Farm Photos

[David48]

Recent harvest...

Still waiting for the remainder wholesalers to turn up.

1 hour later... All here. 10 vehicles...

5 tonne of Clarias... 1st day~

RBH, as you could guess, I loved this series.

But one question.

For 5 tonne of Clarias ... why are there 10 trucks?

Really enjoyed viewing that ...

[ToYoungToRetire]

10 1/2 ton trucks?

[shaggy1969]

Recent harvest...

Some outstanding posts there today RBH

A promise is a promise mate.

Will be back home this weekend and those little tins of black gold will be traveling with me.

Not sure if I can make it up to yours this time mate so I will send them with the post once

I am back home.

Send me your address via a PM (preferably in Thai to avoid it drawing any attention).

Shaggy

[shaggy1969]

My chum, Deek. Say hello to everybody.....

Lovely photo DAL........Old Deek is looking Dawg tired.

[shaggy1969]

Not seen Jake for sometime,hope everything is going well with his new job.

So here's one for PJ coz I know he likes his birds.

[shaggy1969]

This post is a continuation from yesterdays undergrowth clearing.

The charred remains.

Having one tree on an area of land that needs plowing can be challenging...... a field full of trees must be a nightmare.

Forwards and backwards,over and over again.

Halfway done and things are starting to look better.

Dirty,dusty work.

Almost finished mate......

This is where I had to leave the action,the ladies volleyball practice was about to start again and I had a sideline seat with a couple colds

beers in the coolbox waiting for me.....Life can be tough at the top sometimes

NB,I did go back and have a look the next day at the finished job.........not a charred bit of soil in sight.Top Job !!!

[Dancealot]

Cm'on mate, the ladies. THE LADIES!

[David48]

Cm'on mate, the ladies. THE LADIES!

I thought it ... DASL posted it.

Cough ...

BTW shaggs ... great work with those two posts.

I like a story told and the follow-up ...

Edited July 7, 2014 by David48

[shaggy1969]

Cm'on mate, the ladies. THE LADIES!

I thought it ... DASL posted it.

Cough ...

Sorry guys....no have !!!

Picture it,am sat relaxed.....cold beer in hand, the sun is at it's best......still enough light in the sky but not too hot.

A court full of young hot sweaty ladies giving pleasure to my eyes with their athletic performance.......what the hell do I want with a camera???

I do have one of Nong Saengs International import stars though.....#10 who could that be ?

[Dancealot]

Quack quack. Quaack!

Elusive animals evading the subject...Shaggy in good spirits!

[Ron19]

Neighbors chilli patch with Suthep checking out whether any watering needs to be done.

[ToYoungToRetire]

I dont know if I'd want a dog "watering" my chili plants

[RedBullHorn]

Recent harvest...

Still waiting for the remainder wholesalers to turn up.

1 hour later... All here. 10 vehicles...

5 tonne of Clarias... 1st day~

RBH, as you could guess, I loved this series.

But one question.

For 5 tonne of Clarias ... why are there 10 trucks?

Really enjoyed viewing that ...

Actually the turn over for that day was 13 trucks and the quota was 7.6 tonne. Depends on how much they want for that day. Some want 300kg only while some want 700kg and 1.2 tonne. Depends on their customers' order to deliver.

[David48]

^^ RBH ... thanks for that answer ... I've ran out of likes for the moment.

At MissFarmGirl's place, we deal with only one buyer who takes the entire catch.

Explains a lot ...

[RedBullHorn]

^^ RBH ... thanks for that answer ... I've ran out of likes for the moment.

At MissFarmGirl's place, we deal with only one buyer who takes the entire catch.

Explains a lot ...

David48, In the very beginning i only have 1 wholesaler and he will bring in the rest of the convoy and he mark-up his price selling to them, also I'll be in a vulnerable situation/position in terms of dependency and bargaining power. I got squeezed badly back then. From there i moved forward and got into contract farming.

After many years of socialising and associating. Now with my network of 36 wholesalers, I went independent. Thais call it Bo Seri (บ่อเสรี)

I make the calls and set a farmgate price so every wholesalers get the same price, mark-ups eliminated...

Edited July 8, 2014 by RedBullHorn

[kickstart]

Ron, why in Pots?

Re-sale later?

Better soil conditions?

Someother reason?

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A lot of farmers round here are planting the lime trees in the concrete rings,I thought it becouse lime trees do not like getting they feet wet,waterloging ,I planted 2 lime trees in our gargen,they did not 'do' to wet ,then I dug a deep hole filled it with stone ,re planted,they have never looked back,drainage.

BUT, her that should be obeyed,the misses says in the concret rings they fruit quicker,need less water, again drainage, make more use of the fertillizer?

