^ oh those darn wires again! Ron!

I am sure things won't go dead around here, whilst Shaggy visits the family! At least he'll have a new set of great photos for months to come!

Mean while, farm produce amongst other things on a truck... ready to sell!

^ oh those darn wires again! Ron!

I am sure things won't go dead around here, whilst Shaggy visits the family! At least he'll have a new set of great photos for months to come!

Mean while, farm produce amongst other things on a truck... ready to sell!

Yes even up here in a rural area it is hard to keep away from them.I felt it was better to leave them in rather than chop the tops off the trees.You would have seen what it is like in bangkok and in fact all over thailand.They are a part of the local scenery where ever you go so I feel that they should be left in and in some cases they make for a picture of their own such as the linesmen walking along them and better them than I.

hi shaggy and all,

well it looks like youll beet me home shaggy, i dont get home till the 24th, i cant wait,

anyway mac has just sent these,

her goose has started sitting her clutch,

janet having a farm bath,,lol,

and the 3 different sizes of our pigs at the moment,

take care all and i dont think any of us will let this thread go quiet,,

its nice to see all the photos from our friends on here,

merry christmas to all,

from the jackson family

^ oh those darn wires again! Ron!

I am sure things won't go dead around here, whilst Shaggy visits the family! At least he'll have a new set of great photos for months to come!

Mean while, farm produce amongst other things on a truck... ready to sell!

Yes even up here in a rural area it is hard to keep away from them.I felt it was better to leave them in rather than chop the tops off the trees.You would have seen what it is like in bangkok and in fact all over thailand.They are a part of the local scenery where ever you go so I feel that they should be left in and in some cases they make for a picture of their own such as the linesmen walking along them and better them than I.

I have no problem keeping the wires out of my shots . . . almost!

^ oh those darn wires again! Ron!

I am sure things won't go dead around here, whilst Shaggy visits the family! At least he'll have a new set of great photos for months to come!

Mean while, farm produce amongst other things on a truck... ready to sell!

Yes even up here in a rural area it is hard to keep away from them.I felt it was better to leave them in rather than chop the tops off the trees.You would have seen what it is like in bangkok and in fact all over thailand.They are a part of the local scenery where ever you go so I feel that they should be left in and in some cases they make for a picture of their own such as the linesmen walking along them and better them than I.

I have no problem keeping the wires out of my shots . . . almost!

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Unlike Jimmy,I dont mind the wires, Ron.

Fiddlesticks, pink wires

@David and Shaggy, last time Shaggy left FP(farm photo's) unattended, it has been cuffing along quite nicely

^ oh those darn wires again! Ron!

I am sure things won't go dead around here, whilst Shaggy visits the family! At least he'll have a new set of great photos for months to come!

Mean while, farm produce amongst other things on a truck... ready to sell!

Yes even up here in a rural area it is hard to keep away from them.I felt it was better to leave them in rather than chop the tops off the trees.You would have seen what it is like in bangkok and in fact all over thailand.They are a part of the local scenery where ever you go so I feel that they should be left in and in some cases they make for a picture of their own such as the linesmen walking along them and better them than I.

I have no problem keeping the wires out of my shots . . . almost!

untitled-49.jpg

Unlike Jimmy,I dont mind the wires, Ron.

Fiddlesticks, pink wires

@David and Shaggy, last time Shaggy left FP(farm photo's) unattended, it has been cuffing along quite nicely

Yeah, if you have to include wires, at least they can be fashionable!

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

Good looking dog Shaggy

OK guys no wires here!

Just a lovely bunch of coconuts~ !

But these kids are looking through the wire fence...

Not far to commute to the office.

Morning coffee......watching the world go by with my buddy.

Making good use of unused farm land.

I have posted a couple of photos before of crops growing between rows of rubber trees.

This time it is the opposite way round,rubber trees growing on the dykes between the rice paddies

.

Morning coffee......watching the world go by with my buddy.

WOW ...

This really speaks to me ...

This is a whopper! 10 kg! I think he said!

Not sure what these were but the first one was over a meter long and quite large.

A load of sugar cane on the way to the mill.

^ Dare I say,.... mine's bigger than yours .....

I'd better change the subject! ...

Some of you may remember that I posted some photos of a young man turning over the top soil

at my families rubbers farm.The young mans father also came to watch his Son working,he asked

me if I would like to have a look at his Son's farm whilst his Son was working.

It was not a very big plot of land....but it sure had a varied mixture of different crops ranging from

cassava,chiles,peanuts,rice,rubber trees,papaya,bananas and sunflowers.

Small scale Isaan dairy farm.

A while ago I found out that there were some dairy farms not too far away from our home.

Coming from a small town in England surrounded by the Yorkshire Dales and having found

memories of my first girlfriend, who's father was a dairy farmer....I just had to go and have

a look for myself.

Milking parlor

Vacuum pumps

Milk churns

And to make milk you of course need cows.

The one in the middle with a broken horn is a bull......so I guess it's not just a dairy farm

A couple of the little ones.

Will have to wait a wee bit longer before they can get any milk out of this one !!!

Mate, that Dairy herd looks in good condition.

What was their feed regime, if you know.

Just pasture fed?

If so ... just grass?

Mate, that Dairy herd looks in good condition.

What was their feed regime, if you know.

Just pasture fed?

If so ... just grass?

There was a small pasture behind the sheltered area but it was not big enough to sustain the herd full time.

The farmer said that he would go and cut grass from the neighbouring fields and when they were milked he

would give additional pellets.Whilst we were there someone pulled up with an Etan full of what looked like

pulped root vegetables of some kind,I can't remember the name of it now.....will ask the boss later

!st shot out of one of my new cameras which is a sony DSC-W730 and will be used as my pocket camera.There is some blurr in it but dont blame it on the camera.I was holding onto a restless dog with the other hand and he was being a real prick.

The second camera is a Sony A58 DSLR and that is expected sometime in the next week.

So, there you were, snapping away, with what in the other hand?

Just sayin'

Regards.

So, there you were, snapping away, with what in the other hand?

Just sayin'

Regards.

A restless rottweiler cross making me cross.

Fixin' the pig pen roof... into its third day...

Best of recycled materials... ... sadly they cannot afford new materials

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.

how dare you Shaggy!

another insult like this and i will demand your appearance sunday morning at dawn in my front garden, reference "heavy sabres (no armour) till blood flows freely!"

Mate, that Dairy herd looks in good condition.

What was their feed regime, if you know.

Just pasture fed?

If so ... just grass?

There was a small pasture behind the sheltered area but it was not big enough to sustain the herd full time.

The farmer said that he would go and cut grass from the neighbouring fields and when they were milked he

would give additional pellets.Whilst we were there someone pulled up with an Etan full of what looked like

pulped root vegetables of some kind,I can't remember the name of it now.....will ask the boss later

At a guss the pulp veg could be cassava waste or "Gut -Mun "in Thai, a crap feed ,but Thai's like it as it is cheap, less than 1 bart/ kg .

It is used a lot round here a pick load will come to your farm with up to 4 ton on board.

Got to say Shaggy, yet again very good photos.

another insult like this and i will demand your appearance sunday morning at dawn in my front garden, reference "heavy sabres (no armour) till blood flows freely!"

"heavy sabres"...?.!

Who 'ya gonna get to lift yours?

Mrs Naam's got a nail appointment that morning.

Regards.

So, there you were, snapping away, with what in the other hand?

Just sayin'

Regards.

He felt happy to share it, TEL.

That's how I see his contribution, anyways. I like it.