By Jeff on 22 January 2010
We recently spent half a day with Kru Pratum at her farm. Have a look at Les’s post about the trip or Tu’s Thai blog. Here are a few photos from the farm visit… read more
Posted in Photos / รูปภาพ | Tagged agriculture, Biological pest control, climate change, kru pratum, new theory agriculture, rice, rice field, soil organic matter, straw, thailand
By Les on 21 January 2010
“The Nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself,” Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937.
The converse is also true; by building soil a nation can build itself. People such as national champion farmer Ms. Pratum Suriya who we visited today are nation builders and vital to the future of this or any other country. (She is known as Kru Pratum, or “Teacher Pratum.”)… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged carbon, climate change, compost, herbicides, millipedes, rice field, straw, value added
By Jeff on 4 December 2009
The Fair Earth rice harvest certainly wasn’t finished in a day (partially because we had a few different varieties of rice), but with the help of many friends the rice season finished on a sunny, high note. Here are a few photos of the harvest gang in action… read more
Posted in Photos / รูปภาพ | Tagged agriculture, friends, rice field, rice harvest, thresh
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 14 August 2009
August 14
5.30 a.m.
Annie has started school again. Second grade. To beat traffic, we need to leave home by 6.45. In order to first feed the birds and get in some weeding – not to mention coffee — I need to get up around 5 and be back home not long after 6. It’s still dark at 5, and will only become darker from here on, but… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged ducks, paddy, rice field
By Jeff on 10 August 2009
5.30 p.m.
Manny, the hedgehog, was happily scurrying in the overgrown grass in the ‘lawn.’ I was happy to see that he couldn’t squeeze through the holes in the woven chicken dome used for keeping fighting cocks. I don’t like him spending too much time in his cage, poor fella. Sarah takes him out every morning so he can race around (at hedgehog racing speed) in the yard and… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged Diary, ducks, paddy, rice field
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