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!"

My god man !!! I do believe you just slapped my face with a gauntlet.....I will take you up on your challenge Sir (as long as there will be some light refreshments served afterwards)

Joking aside,I really should of emphasized the if in the reply I gave to Davids comment "Just in-case the thread goes quiet" if that happens David then maybe I will need to re evaluate continuing with posting myself.

My reply was semi tongue-in-cheek and semi serious.Tongue in cheek because I am fairly sure that the thread will go on with or without me,and semi serious because I am not sure if the good people of the

farming forum are getting a little bored by my photos, after almost a year of posting them....it can happen

......by the way I am quite partial to a nice piece of Madeira cake and a cup of sweet milky tea after a spot of dueling

A small plot of Thai Basil

Not only is it a wonderful herb......it's flowers are quite pretty also.

At a guess 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.

Hi kickstart

I think you have hit the nail on the head with it being cassava pulp.

Thank you,I am happy you like the photos......always room for a few more kickstart

It would be a empty Som tam without a few papayas !!!

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!"

My god man !!! I do believe you just slapped my face with a gauntlet.....I will take you up on your challenge Sir (as long as there will be some light refreshments served afterwards)

Joking aside,I really should of emphasized the if in the reply I gave to Davids comment "Just in-case the thread goes quiet" if that happens David then maybe I will need to re evaluate continuing with posting myself.

My reply was semi tongue-in-cheek and semi serious.Tongue in cheek because I am fairly sure that the thread will go on with or without me,and semi serious because I am not sure if the good people of the

farming forum are getting a little bored by my photos, after almost a year of posting them....it can happen

......by the way I am quite partial to a nice piece of Madeira cake and a cup of sweet milky tea after a spot of dueling

"milky tea" = another pervert... like my wife

Sugar cane season is in full swing now.

Hey Ron ... or anyone.

What do they do with the Bagasse ?

Locally (Australia) they use it as fuel for the power station or bail it and sell it as mulch.

Hey Ron ... or anyone.

What do they do with the Bagasse ?

Locally (Australia) they use it as fuel for the power station or bail it and sell it as mulch.

This season will be the 2nd seaon the old mill in Uttaradit will have been closed but there is still a massive stockpile at the rear.From time to time,I've seen trucks coming out of there loaded but I don't know where they are taking it or what's it going to be used for.

Always good to ask.

The gentle man in the photo below was selecting some cassava stems as we were walking past his home one day on our way to dropping off the little one at school.

I tried to take his photo without him noticing....but as you can see I failed ,but I was rewarded with a big thumbs up and a smile

On our way back home we went past his home,this time he was busy cutting sawing his cassava stems to his required length.

This was new to me because I have only seen it done with an enep or other big knife and usually cut slanted.Out of curiosty

I asked him why he was using a saw.His reply was that he believed that sawing the stem off square gave a better root spread

when growing and a bigger harvest......He said he was the only one that did it that way in the village and was quite proud......

so proud that he went inside his home and came back with a handful of photos with him and his monster cassava tubers.

Breeding dairy cattle.

Another farm we visited was a dairy cattle breeder.

Mums to be

This building was used purely for the use of holding the cows whilst in gestation.

The farmer happily told us that he had a good percentage of heifers born at the farm.

When the cows gave birth to bullocks they were either raised for beef by himself of sold

off to locals that wanted to raise them themselves.Not as valuable as the heifers but still

good money.

In this building there were castrated bullocks and a couple of heifers awaiting sale.Also a couple of cows that were waiting to come into season.

I think that these two were probably the happiest guys on the farm,they had been selected to become bulls and were allowed to keep their Bully Bits.

"Where is the Rainbow ?

Where is the Pot of Gold ?

Is this my Life ?"

Sincerity comes from the heart , belongs in the heart , and only shared to those who accept it !

200 baht can only buy a day , sincerity can buy a lifetime ...if you can believe .

Thank you for liking this post Fiddlesticks .

I just wonder Why ?

"Where is the Rainbow ?

Where is the Pot of Gold ?

Is this my Life ?"

Sincerity comes from the heart , belongs in the heart , and only shared to those who accept it !

200 baht can only buy a day , sincerity can buy a lifetime ...if you can believe .

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Yea Goompa

"There but for fortune go you or I"

We go together !

Robby , I like your words , thank you !

Not my words Goompa stolen from the Joan Baez song, but I think appropriate when I look around me.

Anyway haw about

Pushed the wrong button

Meant to say; anyway to brighten things up a pair of orange legs.

Fertiliser spreading.

My waiting is finally over and I can happily say that I will be heading home to my loved ones tonight.

I would like to take this opportunity to warmly thank you all for contributing to this thread over the past year.

A very Merry Christmas to you all

and a Happy and prosperous farming New Year

Hopefully see you all next year

^ photo was taken at a crocodile farm........and yes it was a real one

Shaggy

Lucky photo Shaggy .. that old croc makes you look hansum man na!

Pushed the wrong button

Meant to say; anyway to brighten things up a pair of orange legs.

Fertiliser spreading.

orange legs.JPG

Great capture shot Robby , Why the orange legs ?

Fashionista ?

Pushed the wrong button

Meant to say; anyway to brighten things up a pair of orange legs.

Fertiliser spreading.

orange legs.JPG

Great capture shot Robby , Why the orange legs ?

Fashionista ?

They are long boots used by rice farmers allmost skin tight ,so will not come off when stuck in the mud in a rice field,guy near me uses them all the time on his farm.

The sole's are not that thick ,but do prevent some sharp stones going in to you feet ,better than bear feet also, less than 200 bart a pair .

Pushed the wrong button

Meant to say; anyway to brighten things up a pair of orange legs.

Fertiliser spreading.

orange legs.JPG

Great capture shot Robby , Why the orange legs ?

Fashionista ?

They are long boots used by rice farmers allmost skin tight ,so will not come off when stuck in the mud in a rice field,guy near me uses them all the time on his farm.

The sole's are not that thick ,but do prevent some sharp stones going in to you feet ,better than bear feet also, less than 200 bart a pair .

They are also to stop the leaches latching on to you.Perhaps I should wear a pair next time I visit the grand palace.

My waiting is finally over and I can happily say that I will be heading home to my loved ones tonight.

I would like to take this opportunity to warmly thank you all for contributing to this thread over the past year.

A very Merry Christmas to you all

and a Happy and prosperous farming New Year

Hopefully see you all next year

^ photo was taken at a crocodile farm........and yes it was a real one

Shaggy

was it alive?

Nice suitcase.

Neighbors lime orchard

(very hard to get a nice clean shot with a bit of sky in the backgound.Smoke haze has been bad here for around two weeks.Sugar cane harvest ?)

They are long boots used by rice farmers allmost skin tight ,so will not come off when stuck in the mud in a rice field,guy near me uses them all the time on his farm.

The sole's are not that thick ,but do prevent some sharp stones going in to you feet ,better than bear feet also, less than 200 bart a pair .

Indeed, kickstart! They are also usefull against the nasty effect of the ferteliser on the skin.

Sun dipping below the tree line

hi shaggy,

i hope you had a good flight and that all your family are well,

here is a few ducks for you, and janet keeping my chair warm,,lol

take care mate

jake