Farm Photos

[Ron19]

My favourite Cha om plant supply's what I need on most days for a thai omelete that I have for breakfast.

[David48]

Brother in-laws lime tree absolutley loaded and I've got no idea how many he's taken off already but I know he is

selling them to a sister in-law for her to sell from her shop.

Any information on what price they get for their limes?

How many seasons a year for the fruit?

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[Naam]

i have been thinking and thinking Shaggy. but my pond is not a lake

Hmmmmm,so you have a pond ........ducks like ponds !!!! (as in duck pond)

and it also doesn't have to be very big to make a duck happy.

If I knew where you lived,I would bring a basket of these....leave them on your doorstep,knock on your door and then run away.

I am sure you would love them as your own and give them a good home

He's gonna break DAL....slowly but surely

STOP IT SHAGGY! you are breaking my heart

the pictures remind me of some of the happiest days in

my life when my neighbours called me "the duckfather".

the homeowners association gave me warnings after

warnings and referred to the clause "2 pets only". i told

them "all those with an aquarium should get rid of their

fish except two!" then they threatened to sue me and

my rebuttal was "try me and i am going to bankrupt not

only the association but personally each and every

committee @sshole responsible."

[Naam]

sorry, double posting.

Edited July 8, 2013 by Naam

[Ron19]

Brother in-laws lime tree absolutley loaded and I've got no idea how many he's taken off already but I know he is

selling them to a sister in-law for her to sell from her shop.

Any information on what price they get for their limes?

How many seasons a year for the fruit?

.

Brother in-laws lime tree absolutley loaded and I've got no idea how many he's taken off already but I know he is

selling them to a sister in-law for her to sell from her shop.

Any information on what price they get for their limes?

How many seasons a year for the fruit?

.

I'm told he gets 1 baht per lime and as far as the seasons go,from what I've seen it is only one.I have not seen this tree with as good a crop as it has now.

[Issangeorge]

Here's a picture of my nephew and grandniece enjoying a calve on the farm.

[David48]

Brother in-laws lime tree absolutley loaded and I've got no idea how many he's taken off already but I know he is

selling them to a sister in-law for her to sell from her shop.

Any information on what price they get for their limes?

How many seasons a year for the fruit?.

I'm told he gets 1 baht per lime and as far as the seasons go,from what I've seen it is only one.I have not seen this tree with as good a crop as it has now.

I must admit, I expected a higher price.

I think I'll stick to Prawns!

Cheers Ron19 for coming back with that info ...

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[BookMan]

I'm told he gets 1 baht per lime and as far as the seasons go,from what I've seen it is only one.I have not seen this tree with as good a crop as it has now.

That is about 3.5 cents AUD

The GF and I were down in Thai Town in sydney yesterday. Thai supermarket price for limes $1AUD each

Kaffir leaf $100 Kilo AUD (normally $30kilo)

[Ron19]

I'm told he gets 1 baht per lime and as far as the seasons go,from what I've seen it is only one.I have not seen this tree with as good a crop as it has now.

That is about 3.5 cents AUD

The GF and I were down in Thai Town in sydney yesterday. Thai supermarket price for limes $1AUD each

Kaffir leaf $100 Kilo AUD (normally $30kilo)

You've gotta be kidding surely.

[BookMan]

I'm told he gets 1 baht per lime and as far as the seasons go,from what I've seen it is only one.I have not seen this tree with as good a crop as it has now.

That is about 3.5 cents AUD

The GF and I were down in Thai Town in sydney yesterday. Thai supermarket price for limes $1AUD each

Kaffir leaf $100 Kilo AUD (normally $30kilo)

You've gotta be kidding surely.

I wish I was Ron!

We had to buy 25grams at $2.50. (already used quite a bit today in 'nam tok moo' and 'sup nor mai/bamboo salad' )

Even more horrendously..Coles supemarkets Kaffir leaves works out about $200 a kilo

[xen]

I'm told he gets 1 baht per lime and as far as the seasons go,from what I've seen it is only one.I have not seen this tree with as good a crop as it has now.

That is about 3.5 cents AUD

The GF and I were down in Thai Town in sydney yesterday. Thai supermarket price for limes $1AUD each

Kaffir leaf $100 Kilo AUD (normally $30kilo)

You've gotta be kidding surely.

I wish I was Ron!

We had to buy 25grams at $2.50. (already used quite a bit today in 'nam tok moo' and 'sup nor mai/bamboo salad' )

Even more horrendously..Coles supemarkets Kaffir leaves works out about $200 a kilo

My ex wife still runs a Thai restaurant in Sydney and prices for some fresh ingredients are such that it severely cuts into any profits. It gets cheaper in Flemington markets or out towards Cabramatta but the price of petrol evens out any savings .

[samuijimmy]

You see limes in Tesco for about 2 baht each sometimes, it really make you wonder if they would be worth anyone growing commercially

Speaking of limes, I got my old neighbour kid to do some air layering this afternoon... I accidentally chopped some baby lime plants with my new neighbour so promised I would replace

The secret ingredient ! painted on to the wound...

Bags filled with soil....(not coconut fiber) that surprised me, but he assures me it will work.... and knowing this kid, it will.

Tied securely to the stem! with a torn up T shirt!

One of four he did five months ago... already has a fruit

He says ready in one month... we'll see!

[Dancealot]

Drinking at the farm.

Dog

Cat

Jimmy

That was very cruel,... You won, if it was farm related....Alas..

[shaggy1969]

Here's a picture of my nephew and grandniece enjoying a calve on the farm.

Hi Issangeorge

Thanks for dropping by and sharing your photo.

Lovely shot of the kiddies and calf

[shaggy1969]

Some more farm dogs

[shaggy1969]

Foraging for fresh water whelks

On a good day that bag could be filled.

