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    Where do you get barley straw in Thailand?
    Would rice straw do?
    Does it have to be dry straw?
    How long in the water?
    Why does it remove algea?

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    It just does.

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    Thank you, I will try to adapt to my situation. I feel like buying some peroxyde for immediate results, since this is what the straw exudes while rotting... But I certainly will get some rice straw and make rafts of it, let them float around, see what happens.

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    There is nothing in your bog filter, there's part of the problem.

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    Get a UV light OM, cut a section from the pump and glue it in place. Have the your electrician wire it in (WITH A GOOD GROUND).

    We went over this months ago....

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    Up North, hale struck! The second day in a row, some golf ball size hale broke holes in roofs in our area. The local government has been distributing new tiles to people. My workers left Chiang Mai to work on this.
    We estimate that they will come back in one week, at the same time as the kids who will go back to school.
    The tiles on the japanese house are not scratched, but one roof, an employee's house has been damaged, we got 40 tiles.
    The pig house's roof has holes in it but the local authorithy refuses to help : there is no number assigned to this building. He has been rude to my wife, body language is very clear, and I saw him being rude to another Lisu woman in the same situation, accusing her to have climbed on her roof to use a broomstick to break holes in the tiles...
    Lisus a very badly treated by Thais, for them, they are cheap labor and can be shown no respect without consequence.
    Every time I witness this, I understand her better when she insists that our children study hard and get diplomas, the only way to get out from under. I'm also afraid that the Thais will find themselves in lots of troubles when ASEAN opens borders in a couple of years and they have to compete with Vietnamese, Burmese and others with a good functioning education system, a good knowledge of english, salable skills and a vision of the future. Snobism will come back to them like a boomerang.
    Our kids all go to chinese school on weekends, and I will give them more courses in english language.
    I think that a lot of ice falling from the sky, plus daily rain and cooler temperature have killed lots of the algea present, with hundreds of leaves fallenfrom the surrounding rubber trees.
    So, first water turned brown, I was afraid to have to empty the pool and replace the water. Then I kept vacuuming it. The dead algea is almost all gone after four days, the water is returning to green, and I've introduced rice straw in the pool. I will give it time.
    Because I insisted, my wife will go get new plants to put in the filter.
    I used to change the water from my aquariums every 3 months, and it worked beautifully...

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    Thanks for the update.

    Your comments about Thais and ASEAN are interesting. In many ways, Thais are going to get a rude awakening. Where are the top-performing Thai engineers, doctors, teachers (choose any area of work) going to go? Speaking generally, few remain here in Isan at the moment, but they go where they can maximise their employment prospects. This usually means they go to Bangkok or Chonburi, unless they are fortunate to land an overseas opportunity. I assume the start of ASEAN will expand the scope of employment for these people, bringing Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, etc into consideration. What does this leave for Thailand?

    I don't think your comments about how Thais treat others is confined to people of Lisu origin. I feel that generally the people in positions of authority (local government and government workers generally) treat their own very badly, showing little respect for farmers, the poor, and the disabled. Regarding the introduction of ASEAN, I don't such treatment will change in the short-term.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Monkey
    So, first water turned brown, I was afraid to have to empty the pool and replace the water. Then I kept vacuuming it. The dead algea is almost all gone after four days, the water is returning to green, and I've introduced rice straw in the pool. I will give it time.
    hard work without chemicals, but worth it

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    We are going to miss one feature of our vision, an important one. I called it the "soul" of the farm. Now I don't know what to think. This happenned at the same time with another giant in front of my house in Quebec.
    It came in flower last spring.
    It had a huge wasp nest on the very top
    It was present in our every day life

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    It's one of those resinous trees that you burn with fire and it exudes a resin used to waterproof boats and baskets

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    Big wind, before a hale storm, broke the ancester and brought it down

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    It exploded, it had no heart. Empty in the middle

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    We got permission to recuperate the wood for furniture making, and wood ceilings in Chiang Mai.
    An electric chainsaw requires a generator, this one is rented
    The pieces are heavy

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    In storage until used

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    Great job!

    Nice to see a house like this go up stage by stage in the countryside. After i finish my bungalow in the city i shall be building on a rai of land 'in the middle of nowhere' North of Korat, so interesting to see how they are doing it.

    Well done and can't wait to see more

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    Great thread, followed it all the way thru. House and pool looking good. Shame the tree came down but will be put to good use.

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    Such a big tree, such a small stack of wood. We live in a world of illusions!

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    Still a few days to the summer break fot the kids. Peanuts are so good...Samoye can catch them with his mouth like he had spent a whole life in a bar!

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    Before 2014, I intend to offer interested people to come and share my paradise. First, I will rent rooms in the big house, after a few renovations, fan in each room, hot water heater in bathrooms, and repainting.
    Usage of the pool.
    Weekly transportation to Chiang Mai, and 2 rooms there.
    Healthy vegetables will be grown and cooked here, organic fruits in season, and some meals every week at local very good restaurants. We already grow rice, extract oil and produce pork, chicken and fish.
    My questions are many.
    Price for room and board, monthly.
    Things one can't live without.
    Your suggestions are welcome.

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    How are you guys? I'm leaving for France next monday, the 25th of November. Will arrive in Chiang Mai on the 15th of December.
    Hope to accomplish in France what I did in Quebec these last 5 months.
    When I had left and the kids too, my wife, seeing that it was rainy season, decided to throw in fish! 1000 tilapias and 1000 catfish in the pool!
    Now they are about one pound each, maybe one kg when I get there...
    I will empty the pool, move the fish, clean the tiles, and refill with clean water.
    Last edited by Old Monkey; 23-11-2013 at 10:53 AM.

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    We added two bedrooms to the house in Chiang Mai, repainted and redid the big house on the farm and we will do a web site to find people for long stays. Starting in January. I will post photos.
    More flowers in the filter, and sun collectors for the pumps, electricity is not cheap in Thailand!

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    ^ cheaper than in Australia.

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    Great to see you posting again. I've missed this thread.
    Really looking forward to some new pics.
    Especially of the new, super expensive fish pond.

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    This was one ripper of a thread - you are a wise old monkey.

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    Thank you! I wrote a book this year, in french, so sorry.
    It tells my story from birth till I was 33, when I got crucified by a city.
    I will have to write about being reborn and living a few more lives. A new carreer maybe as a writer.
    Cuba has adopted moringa, I went to see, 25 000 hectares have been planted, i'm "El Papa del moringa" over there.
    I went there this month and saw the rice we had sent there 3 years ago, hectares of it. They called it "arroz de Clemente" and they like it so much that they eat it alone, without any thing else, so delicious.
    I introduced biochar this year, but I scewed up, thinking that they had 45 gal drums as easily as we do, which is NOT the case. I hope that they understood the principles and adapted the method. These people, Cubans, are so admirable and educated, I'm optimistic.
    3 weeks of work in France, and I will be back in paradise, see my kids. I miss them most.

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