The trees up this way lean to the right as well as lemongrass , these trees are used in the production of paper , but also hold back the soil erosion around dams

Loei province 2012

well i was digging the holes and mac was putting them in, so i just thought its the thai way and said nowt,,lol

if she says its right its right, mind you it was left wasnt it? never mind if they done grow ill blame her,,

to the left of the lemon grass is sweet potatos,, new experiment after reading in the sweet potatoe thread, i get some at big c, being a tight sod i cut them in half before planting as i used to do with big spuds,

jake

goompa,

my wife said ask your wife this is how thai do it,

lean it over so the new growth can come up,

she also said they dont do it like ive done it they dig big hole and put many round it bent over so new can come up,

told you she would right,,!!

she said ask your wife,,,,, right or not,,lolo

The Sweet Potato leaves are great to eat mate , not just the spud , check it out , a good alternative to Paak bung !

goompa,

my wife st the side of me and she as just said you are wrong on them trees to,, they arnt for paper, they are teak for making house,,

shes got it in for you now mate,,lol

are you going to the meet,, if you are ill leave the dragon tied up at home,,lol

I think you will have to refer to Ron , mate , check his great accomplishment with Lemongrass , excellent growing

Loei Lemon Grass

chief turf layer, i was carrying mac was laying, she can bend down better then me,,lol

jake

I think you will have to refer to Ron , mate , check his great accomplishment with Lemongrass , excellent growing

I've noticed that around this area,some people plant lemon grass as pigeonjake has done and some people plant it as I have done.From what I've seen,I can't see any difference in the final result.

I plant it this way after a brother in law and a friend of his came and planted a patch for me in the process showing me how it is done.What they do is plant a bunch (6-10 stems) about 15cm deep and fill the hole up leaving a 5cm depression at the top for watering in the initial period until it can go it alone.I've followed thier lead and it works for me.In the long run,both methods seem to work so plant which everway you want to.

Brother in-laws patch

His friends patch

What they planted for me

What I have planted.The only difference with what I've done is that I only put 5-6 stems in each hole and remember that each of these images are showing different stages of growth.

Nice series of photos there Mr Ron ...

Turf is cheap at the moment, (reference to the pick above of laying a lawn)

well i got ripped of then as mine was 40baht,

but was i ripped off,,??? i dont think so because i was happy with that price,,,

and it looks great

jake

I was alone at the farm when these guys came. They told me to get out now and they went in with this machine smoking all rooms.

The bug busters!

The smoke and smell stayed inside the house for hours.

Can anyone tell me if this is harmfull for humans to breathe in?

Made another frame yesterday for a post in my dragon fruit setup. I am in no hurry with these as the red fleshed cuttings I bought from a TV member in Chiang Rai are proving very slow to produce any new growth.Out of 14 cuttings only two have sent out any new growth so far and fortunately they are both on the same post.Now I have only one more frame to make and I'll do that one next week. A lady up the road had planted some of the white fleshed cuttings three weeks before mine and hers are the same in being slow to produce new growth.

Here is the new frame fitted to the post with the post behind it the one with the two cuttings that have new growth.

Sugarcane flowers.

Sugarcane flowers.

Mmmm candy floss

ok its a bit quiet today so ill put a couple up,,

i beautiful red tree on side of the road, and being the gent i am i asked mac to jump out and dig me up a young one from the bottom of it, and she did, it is now in thre ground at our farm,

a sunset over our barn that didnt come out to good,

and some falang cows resting in the shade, theres lots of them round us,

and some of our young breeding cocks, and old white one,

jake

Cassava Processing Operation

The negatives outweigh the positives .. such is life !

Cassava Dog

Cassava Dog

What are those vehicles in the back, Goompa!??!?!!?!?!?

Weeeeeeeell?

Cassava trucks mate

That's some big looking cassava tuber in your photo kwaibah,thank you for sharing it with us.

I noticed that the amount of views on Farm Photos has gone past the 100,000 mark.

Quite a milestone in my opinion,a big thank you to all the posters that have help make this thread a viewing pleasure.

Our neighbours home at their rubber and cassava farm.

My little corn patch

Rich pickins today.

Cattle Egrets following the rotary hoe.

To celebrate Shaggy's 100K+ views.