Hey Folks,
Long time lurker, and for years I have enjoyed the various posts here on Teakdoor, but have never contributed. Now that I am living here in Thailand, I thought I'd share a bit as well.
For whatever reason, when I hit my late twenties, I developed an itch for growing vegetables. I grew up in a farming community, but never recall seeing anything but commercial crops such as sugar beats, wheat, etc...being grown. I can remember my great grandfather having a garden, and how incredible everything tasted out of the garden compared to the supermarket.
The second motivation I have for growing veggies is the fact that seemingly, there isn't any good produce to be had. Maybe those of you who are up North have better access to quality "farang" vegetables, but I do not. Furthermore, I have yet to see one god damn tomato worth anything at all!
Here in Thailand, I have no access to soil. My entire yard is concrete, so I had to find another means. I began to research aqua and hydroponics, and that has led me up to where I am now. The beauty of these systems is that they are customizable to your space, require little maintenance, and they produce quite well.
Here are some pictures of my Aquaponics system.
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And my Hydroponic Dutch Bucket Systems (I have 2 of them)
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The birds got ahold of my first large tomato that turned. I leave it on, as they seem to go back to the same fruit, and leave the others alone...for now.
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These are Pink Brandywines and Purple Cherokee. I am currently growing 4 varities of tomatoes, all heirlooms.
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These are just locally sourced pots. I bought 20 of them, for about 150(ish) baht each. I have a worm bin that I feed all my organic scraps. They put out a really nice black soil. That's what I feed these eggplants, which don't seem to mind the Thai weather.
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I am in Pranburi (Near Hua Hin), and I have enough vegetable seeds to last me till I die. If you want to grow something, shoot me a message, I probably have seeds for it. Don't ask me to put them in the mail though, I am super lazy. ha!
Cheers,
Ryan