More cracked nuts!

^ Looks like they are all going nuts over on Samui Jim

A couple more shots of the farmer cutting back his rice crop.

His crop was planted early in expectance of the rains,but they came late this year and his rice grew too long to plant.

He's got to be strong to do that. He looks like a nice guy, Shaggy.

Am not sure if strength is a main facture there DAL,more a question of technique and a good sharp blade.

That sickle type blade he is using goes through the rice seedlings like knife through hot butter.Yes,he is a

friendy guy although his wife was a bit grumpy because I was only taking photos of her husband.

Not had any cows for a while have we?How about a mother with her young?

^ Looks like they are all going nuts over on Samui Jim

A couple more shots of the farmer cutting back his rice crop.

His crop was planted early in expectance of the rains,but they came late this year and his rice grew too long to plant.

He's got to be strong to do that. He looks like a nice guy, Shaggy.

Am not sure if strength is a main facture there DAL,more a question of technique and a good sharp blade.

That sickle type blade he is using goes through the rice seedlings like knife through hot butter.Yes,he is a

friendy guy although his wife was a bit grumpy because I was only taking photos of her husband.

Not had any cows for a while have we?How about a mother with her young?

hi shaggy mate,

that looks so much like a young buffalo,,

Yes..... enough of the corny nut stuff for a while !

new project i started today,

got me thinking as there was a post in the pig farming section about cost od building a pig pen,

so ill cost this, its going to be a 6x3mtr barn, to keep tractor and straw,

but of the front of it there will be a 1.5 mtr x 6 new duck house,

youll see better with the pictures as i go, ill be doing all the work myself, yes i can lay blocks,

got the posts up today and a little of the footings,

didnt want to do to much as there was rain coming,

the posts, sand,cement and stone, with 300 blocks today cost me just under7,000, 6,690,

ill get the roof second hand

ill get the wood for the roof again second hand,

but ill keep you informed just for interest,,

pics from today,

Lucky pigs to get such modern comforts PJ ! ^

These piggies would love to have better a home! Oink!

and the chicken too!

I'm a very good mother I'll have you know !!!

hi shaggy mate,

that looks so much like a young buffalo,,

Hi Jake.

Your spot on mate.

My bad, I made a bit of a cock up last night trying to rush with the uploading of cow and calf photo.

It is a young buffalo mate and as far as I can gather the cow has become it's surrogate mother.

The photo below is of her own young (looks around 1 year?) and the young buffalo.

Good luck with all the building work that you have going on there fella.

Keep us updated when you can, if you would be so kind.Cheers

Dal in the dirt

Dal in the dirt

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Healthy looking Soy Bean crop.

Dal in the dirt

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It's what he does when not clambering over hot rocks!

better put a farm photo here, I'm going to be in trouble!

day 2 update,,

as in pic, but rain stoped play, got all the footings done and started laying blocks when the rain came,

lots of animals watching me,

last weeks project was a fish pond,

and been pruning my shade trees in the garden,

and last but not least, janet fast asleep as i typ and mac wraped up as ive got the aircon on as im hot,,lol

Dal in the dirt

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Sir, Naam: I'm laying flat out in the dirt watching the sun go down in the cabbage fields trying to force a solar burst effect from ground level.

I'm a very good mother I'll have you know !!!

hi shaggy mate,

that looks so much like a young buffalo,,

Hi Jake.

Your spot on mate.

My bad, I made a bit of a cock up last night trying to rush with the uploading of cow and calf photo.

It is a young buffalo mate and as far as I can gather the cow has become it's surrogate mother.

The photo below is of her own young (looks around 1 year?) and the young buffalo.

Good luck with all the building work that you have going on there fella.

Keep us updated when you can, if you would be so kind.Cheers

Looking at her I would say she will be about 3 years old ,and the looks of those teats,she has had a calf,or well in calf.The cow was probable her calf from 2-3 years ago ,being a heifer kept it back for breeding.

Again good photo's

Looking at her I would say she will be about 3 years old ,and the looks of those teats,she has had a calf,or well in calf.The cow was probable her calf from 2-3 years ago ,being a heifer kept it back for breeding.

