Had a rare trip down to the farm today. The rice for the most part is doing OK.
We also have 3 fish ponds stocked with various type of fish. One of the Ponds contain Pacu (Blah Jaramet in Thai) a fish native to the Amazon and closely related to the piranha but can grow to 25kg.
Its that time of year again & everybody is busy sowing the rice again. It won’t belong before the countryside turns green again instead of a dusty brown.
We have just sowed this years rice crop in anticipation of the rainy season. This year we bought an automatic seed planter which attaches to a Rot Tai Na or conventional tractor.
The land has also been ploughed & new paddy fields created.
In addition a new pond for irregation has been excavated & a new resort built.
Had a ride out to Ban Daeng (Phibunrak) . The new statues of Budha being built in the temple grounds are nearing completion.
Staues of Budha being built in Ban Daeng
On the way Home via Na Sai one of the new Rice Combines was harvesting a second crop of rice.
Rice Combine at work Near Na Sai
These are becoming a more familiar site & will no doubt lead to less work for the Thai labourers and the inevitable consequences.
Went to the farm Today to check if the chain was OK on my bike since it was not far to go . The rice is looking good tho’ there are some areas that had not been planted – must ask Tim why.
Because everything was lookin good with the bike I carried on for another few hours. On one of the tamac sections I noticed my rear wheel had a distinct wobble to it so I thought it was buckled again. Checking the next day I saw the rear tyre had burst in one section casuing the wobble. I’ve replaced it with one of my old tyres which seems to have corrected the wobble but the rear wheel does not seem to be perfectly round. Will go for a ride to check it out and buy yet another set of tyres. I seem to be going through tyres & tubes at an alarming rate. Also need to replace my water bottles & buy a bike bag.
With the onset of the rains everyone is out planting Rice. The countryside is turning green again and the humidity is starting to drop. The only down side is the Red Din roads are starting to churn up.
With our rice harvest in – It is being further dried again ready for packing into sacks and storing until required.
Rice Drying
The Rice crop is in 180 Sacks of Rice of 19 Rai , Tims Parents had 40 Sacks, 5 for her Aunty, 5 for the threshing mashine leaving us with 130 sacks – and nowhere to store them at the moment .
They are still in their Husk and isn’t hulled until just before its used so it preserves longer