Boiling the whelks

later they would be chopped into small pieces and sold at the market.

[David48]

Some more farm dogs

Mate ... that's a lovely photo ...

It just speaks to me.

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[IsaanAussie]

sorry, double posting.

No need to apologise Naam. Made me smile to know it is not just here where some people just have to stand up and be counted. Others just have to complain for the sake of it.

[pigeonjake]

hi shaggy,

mac just sent me some pics,, she.s not the best in the world at taking pics,,lol,

thats my dog blackie, hes stop on, he once jumped between me and a snake, hes a bloody good un, my wife thinks hes great because he sits and all the normal things that a western dog will do,,lol

the pigeon is the first weve hatched at our place,

and of course my dudgies, and they have babys in the next, my wife thinks its great having all these babys things shes never seen before,

hope you like jake

[pigeonjake]

hi shaggy,

just got in from nites and mac bless her sent me these,

hope you like

jake

[BookMan]

Foraging for fresh water whelks

On a good day that bag could be filled.

Boiling the whelks

later they would be chopped into small pieces and sold at the market.

What is a 'whelk' shaggy?

[samuijimmy]

Shaggy the duck! The ducks were just given a coconut to eat ... they all went crazy trying to get to it all at once ....

[teletiger]

What is a 'whelk' shaggy?

It's a Welsh Elk Bookman. The Druids (Shaggy's tribe) chop them up and boil them and pretend they are sea food. Not really. Please tell me you guessed.

Regards.

[shaggy1969]

Mate ... that's a lovely photo ...

It just speaks to me.

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Cheers David

That's Beckham in the photo,one of the best farm dogs ever.Very territorial, leader of the pack and tough as old boots.

We hit it off straight away, apart from a couple of warning nips from him on the first day.

He got the message who was boss after I got him by the scruff of the neck and pinned him to the floor...best mates after that.

I remember the night after our wedding party when a pack of dogs came to the farm looking for left overs from the party.

Beckham didn't take to kindly to them being there and so he chased all four of the off the farm and on to the neighbors land.

At some point the other dogs must of realized that they out numbered him and stop fleeing and started to attacked Beckham.

When I saw what was happening I grabbed a hefty length of bamboo and headed out towards them.It must of only taken me a

minute to reach them and swung with all my might at the nearest attacker.....a loud thud followed by an ear piecing yelp made

the other dogs stop what they were doing and run.Leaving me with poor old mauled and heavily bloodied Beckham.

I picked him up and carried him back to the farm.As I was carrying him back to the farm he was looking at me with his sad eyes,

I know that dogs can't talk but his face was saying thanks mate.

Where we lived there was no vet and so we cleaned him and tried to patch him up the best we could.

I stayed with him all that night but was sure that he wouldn't see the next dawn.

Blow m,e the next morning he was up limping around barking at the passing cars,within a couple of days he was back to his old self.

Tough as old boots

[shaggy1969]

hi shaggy,

just got in from nites and mac bless her sent me these,

hope you like

jake

Hi there Jake

Yes mate I do like your photos and many thanks to you and your Missus.

hope all is well with your good self,Mac and little Janet

Do you ever let the birds out Jake or do they stay in their loft all the time?

Edited July 9, 2013 by shaggy1969

[shaggy1969]

What is a 'whelk' shaggy?

It's a Welsh Elk Bookman. The Druids (Shaggy's tribe) chop them up and boil them and pretend they are sea food. Not really. Please tell me you guessed.

Regards.

Bookman.....I think that whelk is the correct name (if not then maybe one of you guy's can give me the correct name)

They are a fresh water snail like thing(photo bottom left)...and they taste like fishy old boots

@ David.....these were the small shrimps nets that I was talking about before,only about 1.5 ft in depth.

[shaggy1969]

Lazy,good for nothing....lovable Marissa

[Dancealot]

Lazy,good for nothing....lovable Marissa

More shirtless men! Thanks Shaggy! I am not the only one anymore, here..

[Dancealot]

Here's on of my village kids excited!

I love it they get excited about basic things instead of I-phones and such.

[David48]

Mate ... that's a lovely photo ...

It just speaks to me.

.

Cheers David

That's Beckham in the photo,one of the best farm dogs ever.Very territorial, leader of the pack and tough as old boots.

We hit it off straight away, apart from a couple of warning nips from him on the first day.

He got the message who was boss after I got him by the scruff of the neck and pinned him to the floor...best mates after that.

I remember the night after our wedding party when a pack of dogs came to the farm looking for left overs from the party.

Beckham didn't take to kindly to them being there and so he chased all four of the off the farm and on to the neighbors land.

At some point the other dogs must of realized that they out numbered him and stop fleeing and started to attacked Beckham.

When I saw what was happening I grabbed a hefty length of bamboo and headed out towards them.It must of only taken me a

minute to reach them and swung with all my might at the nearest attacker.....a loud thud followed by an ear piecing yelp made

the other dogs stop what they were doing and run.Leaving me with poor old mauled and heavily bloodied Beckham.

I picked him up and carried him back to the farm.As I was carrying him back to the farm he was looking at me with his sad eyes,

I know that dogs can't talk but his face was saying thanks mate.

Where we lived there was no vet and so we cleaned him and tried to patch him up the best we could.

I stayed with him all that night but was sure that he wouldn't see the next dawn.

Blow m,e the next morning he was up limping around barking at the passing cars,within a couple of days he was back to his old self.

Tough as old boots

Now I can't decide if I like the photo ... or the story behind the dog more.

The story touched me also.

I never appreciated dogs until I came to Thailand*

But have learnt the usefullness and comradeship you develop with them.

Beckham just seems to have a presence about him which you captured in that photo.

*I resisted the urge to post the hyperlink ... it's a standing joke between shaggy and me ...