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By Jeff on 2 November 2011
A friend in Chiang Mai has been a big help in explaining how to raise rabbits for meat on a small farm. This letter details the trials and tribulations and learning. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค, Latest | Tagged animal feed, compost, forage, gardening, rabbits, vegetables, water hyacinth, weeds
By Jeff on 5 January 2011
Chiang Mai’s first community supported agriculture (CSA) network was born Jan. 4, 2011 when youth from the Mae Tha valley delivered 25 boxes of organic produce to Chiang Mai International School. From the responses so far, the network is off to a good start. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged basket, CSA, health, organic, vegetables
By Les on 27 June 2010
Take care of difficult problems, while they are still easy; Do easy things before they become too hard. read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged Biological pest control, health, herbicides, Integrated Pest Mangement, IPM, organic, pesticides, pests, sprays, vegetables, weeds
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 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 Latest | 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, Farmshops and Resources | 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 Latest | Tagged agroforestry, Ai Seud, basket, dontan, network, new theory agriculture, organic, peanuts, vegetables
By Jeff on 30 January 2010
What do you get when you cross a dozen Kachin environmentalists, a group of northern Thai neighbors and a handful of whacky green people on the farm – a great day of knowledge sharing and food planting! read more
Posted in Farmshops and Resources, Photos / รูปภาพ | Tagged agriculture, compost, dontan, Kachin, new theory agriculture, paddy, permaculture, rice, sheet mulch, SRI, straw, thai, vegetables, water hyacinth, weeds
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 Les on 7 December 2009
CSA baskets are being distributed. It would be good to improve the diversity of produce in them, so we need to get fast yielding annual vegetables in the ground straight away. One of the current issues facing small seedlings and vegetables on the Fair Earth Farm is the damage caused by ducks and chickens. For this reason the obvious place for an immediate start was the fenced area already… read more
Posted in Blog / บล็อค | Tagged annuals, Mulch, straw, vegetables, water hyacinth
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