Talking to a good Thai frind ,to-day looking round his garden,he had some lime trees in concrete tubs I said why to do with drainage he said ,it is a good way to force on limes.

He said about mid December cover the tubs with plastic sheet/ bags, the soil will dry out ,do this for 3 weeks,by then the leaves will have droped,remove the sheeting /bags,feed and water the trees ,they will produce new leaves ,and hopfully fruit,in about April time ,when limes are expencive,I said March ,April it is very hot must be a problem,he said use a sprinkle system and some shade ,my mate has his under a a few trees,dork -kear trees,gives thm a bit of shade.

[samuijimmy]

Potted corn, doing very well, at my local Hydroponic farm... still no sheep bleating yet.... still behind on construction!

Baby Rosemary plants too... I assume it must be in demand at high end Hotels, or why grow so much of it? I think the Thai's would not like it!

[Ron19]

[farmerjo]

My new disc corn seeder

[T_Dog]

The pod appeared 16 weeks (112 days) ago and today the tree fell over. The fruit could probably have stayed on the tree for one more week but they should be okay. Our neighbors said when those little black tails grow out that it is close to being "sauk laew." Going to hang it above the dinner table!

[Dancealot]

Shaggy, cheers to your upcoming reunification.

I whish you and your family all the best and as much luck as you can get. I admire your strenght, passion and commendable dedication.

We'll take good care of FP like always when you're gone. Enjoy and make good use of that wonderful Sony, mate.

Yours sincerely,

DAL

Edited July 9, 2014 by Dancealot

[David48]

^^ That is a truely wonderful photo DASL.

The bananas from both bottom right and left hand corners guide the eye towards the sun.

The contrast in folage between the bananas and the trees.

The '3D' effect by having 4 different layers and an excellent exposure.

(Foreground foliage, bananas, trees and finally the sun)

Somehow you have achieved some backfill lighting on the bananas despite having the light source

(the sun) behind it.

For me ... much to admire in that image ...

[Ron19]

[Ron19]

[shaggy1969]

Shaggy, cheers to your upcoming reunification.

I whish you and your family all the best and as much luck as you can get. I admire your strenght, passion and commendable dedication.

We'll take good care of FP like always when you're gone. Enjoy and make good use of that wonderful Sony, mate.

Yours sincerely,

DAL

Thank You DAL for Your kind thoughts and words.

My time has finally come round again to be with My loved ones.

Will catch up with the all on my return.

Good luck and good health to you all,and hopefully I will bring the rains with me.

Chok Dee

Shaggy

[samuijimmy]

Back road on Samui ... this is one of the better ones that the farmers on the island have to use!

[oldsailor35]

after the eucalyptus were harvested/sold, waited about three weeks then burn-off the leaves/branches left behind

I hired wife's nephew (15) and a group of his high school friends to help, cleared good fire-breaks as (not shown in this pic) the adjoining field had ready-to-harvest sugar owned by b-in-law that would so easily have gone up in flames.

Had never done anything like this before and took advice from b-in-law, waited for a day with the 'right breeze' and slowly burnt it off in strips, boys had rakes and did a great job. Dried eucalyptus burns so fast, and we had a few 'moments' but the boys were on to it.

Afterwards we found one baked snake, and the one missing rake (charred)

after the burn-off, the stumps re-sprout with secondary growth and will be harvested again in 5 years. Rows were ploughed/plowed and fertiliser applied.

You can see how close we were to the sugar in this pic

In Queensland they burn the sugar off before harvesting ?

[Dancealot]

Yesss! Finally Farm Photo's is in our hands...ONCE AGAIN... Moowhahahhaha

Shaggy's away now so I would like to summon you all to make some crazy farm photo's and share them here.

Moowhahahhaha

[David48]

In Queensland they burn the sugar off before harvesting ?

Not in the South-East any more ... all Green harvesting there now (my ex's man is a Cane Farmer).

Up north ... in some places it still could be burnt.

But my info is 5 or 6 years old.

OH ... you still get the ash on your property still now in the SE ... they use the thrash to burn in a Co-Generation Electricity plant.

[Ron19]

In Queensland they burn the sugar off before harvesting ?

Not in the South-East any more ... all Green harvesting there now (my ex's man is a Cane Farmer).

Up north ... in some places it still could be burnt.

But my info is 5 or 6 years old.

OH ... you still get the ash on your property still now in the SE ... they use the thrash to burn in a Co-Generation Electricity plant.

I've been told that the reason farmers are turning away from burning before harvesting is that it has been found that burning lessens the quality of the final product.I imagine that the processers dropped the price paid for burnt cane delivered to the plant and the farmers had to take that into consideration.