hi guys,

a couple of pics of what we have been getting up to here on the pig farm,

we were getting messed about with buyers, saying they had to many,the price was down,ect ect, so i told them all to do one, and said to the wife thats it f££k um, ill build you a shop put it on mamas road frontage and we will sell our own pork,

went to the goverment to get all the paperwork in order, permits ect, just to make sure we are all legal,

and its going great, the best thing i have done, i think i just needed that kick up the ass to get it done, the wife loves it,

we have them slaughterd at a proper slaughter house and get all the paperwork from them too, 300bht and ready in one hour all boned out, great guys they are,

so here is some of the pics i took along the way

the first one is me with the first side i made,as youll see its all sectional made of steel and board that sara wood looking board,

the next is the trial fit up with janet,

steel work for the next side

and a couple of mac my wife in the shop on opening day,

we are up to selling a pig every 2 days now, its going great, if we can get to selling 1 every day happy days,,lol

as you can see i had signs made up also put flyers round on trees and at the garage ect

jake

Great post, Jake! Thanks! The bacon looks great too. Amazing they do the whole pig for B300. I imagine the pig-transportation on the way back is much easier. Haha

Great post, Jake! Thanks! The bacon looks great too. Amazing they do the whole pig for B300. I imagine the pig-transportation on the way back is much easier. Haha

hi dance,

they slaughter and bone it out and cut in into 4ths, back ham, front shoulder amd belly, and loins, all 4 trotters are still on the hock so i cut them off the hock as i like a nice slow roasted hock too, but all the ribs are out, the leg bones out, all i do is cut it up into im not saying joints as we know them,,lol lumps,

the tender loin goes into our freezer as, im sorry, the thai people would not know the difference so i keep them for us, beautiful they are too,

its good mate i wish we had gone down this road years ago,

and the wife loves in, she getts to natter to all the village and her mama every day,

more people are finding her everyday, the school have just started getting at least 5 kilo everyday,

so things hopefully can only get better

jake

Healthy Chilli crop

just for you dance, we have one slaughterd tonight this is how they come back to us, he will sit in an air con room tonight and i will cut him up tomorow, this lets the meat cool down and nice to let it stand better to work with for me,

i havnt took a picture of the head and insides

jake

Good for you Jake!

Why give the money to the middlemen?

Seeing those last pics you posted took me down memory lane,I used to be a butcher at Malton bacon factory!

Wish I had a quid for every pig that I have boned out!

I cannot imagine you giving a pig a good bone out Shaggy. Thought you were more a ladies man?

I cannot imagine you giving a pig a good bone out Shaggy. Thought you were more a ladies man?

Hahaha........I maybe could of phrased that last comment a little better

Sons pigs are going well and are obviously putting on weight 12 days after arriving

Sugarcane off to a good start with the help of a trickle irrigation line underground down each row

Final batch for this winter...

Harvest Day 1...

Harvest day 3

This a section of the Khlong adjoining one of our property's. Back in the flood a couple of years ago,This section broke in a couple of places and

flooded 100's of rai including ours.As you can see,it is being cleaned and deepend and hopefuly won't flood again.

This a section of the Khlong adjoining one of our property's. Back in the flood a couple of years ago,This section broke in a couple of places and

flooded 100's of rai including ours.As you can see,it is being cleaned and deepend and hopefuly won't flood again.

Wow !!! This is really deep...

If this is Chanote... $$$

This a section of the Khlong adjoining one of our property's. Back in the flood a couple of years ago,This section broke in a couple of places including

one with human help and flooded 100's of rai including ours.As you can see,it is being cleaned and deepend and hopefuly won't flood again.

Wow !!! This is really deep...

I estimate that it has been deepened by 4 to 5 meters with hundreds of truck loads being taken off site and dropped off on properties of anyone that wanted it and the rest spread along the top to increase the height of the lip.When it is full during a heavy wet season, a lot of water moves down there as you would Imagine.

Looking back to the earth works at the Khlong on the horizon

Harvest day 6... finish

Betagro's Vet, northern region.