Farm Photos

[Ron19]

Can't claim these as my own. (well maybe a little bit) My wife bought a small bag of cherry tomatoes and didn't use them before well past their use by date.So she decided to spread them around a pot and put an inch of soil on top the forgot about them again.When I spotted them there was hundreds of then around 3 inches high so I decided to save some of them and transplanted them to three or four to a pot and threw the rest away.

[pigeonjake]

morning guys,

this is her first photo on here,,

its the farm jack russell, JILL,

typical jack russell wants to be with me all the time, and just looks for trouble to get into, at the moment its chace the cockerals, dosnt bother with the hens as a hen with babies gave her whatfor,

but she will get there, great little dog,

i did have her brother too joe will called him but he passed away from a tristed intestine so the vet said, i dont go much for the vets out here but i was in africa,

and to mix things up we went to the beach last week and this i thought looked really nice, the sun going down through the trees

[pigeonjake]

sod it while im here and in the mood,

here is a raised bed im trying, ive put some potatoes in the farm end, hopeing the straw and shade cloth will keep the soil cool,

[pigeonjake]

the builders came to start work today on the 2 guest rooms im having built,

[pigeonjake]

did you all remember to look at the moon eclipse last night, as you we see we went out out gate and had a look,

[slapout]

the best luck i ever had raising potatoes in/during hot season/country was to place the seed potatoe in a shallow farrow and then cover with chopped straw to a depth of 6 inches or so. air can move thoughout the system to provide cooling especially if you spray with a little water during the heat of the day. granted this is not intended for large volume production but can provide a few good messes just so the taste is not forgotten.

[pigeonjake]

hi slap,

ive had good luck with them grown in earthern pots i think they kept the soil cool,

i had a beautiful boiling of new potatoes when i got back,

im going to see how these go in the hot season, i know they will be better in the cool season, i can try and get a boiling of new pots for christams,

[Dancealot]

[shaggy1969]

Hi there Jake

That's a fine looking dog that you've got there!

Good luck with the building work mate,look forward to watching the progress.

Little Janet is growing quickly mate,she's the spitting image of you.

Sunset and sugarcane flowers.

[pigeonjake]

todays action,

ill take more at the end of the day as they have started doing the steel work for the roof,

[shaggy1969]

Evening shift in the sugarcane fields.

[pigeonjake]

sorry if you think im taking to many pics of this building project, just thought it might be interesting to new members thinking of building, ill give all the costs when complete,

this is how it was left last night, they will finnish the steelwork today, and they have started putting in the cross footings as i typ,

hes a good builder is bum, he also my taxi driver as hes got a mini van too and allways takes and picks me up at the airport, he,ll do anything for you,

anyway, more pics later of how they got on today, the roof sheets are coming tomorow, she didnt have enough at the building shop, its only a small shop, i could go into wangnamyen but i like to use the local one if i can

[pigeonjake]

sorry me again,

as you can see my pigeons are also waiting for the new roof to go on,,

[Ron19]

Off for a day in the rice paddy.

[samuijimmy]

Jack (fruit) has borrowed Jill's skirt ....

[pigeonjake]

this is how they got finnished yesterday,

had a load of soil deliverd for infilling to raise the floor level up, 500bht it cost,

more pics tomorow,

jake

[Ron19]

[pigeonjake]

ron, i really like the pic above, great shot with that sun,

anyway here is the pic of end of play today, all steelwork on the roof done,cross foundations done, and the brown stuff on,

blocks and the roof coming tomorow, coming along great,

[pigeonjake]

morning ron and the other posters,

i saw the sunset this morning ron and thought i would have a go at one of you shots, my wife thinks its beautiful, but im no photographer,,

these are them

[Ron19]

morning ron and the other posters,

i saw the sunset this morning ron and thought i would have a go at one of you shots, my wife thinks its beautiful, but im no photographer,,

these are them

The smoke haze/fog don't make it any easier.You've done well.

[Ron19]

[pigeonjake]

sorry i should of put sun rise,,lol, and ir was morning fog, it looked beautiful i didnt catch it like you could of done, but it was stunning, ill going to have a look at the instructions on my camera,,lol

[pigeonjake]

just popped outside and this is were they are at the end of play today, all roof sheets on just got the ridge tilles to go on,

[Goompa]

I like the sheet style PJ , is that sheeting or tiles , nice profile !

[pigeonjake]

its just the seeting you get from the builder we have the same on our house,

its 1.2 mtrs long you can get 1.5,

[samuijimmy]

Hanky panky .... about to happen in the coconut grove!

[Ron19]

Hanky panky .... about to happen in the coconut grove!

Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky

https://youtu.be/bsgKZb9jQ1s

[Ron19]

ron, i really like the pic above, great shot with that sun,

I'm still learning my self but see if this helps if you want to try it again.

Focal length 28mm

Exposure 1/800 on shutter priority setting

F/ 4.5

ISO100

White Balance Auto

Comes out dark before post processing.

In post processing,I increased the light and then did a little bit of sharpening and that gave me what you see.

I am sure any of the more accomplished posters would be able to improve on that and if you approached any of them that they would be only too happy to help.

[Ron19]

[pigeonjake]

hi guys,

i havnt got round to doing the grafting yet to busy,

but i was telling my wife about it,,

and she said can do many things,

she said can grow veg in banana tree,,,,

i said what,,

she said ill show you tomorow,

well i was down at the pigs,, my wife came and said ill show you about veg in banana,

she got a little stick, made some small holes in the banana trunk and put a cow pat seed in each one, i stood there looking and thought well i never,

today,, they are only growing, ill take some pics when they are bigger,

but i thought what a great idea, keeps them away from the chickens and ducks,

the things you learn here,, like the old saying your never to old to learn, and you never stop learning,

i put this post above in the grafting topic,

well here is a couple of pics of them doing it, i dont believe they are growing but they are, when they get bigger ill take some pics of them,

and jill looking for trouble, she gives our other 2 dogs the run around they cant catch her

anyway this is end of play today, work will stop tomorow for son kran, so i can tidy up a bit,

jake