Hi Shaggy,

I'm in the Philippines at the moment, back at the farm in a weeks time. I'll post some better pics when I get home.

Yes they are whoppers and completely organic, no fertilizers or pesticides used.

Love your photos man...

Progress? I used to enjoy cycling along this dirt road, bouncing along the ruts and puddles; in last 2 weeks it's been transformed - grader-ed, now looks like next step will be a sealed road. Maybe she feeds them sometimes, but this old lady had her following today of five dogs

after rain Monday and Tuesday - lots of it - Wednesday and sunshine, happy to be out pedaling again

the engines used to drive these aerators can be very noisy, amazed how often they are near the owner's house, maybe like living on a highway they get used to the constant noise.

Bogged again,time for a beer.

C360_2014-09-03-15-45-51-594.jpgBogged again,time for a beer.

Looking at that I think you would need a few crates of beer before you can work that piece of land again ,looks a bit on the the sticky side.

PS is that roll cage home made? looks substantial.

C360_2014-09-03-15-45-51-594.jpgBogged again,time for a beer.

Looking at that I think you would need a few crates of beer before you can work that piece of land again ,looks a bit on the the sticky side.

PS is that roll cage home made? looks substantial.

The roll cage came standard with the tractor.

Your right will be next year to sort that piece of land out.

Was bored and you know whats happens when your bored,you do silly things.

Current state of my wife's new venture, a sugarcane and cassava buying station. I plan on doing a start to finish album on Facebook when she starts operating. If anyone's interested I'll post it here also. Although not strictly farming it is an integral part of the local farming scene. Personally, I find it fascinating.

Current state of my wife's new venture, a sugarcane and cassava buying station. I plan on doing a start to finish album on Facebook when she starts operating. If anyone's interested I'll post it here also. Although not strictly farming it is an integral part of the local farming scene. Personally, I find it fascinating.

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Looks good,so what do you need?.

X amount of rai,unloading and loading equipment,trucks to transfer to?

Can you post this on how much can i make from a rai thread please,very interesting.

I've seen these popping up everywhere around me.

Rubber plantation Samui.

Another Coconut husking place Samui!

1002 ..... 1003 ... thousands more to go!

Drove wifey back to the farm where she grew up.

Here she is, re-establishing her roots:

Reed farming - stopped at the Mat Centre yesterday - but it was lunchtime - eating rather than working!

Reeds on a nearby property

Bang Sra Kao Mat Art Centre, amphur Laem Sing

Approx 10km south of Chanthaburi city, towards Laem Sing town/coast. The geography of the seaside plain with several canals flowing through renders the place highly suitable for agriculture which is the major source of income for most of the 530 families in 5 villages living on more than 5000 acres of land.

Apart from its farms producing rice, fibre plants, shrimp, fish and fruits, the village is famous for its cottage industry of mat-making from reeds.

The ‘Chantaboon mat’ has become a representative product of the province. Visitors can observe the work in progress and shop for Bang Sra Kao mats and other products made of reed for souvenirs, as well as purchase processed food.

looks like youve got a langing strip there dance,,lol

Digging and cleaning Taro for market

I can't seen this little rig getting all that they have harvested so far onto one load

out of likes for now^

oh no! ..... more coconuts... different location!

... better get cracking!

Special one for Ron King of the Etans (and Sala's)

Not sure which way to go but I lean this way.

After this night it finally gave up on us.

good afternoon all,

mac and myself have just got back from fetching this little lot of rascals,,

and a good lot they are too,,and im still getting them from 1000bht to 1300, depending on size, 26 of these were 1000 and 4 were 1200, there was a further 12 at 1200 i was going to have them all, BUT there was a little old thai lady that wanted some, so being the old fool i let her take the other 12,,

we are going back on wednesday to pick up 5 young gilts for breeding,, coloured ones, pics to follow,

take care all

jake

... better get cracking!

Someone has got on it and is doing a cracking job ...

Getting into the wing of things.

For me ... another classic photo.

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Pigs eat meat and undoubtedly had thoughts of a duckling lunch.

morning guys,

shaggy,, can i just tell a little story that happend last night,?

well here goes and please bare with my spelling and gramer, im better at telling a story then writing the bloody thing down,

well as you know we got them new piglets,

we were laid there watching tv at about 7pm, i said im going to have a cigerette, so outside i go, to be met by a piglet out being chased by a dog, not ours, with our dog trying to bite this stray dog,

im shouting for mac to undo the gate as they had run up the side of our house and into a paddy thats at the back of our house,

mac comes running out opens the gate, we both go running to were ide last sean the pig, the dog by this time had been chased of by our dog,

i said its gone up the side of our fence along the paddy, then i saw it i said there it is, so of runs mac in the paddy and catches it, brings it back to me like a good retriever,

then says to me,,, ILL BE BACK IN A MINUTE IVE SEEN SOME MUSHROOMS GROWING I LIKE TO EAT,,,,and off she goes,,lol

i couldnt believe it, all the running round catching the piglet and she still saw these wild mushrooms,,,lol bloody great,, things that happen here,,

sorry not a pic, but it was funny,

jake

What a woman. Great story and woman, Jake, Thanks!.

morning guys,

shaggy,, can i just tell a little story that happend last night,?

Classic Jake !!!

Top marks to your lass mate.Mac certainly saved your bacon

Just got some new photos of Ma's little fish farm project at the back of our home.

Nets up and has weathered a big storm already,five of the seven tanks have fish in them now.

Num and Junior have been doing well at the market selling the fish,have got almost daily orders

from the noodle shops plus word has got around and people are also coming to our home to buy fish.

Plants and flowers have already started to pop up.....won't be long before it's a flowery jungle the same as the front of our home.

Rice and palm trees.

Have seen more and more people in our area opting to grow Palm trees.

I hope that these ones do well,but to me it looks as though the Palm plants are planted too close together.

Anyone know the proper spacing of the trees?

Just got some new photos of Ma's little fish farm project at the back of our home.

Nets up and has weathered a big storm already,five of the seven tanks have fish in them now.

Num and Junior have been doing well at the market selling the fish,have got almost daily orders

from the noodle shops plus word has got around and people are also coming to our home to buy fish.

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Plants and flowers have already started to pop up.....won't be long before it's a flowery jungle the same as the front of our home.

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Now Shaggy ... you know I will need to know the details of the mini Fish Farm!

What fish have been bought?

What is the Plan?

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