hi shaggy and other members,

please excuse the drawing ive just done them quick, but its me working to them so i understand them,,lol

this is something how it will be shaggy as you see they will be built in 2s 5 lots giving me 10 farrowing pens should i need them,

the sows waiting will be across the corridor in there own pens,

with the boars housed at the end with a mating pen inbetween them,

youll see on the pics once i get going,,lol

pig pen scan.pdf

rough drawing of pen.pdf

Newly planted Eucalyptus trees on a neighbours property.Not very clear I'll take another shot when they get a little bigger.

why do people use Round Up, when weeds are about to seed!?

Firstly a big thank you to you guys for the welcome back messages.I would be telling fibs if I said that I was glad

to be back and would much rather be back at home with my family....unfortunately love and comfort doesn't put

food on the table,so back to work it is...but your kinds messages helped take the edge off the reality of being back

overseas.

@ Jake I still haven't been able to open the files you posted of your farrowing pens mate.I can't seem to find my

adobe reader.....are there other ways to open the files guys? What are your plans for your gilts/sows whilst they are

in their gestation period mate,will they be separated or group housed?

@ David Yes mate our young un has got some beautiful fair hair,Ole Shaggy must have some pretty potent genes

whizzing around his body....and those captions crack me up.

Here is quite a nice landscape scene that I managed to capture when we were heading back home after a fishing trip on Lam Pao Dam.

Scenery from the farm of a friend I visited in Chumpae.

DASL ... that image 'touches' me ...

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why do people use Round Up, when weeds are about to seed!?

I don't know but I see it all the time.More effective when the plants are young and certainly before they set seed.

Heading home after a hard days work,a couple of beers would go down well. (then again his clothes don't look too dirty)

A couple of bush pigs actually sisters but different owners

Hey Goompa ! , ... Love ya work man .

_{" Damn farangs , all they do is take photos "}

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Butea Superba Kwao Krua Dang Natural Viagra First Two Pictures

Thai Black Ginger again Natures energy booster and Libido increaser 3rd Picture Growing

Scenery in Na Haeo Province 4th Picture

Moringa Drying in our drying rooms

Local Samui produce!

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Great post br12stol,thank you for sharing your photos with us.

Just been over to have a look at your website,very professional set up you have.

Would recommend anyone that sees you post to head over to your site for a look.

One of our neighbours cleaning the soil from the young rice seedling in preparation for replanting.

My neighbors new watch dog, the two on the porch are worthless.

rice555

If I wasn't super lazy, I would like every picture.

Cattle drive, down Songkhla way!

Keep movin!

This mornings harvest from our plot. ( only a small amount of the Cha-om shown here )

Buffalo yesterday, Pa Daeng, Chanthaburi, about 3km from our home.

I have previously been chased when cycling by one from this herd, it came crashing through the scrub, fortunately making enough noise to give me warning and i set a new personal best for the next 150m, and heart took some time to calm down.

They can be quite quick over short distance.

I had a bright orange cycling shirt on that day, since known as my 'buffalo shirt'

We are on this road frequently - main road to the coast/beaches, and I'm always on the lookout, just in case

Yesterday 18 of them had left their field and were both sides of the road, and few on the road as well. I waited till a few cars were there and went through 'sheltered' by a pickup truck.

photo from a moving cycle

Charlotte...

Tobacco fields

Haven't noticed this method of planting before. They carry a tray of seedlings,pick the individual seedlings out then just throw them into the mud.

shaggy sorry im late getting back to you,

the sows waiting will be in the own pens, not in crates just a 2x3mter pen,

ive been doing a little of this while ive been in the uk, didnt i suffer lol

me bowling and me batting,,

it was a charity game and a few new jake was back in town and being an old gainsborough cricketer they said hell play,,,

so the old fool did,,lol, but i enjoyed it was a good day,

im home on the 25th for a few weeks, then of to work, so ill take some pics of the farm when i get back,.

jake

@ Jake Cheers for the reply mate and personally am happy to hear that your mums to be are in pens and not crates.

Love the action shots of your as well,you could say that they bowled me over

@ Ron That's a new one for me also mate never seen that done before.Saves on the old back and knees.