Went to the large plantation today with Tim and Bao ( our labourer) . We cleared the weeds from around the tagu trees ( cadamba) and then fertilised and watered them. Also pruned the eucalyptus trees. We started  early and finished by 12 to avoid the main heat of the day.

The lake now has a population of water birds ( approx 100). In thai they are called Nok bpet ( Duck Bird) – I don’t know excacly what species they are as we approached they took off en-mass.