Popular Post khwaibah Posted September 11, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) Up about another 6 inchs over night. FL doing maintenance work. Have about 18 inch more room. The paddy to your right has 4000 fish in it. The area in red is where the ramp was and this area will be excavated next year and will increase the capacity about 20%. The blue is fish nursery and you see napier grass. Just infront of the fish nursery pond is 10 meters deep. In the pond she has another 4000 fish and they were JUMPING this morning. Edited September 11, 2019 by khwaibah 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakHamLe Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Nice lake, my wife and I have created something similar but are having issues with too much rain! We are getting a lot of erosion on the banks of our ponds. Any suggestions on plants to grow on the banks to slow or stop erosion? We have put down rice and lemongrass but we need something with deeper roots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lannarebirth Posted September 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2019 1 hour ago, BakHamLe said: Nice lake, my wife and I have created something similar but are having issues with too much rain! We are getting a lot of erosion on the banks of our ponds. Any suggestions on plants to grow on the banks to slow or stop erosion? We have put down rice and lemongrass but we need something with deeper roots "Ya Fek" or King's Grass is a vetiver grass with 2m-3m roots. Very good for erosion control and holding slopes. Thread about it here about 10yrs. ago. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakHamLe Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 8 hours ago, lannarebirth said: "Ya Fek" or King's Grass is a vetiver grass with 2m-3m roots. Very good for erosion control and holding slopes. Thread about it here about 10yrs. ago. Thank you very much for that link, I’m going to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khwaibah Posted January 30, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2020 Time for an update. Water in the pound is holding up excellent. Me bosses project has gone from 12 rai to 17 rai and this pond is irrigating as I post rice, corn, at least 6 kinds of pumpkins, lettuce, tomatoes onions and I can't keep up. She is putting in 2 greenhouses 20mx4mx3m..I think. Our two supervisors. I have salad 3 times a day and it all grown at her dream. BTW she does the cooking.???? Her majesty over looking her domain.???? This is an area that now has corn and pumpkin growing. Nursery Planting rice The green in the upper part is Japanese rice. An arbor on the back side of her future coffee shop. The arbor has pumpkin that will cover the complete frame. These pumpkins I am told are very long... AND The Greenhouse. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerjo Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Your doing well to find workers. I've got 2 ton of gypsum to go out and everyone is busy cutting sugar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
473geo Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Hi kwaibah Enjoying your thread thanks Could you provide an approximate size, cost, and source for your greenhouse please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khwaibah Posted February 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, 473geo said: Hi kwaibah Enjoying your thread thanks Could you provide an approximate size, cost, and source for your greenhouse please GH is about 20mlx4mwx8mt. Just the steel is about 31k. Cover and labour is extra. There are 3 people working on it all locals that do this for their livening. The steel was sourced from GH Surin. Photos from today. Tomorrow should have more. You only see 1 unit as there will be 2 side by side. Each unit has 22 legs which will be set in concrete. This area is the fill from the pond. The green is the rice nursery. Pond is just in back of the pu. The vegetables were all grown by the wife and these were all sold to local restaurants this morning. Black tomatoes. Lettuce and small tomatoes. Pumpkin Edited February 1, 2020 by khwaibah 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
473geo Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Excellent thank you, looking forward to more photos, your information on cost is appreciated, and will be interested in how you cover the frame and ventilate - if appropriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khwaibah Posted February 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2020 Green House 1 frame just went up and GH2 by noon. Had to make Buddha. Had a bottle of Italian white wine as a gift. I had to finish it off at 8:30 this morning.???????? It's up. Jig for making the arches. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 GH2 is up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Just checked out me bosses inspiration about 8 km from us. Grapes and strawberries.???? As she says..fork rice.???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 This is why me boss said FORK rice. It does take work but more profitable. A lot of her product is now heading to a major supermarket with the backing of the DOA. Water is still holding. The green in back is her second crop of organic rice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Hey Crazy Buffalo, how much does your wife charge for a consultation? First class work love to get the low down from her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, IsaanAussie said: Hey Crazy Buffalo, how much does your wife charge for a consultation? First class work love to get the low down from her. Zero on fees.???? Drop by and have a talk.????I prefer Leo.???????? Side note..because of this Corona Beer Flue???? Playing heck getting items from Lazada and they have posted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Her Dream is alive. Me boss just had a meeting with Tops Surin and June 12 I am told is the day. Butternut Squash is just one of many items from her project to go on sell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Brilliant, what a catch as a customer. Your missus is doing everything right. Congratulate her for me. Now the real work will start, keeping up with supply to match demand. Got my fingers crossed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Me boss just sent these to me she is still at Tops's Surin setting up for tomorrow. All products from her project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Good luck tomorrow, the setup looks great. You know there are enough farangs here now to set something up like a CSA community for us as a barter system. Imagine that! Not an ATM card in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 Butternut Squash top 6 Me boss returned last night about 9 pm. Cold pizza for me. She was out the door about 6 this morn and back up to TOPs. She told me they went in the store to check then they went outside. Over 200 people were there including the Surin Gov. She says the inside was a madhouse and they stayed outside. She has just had a phone cal from TOPS and was told EVERYTHING that was putout was sold. That photo above that shows 6 Butternut Squash..she actually had about 50 more that are not shown. TOPs wants all she can grow and are screaming for another load from The Together Farm. She is jumping up and down She did get a polo shirt. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Btw load 4 was yesterday and number 5 today to TOPS Surin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 Load 6 Zee boss took me for a look see at a Farmers Market in Tops Surin this afternoon. I was goob smack by what I saw. I counted over 20 display stalls and a very large fresh cooked food both with local talent. The market area is just inside and takes up at least 75% of the produce area. All produce and fruit are advertised as chemical free and by what I saw majority of it comes from Surin. I only saw two other farangs in the store but about 50 Thais most about the FM side. To me it looks like Tops have hit a grand slam. Wife with red bag stall infront is hers. She grew all you see. Tops even has a Fresh Cooked Food Both with local talent.. 100% local owned Wagyu Beef. AND speaking of local talent...???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Everything is right about this scheme. Collectively the volume needed can be satisfied by a group of small farms. Better quality, more variety and fresher produce on offer and the logistics is local. Since it appears to be direct from farm to store, the prices should benefit both farmer and consumer. Tops will obviously do well, else they wouldn't do it. I hope it succeeds and the concept spreads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 Mushroom project going in as I type. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Straw mushrooms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 36 minutes ago, IsaanAussie said: Straw mushrooms? When I find out I will post. I do know that DOA and TOPS say OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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