Drilling a Water Well in Thailand
Water security was high on our agenda for our homestead, so drilling a water well to provide us with all of ‘God’s Home Brew‘ we will need in the future…
Construction in Thailand – Get Ya Boots On!
The Start of Construction – Groundworks Heading into the rainy season isn’t the best time to start construction in Thailand. Once the heaven’s open up and start to deluge the…
Permaculture, Design, Perception and Punk
If you asked me 5 years ago would I be interested in permaculture and gardening I would have laughed at you. I was living a very different life then. Not…
Types of Orchids in Thailand
Over 1000 Types of Orchids in Thailand There are estimated to be over 1000 types of orchids in Thailand (Gluay Mhai in Thai language). The beautiful, tropical flowers of the…
Growing a Pong Pong Tree from Seed
I discovered a vendor called Lookmai Decor at Asiatique Night Market on the Chao Phraya River selling Pong Pong tree (Cerbera odollam) seeds on a recent visit when my parents were…
Keeping Chickens
One of the reasons we decided to move to our new, larger house was so we could grow more food and start keeping chickens for fresh eggs. We built a…
Let’s Go Bananas!
Who doesn’t like bananas? Probably the world’s favorite fruit grows just about everywhere in Thailand from well-kept gardens to plantations and even on the roadside, their big green leaves waving…
Growing Sunflowers From Seed
Growing sunflowers from seed isn’t the hardest thing you can do in the garden when you have sunshine pretty much guaranteed every day when you live in Thailand. I’ve bought…
