By Jeff on 6 March 2010
The collapse of cut flower prices, chemically tainted blood and our last farmshop have compelled a local farmer to overcome his skepticism about organic farming. read more
Posted in Baskets / ผลผลิต | Tagged Ai Seud, basket, CSA, dontan, ducks, herbicides, network, pesticides, rice, sheet mulch
By Jeff on 20 February 2010
The mornings in Chiang Mai lately have been wonderfully cool, but the searing heat of noon suggests that we’re heading toward the… read more
Posted in Baskets / ผลผลิต | Tagged Ai Seud, annuals, basket, compost, gardening, sheet mulch, vegetables, weeds
By Jeff on 9 February 2010
“What’s a duck tractor?”
That was one of the many questions asked and answered at the first Fair Earth Farm community agriculture “farmshop,” supported by the US State Department. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Workshops | Tagged agroforestry, Ai Seud, compost, dontan, ducks, gardening, herbicides, Mulch, organic, permaculture, sheet mulch, straw, vegetables, water hyacinth
By Jeff on 9 February 2010
The baskets are getting rather predictable, and we apologize. The food is good, but the baskets are not as interesting as they could be. This basket comes with a progress report. read more
Posted in Baskets / ผลผลิต | Tagged agroforestry, Ai Seud, basket, dontan, network, new theory agriculture, organic, peanuts, vegetables
By Jeff on 21 January 2010
This week has been all about rice. So, appropriately, and finally (!!), we bring you fresh-milled rice from Fair Earth Farm… read more
Posted in Baskets / ผลผลิต | Tagged agroforestry, Ai Seud, basket, Chiang Dao, CSA, Dara-Ang, ducks, health, Palaung, peanuts, pesticides, rice, rice harvest
By Jeff on 17 January 2010
Ai Seud demonstrates how to open a fresh coconut for drinking. The rest sort of get in the way… read more
Posted in Videos / วีดีโอ | Tagged Ai Seud, basket, coconut, CSA, juice
By Jeff on 3 December 2009
Soymilk! That should be a welcome new addition to the baskets. And there are some fresh veggies from Loong Chan, a potential new grower-member of the CSA. read more
Posted in Baskets / ผลผลิต, Blog / บล็อค | Tagged Ai Seud, basket, ducks, pesticides, pests, rice field
By Jeff on 29 August 2009
From a distance, weeding a rice paddy is a formidable task. The rice looks pretty healthy – green, anyway, and producing new shoots – but the field’s a bit shaggy. There’s a lot more than rice coming up in there. Somebody needs to get in there and deal with it. My farmhand, Ai Seud, is the usual somebody, that being his job. But I need to get into it too… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged Ai Seud, ducks, paddy, rice, weeds
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