DAL is very excited about the baby's and he feels sad to be abroad while they grow... He would like to be with them when they grow up.

Pop quiz: guess, the baby!

This one is pushing the limits of what could be considered farming

They put in stakes then fill the area inside the stakes with dead branches.

Everyday they come down and feed various things into the branches.

Today it was chicken gut and last time I was there it was bread, there are also baskets of cabbage leaves there presumably to be chucked in as well.

The fish then go to live among the branches and get used to being fed every day.

Then after a time a big net is put round the whole lot trapping the fish inside.

The branches are then removed and the net slowly drawn in to the river bank.

I saw them do the 'pull the net in bit' before and they got a several big baskets of fish of various size and species.

^^ I'm a BIG fan of Fish Farming ...

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This is our next door neighbours Son cutting the dead and problem branches on his rubber trees.

His two faithful companions (my morning coffee buddies) waiting patiently below.

Labour intensive work,but needs to be done.

Looking very Regal

Spray day today.

Off loading at the crack of dawn to get an early start.

This is our next door neighbours Son cutting the dead and problem branches on his rubber trees.

His two faithful companions (my morning coffee buddies) waiting patiently below.

Labour intensive work,but needs to be done.

Looking very Regal

Are they Thai ridgebacks ? I can't see a ridge but coming from somebody who doesn't go soppy over most dogs , they are indeed good looking dogs. They look well cared for.

Are they Thai ridgebacks ? I can't see a ridge but coming from somebody who doesn't go soppy over most dogs , they are indeed good looking dogs. They look well cared for.

Hi xen

Not Ridgebacks mate,although it wouldn't surprise me if there was some RB mixed in their genes somewhere along the line,maybe Thai Dingo also.

1000th post.....

Had to make it in this thread cause you are all so 'special'

Nothing to do with farming, just a smiley photo to wish you all a Happy Xmas, continued success and healthy families.

Lovin' from the south

Are they Thai ridgebacks ? I can't see a ridge but coming from somebody who doesn't go soppy over most dogs , they are indeed good looking dogs. They look well cared for.

Hi xen

Not Ridgebacks mate,although it wouldn't surprise me if there was some RB mixed in their genes somewhere along the line,maybe Thai Dingo also.

I thought of a dingo when I first saw those dogs.

Dairy cow loaded and waiting to go to her new farm.

The long walk through mosquito alley.

Where's your coffee plants?

Regards.

Where's your coffee plants?

Regards.

Ermmmm......Had to do some head scratching there teletiger......been to look at so many rubber farm over the past couple of years.

The coffee plants are at my Uncles farm,the photo above is from the farm (with the quaint shelter and pineapples) next to my next door neighbours farm.

Edited to add photo

Dairy cow loaded and waiting to go to her new farm.

Hopefully not "Old MacDonald's"......

Regards.

Still have a heartbeat Shaggy , great photos mate !

The front and the back are pla duk ponds, on the side is the stream. My customer only have hardly 2 sqm to maneuver doing a turn-about to place the tractor for pumping out the pond water. My heart's pounding, one wrong move is all it takes.....

Phews~*

The daily buffalo feed...

Coffee plant update.(5month old)

The plants appear to be doing ok,not that much difference in height but new leaves are coming through.

The stone building in the back ground is a concrete water holding tank that holds about 20,000 liters of water

which hopefully will be enough to see the plants through the dry spells.The water is pumped from a stream now

but during the drought it turns into only a trickle.

Are they Thai ridgebacks ? I can't see a ridge but coming from somebody who doesn't go soppy over most dogs , they are indeed good looking dogs. They look well cared for.

Hi xen

Not Ridgebacks mate,although it wouldn't surprise me if there was some RB mixed in their genes somewhere along the line,maybe Thai Dingo also.

I thought of a dingo when I first saw those dogs.

Australian Dingo.jpg

Thai Dingo.jpg

I thought of dingo too . Ridgeback and dingo probably derived from similar ancestry and traveled to Oz in the days of the land bridge (or vice versa) before the sea only left the higher ground as Islands .That is why there are so many plants in common between Oz and SE Asia.too .

Roselle

Yet another way of making good use of the vacant spaces between the Rubber trees.

This time it is the work of my Aunt NaNie,she has been growing Roselle alongside the families rubber trees

for the past three years now and today was harvest day.Mrs Shaggy helped with the harvest and kindly took

these photos to share with you all.

Roselle and my Rose

Harvesting the crop

Sun drying the Roselle heads

My little second in command

All photo credits go to my wonderful Mrs Shaggy

Mate (Shags), any thoughts of heading back to Thailand again soon?

Just in-case the tread goes quiet ... as I know it's difficult/impossible

for you to get Internet at the Farm which will upload the magnificent photos!

Mate (Shags), any thoughts of heading back to Thailand again soon?

Just in-case the tread goes quiet ... as I know it's difficult/impossible

for you to get Internet at the Farm which will upload the magnificent photos!

Thankfully I am heading back home next week.

As much as I enjoy TVF and the different forums,whenever I am home

the internet is the last thing on my mind (no disrespect to you guys).

My time with my family is too precious to be using it up sitting behind a computer.

"Just in-case the thread goes quiet" if that happens David then maybe I will need to

re evaluate continuing with posting myself......It may be a good way to judge if it has

run it's length of time or whether people still enjoy posting and looking at the photos.

Mate ... good luck with everything you do there.

You have, I'm sure, the full support of all those who have grown to know you through

either this thread or other postings.

Your lad, Junior, is a world away for you atm and I know the magnet that Family life

can feel like ... that irresistible urge to return and unite ... plus the joys of living the

Farm life in Thailand.

Enjoy, good luck ... and as Mr Spock many times famously ...

Live Long and Prosper.

p.s. ... who knows ... you might just return and see this thread cuffing along quite nicely ...

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Nearby coconut plantation