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…
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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…
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Why a shipping container home? Having bought our land in Trat province we are eager to develop it, build a family homestead and a permaculture food forest. We decided to…
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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…
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Buying Land in Thailand We have just purchased our own piece of land in rural Thailand. On this site that covers over 2 rai we will be starting a new…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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