own use of course.This will change to some degree when the bananas we have planted bear fruit.I have planted quite a lot of lemon grass which will be sold but there isn't a lot of money to be made from that.

It was never intended to be a money making exercise and not a lot of money has been spent on what we have done to date.

To be completely honest with you from my side of it,I am doing what I do to keep active to some degree and also to relieve boredom rather than sit on a computer all day.That is why I do all the digging by hand rather than get a machine or some person in to do what I do.You notice that we had someone in to do some spraying,that was done because we don't have the required spray unit.

Don't be worried that it could be embarrassing,I enjoy what I am doing and talking about it it with like minded people such as yourself,not embarrassing at all.

Thank you very much Ron I appreciate your reply to that , it seems as though I will be doing much the same when I ever get to retire there mate

Ron,love what you are doing there mate,and even more that you are sharing it with Us all.

Me and the Missus mull over different farming options many times.One thing that I would like to do is have another go with farming fish.

Last week I got an email with some photos attached.

Mrs Shaggy wrote. I know you want to make fish farm.Mama and Me make start for You.

Bless em,have knocked up a tub in the back yard to do some catfish......and frogs.

Fingerlings awaiting to be transferred (are being held captive in an old big rainwater jar/urn atm.

Frog chorus.

Small mango farm on the outskirts of the village.

I think you will need the help of a Pink Super Hero there shaggy !

Of course I am referring to the Catfish in this question

I think you will need the help of a Pink Super Hero there shaggy !

Sssshhh man,I don't want the competition finding out about it.

Huh hum.....No worries RBH,your not in any immediate danger (yet )

Does anyone do Frog Farming here ?

Frog Farming ? apparently not ! ahh well , back to basic life then

You guys are chatty today....

My friends from Songkhla phoned today ... they were happy to have received half their payment for rice.... ..... they don't know when the rest will come

Frog farming, ... my friends here on Samui tried that.... the idea did not last long, too noisy at night!.... ...not some thing to try close to the house! .... Fish farming is a lot quieter, the frog pond was converted quite quickly!

I was looking for an image of how they use the trays for chillies... like Shaggy, with his .... I cannot find!

So a Songkhla Rice field and hibiscus will have to do!!!

Hopefully, I've attached an image of some chilli seedlings I've put into my (very small) back garden veg patch (plants on the left are dwarf french runner beans), with a favourable summer, I'll get quite a good crop off these...just used the last of the dried ones from last year in a curry tonight

Does anyone do Frog Farming here ?