Praew took this picture of the land and house as it got dark. Something about it made me think that this is what it might look like if we began living in the house. I think we are getting close. 🙂
New thatch roofing on the pump sheds
While I designed the pump sheds around the pond out of polycarbonate because it is a lightweight, inexpensice, easy to source, weather proof and versatile material, I always intended to cover it in thatch (spelled จาก in Thai) for aesthetic reasons. After I saw the thatch roof on the chicken coop, I’ve been reminding the…
Pictures of our little rice paddy
K’Tanawat has been experimenting with a small rice paddy on the side of the pond near the pump shed we built. He is using a strain of rice that doesn’t need to be flooded all the time to grow, so it uses a lot less water. Here are some pictures: He just watered it a…
View of pond and BaanRimNaam from balcony
Just for the record, I thought I would take a picture of the pond, the chicken coop and BaanRimNaam (in its current state of development) from the balcony of the first house. It still need more trees and plants, but I am quite pleased with how it is coming along.
A picture of the sunset
We were working on the electrical wiring all day today. Headed home at sunset as the light was fading, and saw a nice sunset on the way out. Just thought I would share it:
Pictures from the land today
I spent some time today checking up on the status of the new solar panel setup, the new house construction, the pond construction, and some of the gardening. Praew took some nice pictures on her phone that I figured I would share:
Edible plant pictures
Today we swung by the land after going shopping at Villa just to check up on things. We noticed some nice looking edible plants. In particular, this bush which grows wild on the north side of our pond has some striking orange flowers: The plant is called “the candle bush” (senna alata) and based on…
First crop photos
Today I noticed that some of the first crop of plants that K’Tanawat planted on our land are starting to yield their first crop. So I thought I would share some pictures. The corn is looking really promising: And these papaya plants sprouted on their own from some discarded fruit wastes and we transplanted them…
Pond images: The “micro view”
Most of my pictures and posts are wide views of ponds, houses, construction, etc. I think of these as the “macro views”. But the things on the land that I get the most enjoyment out of are oftentimes the small things that you have to look closely or you will miss them. Today I decided…
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