as you know im not at home yet, but mac as just sent these,

and shaggy ive bought a new camera for when i get home,,lol, its one of them bridge cameras, im still reading the instructions,,lol,

macs been and bought me a trio of geese, i like a few geese round the place, just got to get them used to me when i get home

keep up the good work lads,, great stuff on this thread

jake

Not long now mate and you will be back with your loved ones.

Thank you to Mac and yourself for sharing them.

Am really happy for you mate,you have achieved a lot this year,Little Janet,what you have done with your home and building up the farm.

It makes all the hard work worthwhile,I couldn't be happier for You and your family.

Nice to have pigs back on the thread as well

A couple more shots of the top soil being turned over at the families rubber tree farm.

ok shaggy, youve got me going now,,lol

heres some more,,lol

the last lot of pigs coming on great, macs going to get another lot on the 23rd,

janet growing strong now,,mac says she big pest,,lol, my god i miss them

mac giving janet a kiss from me,

and i must get mac to sweep them leaves of my lawn,,lol

jake

Don't which is more back-breaking: Planting or harvesting.

Don't which is more back-breaking: Planting or harvesting.

T_Dog,A big hello and a huge thank you

Wow,is an understatement.

Those are awesome photos that you posted of the rice planting.Some of the best I have ever seen.

Not tried harvesting yet,but I can safely say that planting tugs a bit on the old back and hamstrings

Thanks shaggy. Harvesting time is almost here and I'll try to get some new photos then. The people in our village are very hard working at anything they do. Quite a few of these farmers were on our house build crew and when they poured the upper beams, they kept going for over ten hours to make sure it was a continuous pour. Must have been over 50,000 pounds of concrete they hoisted up in buckets that day.

Went out early this morning to get some shots of the sunrise and on the way back took 20 or so shots of these.I've developed a liking for them and feel that they could stand a thread of there own and I may well start one after I take delivery of a new camera if shaggy has no objection as I don't want to take anything away from the farming thread.There is so much diversity in them with the way they are built and also their locations.

Lovely photo there Ron ,

A Gartom / Tiang-naa Thread ?

Thanks shaggy. Harvesting time is almost here and I'll try to get some new photos then. The people in our village are very hard working at anything they do. Quite a few of these farmers were on our house build crew and when they poured the upper beams, they kept going for over ten hours to make sure it was a continuous pour. Must have been over 50,000 pounds of concrete they hoisted up in buckets that day.

Much appreciated T_Dog.....if they are anything like your last post then we are in for a treat

Went out early this morning to get some shots of the sunrise and on the way back took 20 or so shots of these.I've developed a liking for them and feel that they could stand a thread of there own and I may well start one after I take delivery of a new camera if shaggy has no objection as I don't want to take anything away from the farming thread.There is so much diversity in them with the way they are built and also their locations.

YES! Ron, there you go .

It has been an honour to have accompanied you and the dogs on one of your special moning walks...

Here a snap taken on the early morning walks

Almost time to head home.

Another one, it's wonderfull out there.

Almost time to head home.

The clock is ticking, Shaggy.

Soon, mate, very soon.

Hardly a square foot of land not being farmed in these hills where I was riding the other day.

It will soon be time to burn the corn. While I marvel at the industriousness of those who farm these steep slopes, I can’t help but cringe when I think of how they will soon clear these fields.

Phetchabun area.

[edit] This shot has been inspired by you, villagefarang.

Here a snap taken on the early morning walks

It looks different now with the orchids flowering and the ground out to the road and behind filled in with other bits and peices.

Farm Renovation Project 101 Thailand

" If the Pak don't grow and the money don't flow , who you gonna call ? "

CROPBUSTERS !

" If the Pak don't grow and the money don't flow , who you gonna call ? "

CROPBUSTERS !

Farm machinery sales in near Udon Thani

Many new and used items , implements for sale here , just you need a tractor to attach them to .

I liked this one , it was blue .

View from our towns old small temple,looking down onto the ever changing farmland.

Old canoe and fishing rafts on the Lam Pao Dam

Another from paddling the rice fields in Songkhla ... the "old man" gets the sit down paddler to start !

Well, for part of the day anyway!

Young one get's it later... it was pretty drizzly later in the day!

Hey let me just answer a question from Shaggy, yes I have ducks :-)

well let me just say my English is not so good in writing so I use google translate, so if it is not grammatic good, you know why.

this was a snake i got in my fishing net, everybody was scared of it, and only the men wantet to eat it, i did not try it, was very smelly

KBK

i just love the Thais they dont always know all, but they try :-) my mother in law did not know how to spell my name but she tried (Karsten)

KBK

my father in law and his friend cut an old tree up which has been underground for many years into planks, they expect that they can get 30000 THB. I can not remember what they got for it, but there was demand for it.

KBK

Soaking the rice seed... Songkhla

Hello Karsten (KBK)

A big welcome and thank you for your photos.

Ducks ,snake and cake...an interesting mix.

That is the first time I have seen someone cut planks with a chainsaw....pretty impressive