Again good photo's

Hi kickstart,thank you for your post and the information about the young one.To me when I saw them side by side the mother cow

looked huge compared to her calf,how many years would it take before she is the same size as her mother?

Lam Pao Fishing rafts on an overcast morning.

and anther one later on in the day with a bit of blue sky breaking through.

morning guys,

update number 3, i got rained off yesterday big time,

so i went and got the timbers for the roof,

a funny story to go with this that ive put in the general section,

i went to the timber place, got 20 lengths of 3x2 paid the man 6,720, free delivery

on the way home, we were just about there infact, when macs phones rings, wood man she says, him want to give more money, 1,300bht

so i said tell him ill bring it tomorow as we are nearly home,

she said no, he want to give us back, 1,300bht,

so good things do happen here,

anyway here is todays pic,

mac has told me to stop working as its to hot, plus the blocks are wet through,

jake

Anyone happen to know what this fruit is?.... leaves look a bit like a Passiflora vine .... I could not get in closer to get better photo of the fruit! ...

It's Gac fruit, Fakeow....Ahem.

One of those "good for health" fruits, that everybody wants to grow......meh, but nobody does. Maybe it's because the seeds, although viable, take 3/6/7/8/ months to finally sprout.

35/40 Baht per kilo, plants last 10+years, you feed them and they will feed you.

Tastes a bit like concentrated tomato. A kilo will get you 5 litres (? depends on your taste) of High vit. C juice. We mix ours with a small bit of honey.

You rarely see it in the Talats because it goes so quick.

It's October here in Chiang Mai, Avocaados are here. Avocaado, gak and honey.....the bomb pink ice cream.

Regards.

@ Ron,no likes on the storm damage photos mate,for obvious reasons.

I truly hope that you manage to salvage some of this years crop.

@ Jimmy,about time we were seeing some of these little chaps mate,are any of the ducks sitting yet?

I've got 20 muskovy eggs in the incubator. Due on the 15th Oct. I'll keep you posted.

What ya got in your pockets Mr Shaggy,anything tasty?

What I love about this picture? That's exactly what porky is saying...

New addition to the family.DSCN4355.JPG

Typical, eyes bigger than your bel....barn....

@ Ron,no likes on the storm damage photos mate,for obvious reasons.

I truly hope that you manage to salvage some of this years crop.

@ Jimmy,about time we were seeing some of these little chaps mate,are any of the ducks sitting yet?

I've got 20 muskovy eggs in the incubator. Due on the 15th Oct. I'll keep you posted.

33/35 days for a Muskovy egg?

Haha.....make that the 29th October

Regards

Nice to see Teletiger, catching up on things!

Buffaloes in the mud pool!

let dry

go and rinse!

Looking at her I would say she will be about 3 years old ,and the looks of those teats,she has had a calf,or well in calf.The cow was probable her calf from 2-3 years ago ,being a heifer kept it back for breeding.

Again good photo's

Hi kickstart,thank you for your post and the information about the young one.To me when I saw them side by side the mother cow

looked huge compared to her calf,how many years would it take before she is the same size as her mother?

Looking at the 2 photos,cow ,calf / heifer, they look the same breed,Indo-Brazilian X Brahman,looking at your photo, at the rings on the horns,I would say she has had no more than 2 calves,you can tell how many calves a cow has had by the rings on her horns, I thought it was an old wifes tale when I first herd that, but they is some truth in it ,when a cow calves she puts all her energy in to providing milk for her calf,and she will lose some body weight ,and the horns stop growing, or grow very slowly,as she puts on more condition the horns start to grow. hence the rings.

When will she be the same size as her mother,job to say if she was feed some concentrate,unlikly, about 1 year, if she has a calf ,and rears it say in 18 mothes -2 years,with the diet they are on,also the breed ,indo -Brazilian are an intensive breed ,not a only grazing the hedge bottoms breed.

PS The misses just said can age a buffalo by the ring on her horns,I would say the jurry is out on that one.

Enough of me back to the exclent photos