We spent the week this week planting trees. It was quite tiring despite the fact the we didn’t personally have to do any of the actual work. 😉

Praew took the lead here and scoped out the various plant shops around the ring road and chose one. She ordered 14 trees, almost all of them larger than the 2 houses we’ve built so far.

Note on Thai language: the Thai word “thon” (ต้น) just means “tree”. So “thon waa” just means a tree whose Thai name is “waa”. Other than willow and Thai cherry, Praew didn’t know the English name for most of these trees, so I am just transliterating the Thai.

Here are a bunch of pictures from the week…

Bringing in the trees on the back of trucks

The had to carry he willow tree over by hand to plant… no roads there

The lonely willow tree standing on the edge of the pond

Unloading the tree from the truck

A Thai cherry tree in the back yard of BaanMae

A nice view of the lonely willow later in the day

View of the Thai cherry tree from the back balcony

Planting “thon waa” by the parking area

The truck driving back along the narrow path left open to it

This “thon waa” was planted leaning out over the pond

A couple of the big trees are propped up overnight so they can be planted the next day

Driving past the chicken coop is a tight squeeze We actually moved the chicken coop and fence a meter over to fit the bigger trucks

This is our second biggest tree. It is a “thon makkleua” planted in front of BaanRimNaam

Three trees planted by BaanRimNaam. The “thon makkleua” on the right, the smaller “thon sammet” in the middle, and the “thon kankraow” on the left

This is a tall skinny “thon chamuang” planted near by the “thon waa” leaning out over the pond

The front of the land is fully planted with the “thon waa” on the left, a beautiful “thon gabok” as the center tree you see every time you drive in, and three smaller trees planted around BaanMae

From outside the gate you can see the prominence of the large “thon gabok”

Looking up at the Thai cherry tree.

Looking out from the balcony of BaanMae, it is almost solid trees

The dogs really seem to love the base of the “thon gabok”

This one tree on the eastern facing side of BaanMae will hopefully provide shade at sunrise after it grows out to keep the house cool in the morning

 So that’s it. I’ll try to take a walk around the land over the next few days to give you pictures after the tree planting crew cleaned up and everything.