By Les on 1 June 2010
Although we are halfway through the calendar year, for plants it is the start of a new year as the wet season slowly brings its life giving rain. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged annuals, compost, ducks, Genetically modified crops, pests, seed saving, sheet mulch, vegetables
By Jeff on 30 March 2010
พายุลูกเห็บที่บ้านดอนตัน
The Build Up to the monsoon season in northern Thailand starts in March and April, with thunderstorms and sometimes hail. This evening, we got a bit of both.
ฤดูลมมรสุมทางภาคเหนือของประเทศไทยนั้นมักจะเกิดขึ้นอย่างรุนแรงในช่วงเดือนมีนาคม – เมษายน ทำให้มีพายุฝนฟ้าคะนองและอาจเกิดลูกเห็บได้ ซึ่งในวันนี้ทางเราเองก็เจอไปทั้งสองอย่าง ทำให้ผลผลิตในสวนเสียหายไปบ้าง read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged ducks, rice, weather
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 Latest | Tagged Ai Seud, basket, CSA, dontan, ducks, herbicides, network, pesticides, rice, sheet mulch
By Les on 3 March 2010
Permaculture acknowledges a basic life ethic, which recognises the intrinsic worth of every living thing. It strives to take a benevolent approach, restoring habitat and allowing all things their place. The creation of refuge is one way to achieve this aim and increase yield at the same time.
การเกษตรแบบ permaculture ให้ความสำคัญกับหลักการดำเนินชีวิตแบบเรียบง่ายที่ยอมรับในคุณค่าของทุกชีวิต จากการที่มันเป็นระบบที่เป็นมิตรที่ดีต่อสิ่งแวดล้อมรอบด้าน ในด้านหนึ่งจึงเท่ากับเป็นการฟื้นฟูที่อยู่อาศัยของชีวิตต่าง ๆ ไปด้วย ซึ่งการสร้างที่อยู่ให้ชีวิตเหล่านี้นอกจากจะเป็นทางหนึ่งในการบรรลุจุดประสงค์ดังกล่าวแล้วยังเป็นการช่วยเพิ่มผลผลิตได้ในเวลาเดียวกันด้วย read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged ducks, ethics, habitat, Mollison, paddy, permaculture, refuge, rice, water hyacinth
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, Farmshops and Resources | Tagged agroforestry, Ai Seud, compost, dontan, ducks, gardening, herbicides, Mulch, organic, permaculture, sheet mulch, straw, vegetables, water hyacinth
By Jeff on 27 January 2010
There’s a new friend in your basket this week: the edible chrysanthemum. Enjoy it, but don’t get too friendly with it, for it won’t be around for long. read more
Posted in Latest | Tagged basket, ducks, health, paddy, rice harvest, 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 Latest | Tagged agroforestry, Ai Seud, basket, Chiang Dao, CSA, Dara-Ang, ducks, health, Palaung, peanuts, pesticides, rice, rice harvest
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 Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged Ai Seud, basket, ducks, pesticides, pests, rice field
By Les on 14 November 2009
‘You don’t have a snail problem, you’ve got a duck deficiency’. Bill Mollison.
One of the things I like about permaculture is its very positive approach. Problems can become an asset if we can think outside the square and successfully apply creative thinking.
Sitting by the canal the other day, Jeff and I were visited by a neighbour. Jeff had pulled out a large pond snail (Pomacea
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged ducks, Mollison, permaculture, pests, rice
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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