eyes4thais Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I would like to set up a girl in Thailand into farming on a small holding, but have no idea in what. open for suggestions. Pigs, cows, frog, fish, mushrooms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Why don't you ask her what she knows about farming? And even if she really wants to. Besides that, where? Some areas just aren't fit for certain types of farming and excellent for other types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Maybe start with free range pot bellied pigs. We have a couple near our house in Bangsaray and they just wander around munching away in the hedgerows. Appear to be very low maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 My wife's plan is to retire back in Thailand and open up a fish farm. She worked on a fish farm many years ago and believes she knows what is required to be done. We pay off our investment apartment in Australia next year and she says she will buy the land then to start preparing her dream. As this will hopefully cost me nothing I will let her go ahead while I stay out of it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyes4thais Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Maybe start with free range pot bellied pigs. We have a couple near our house in Bangsaray and they just wander around munching away in the hedgerows. Appear to be very low maintenance.Sutuk buriram, yes pigs was my first choice! Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyes4thais Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Sutuk buriram, yes pigs was my first choice!Also frogs, I paid for a well so she has unlimited water! Sent from my VOG-L29 using TapatalkSent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Call me a cynic but with pigs (or anything else) you will pay through the snout... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalliwag Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Friend of mine was a pig farmer in the UK and tried it in Thailand.Didn’t end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 16 hours ago, Jambo said: Maybe start with free range pot bellied pigs. We have a couple near our house in Bangsaray and they just wander around munching away in the hedgerows. Appear to be very low maintenance. I'm a free range pot bellied pig & am very low maintenance,all I need is alcohol & grub. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyes4thais Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 4 hours ago, coxyhog said: I'm a free range pot bellied pig & am very low maintenance,all I need is alcohol & grub. Thanks for the offer, but i will have to decline. You would probably upset the neighbours and end up trying to shag the local Goats! 55555 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathmandu Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Vaguely remember some guy started a thread on one of these forums about dairy farming in Thailand, but could never take a decent photo, so I gave up on the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Kathmandu said: Vaguely remember some guy started a thread on one of these forums about dairy farming in Thailand, but could never take a decent photo, so I gave up on the thread. His cows contracted hoof-and-mouth disease and had to be culled... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Kathmandu said: Vaguely remember some guy started a thread on one of these forums about dairy farming in Thailand, but could never take a decent photo, so I gave up on the thread. VPI78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esco Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Kathmandu said: Vaguely remember some guy started a thread on one of these forums about dairy farming in Thailand, but could never take a decent photo, so I gave up on the thread. A very good thread actually. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Esco said: A very good thread actually. I think Lanzalad (Phil) went out to his farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickrock Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, thegrogmonster said: I think Lanzalad (Phil) went out to his farm. I'm pretty sure thinking allowed went there too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 It's worth saying again, one of if not the best thread I have read on Thai forums over the years. Vp's place is near Loei which is a lovely part of Thailand, very scenic. He knows his stuff for sure, think I am right in saying he has a ranch in the States. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, Smiler said: It's worth saying again, one of if not the best thread I have read on Thai forums over the years. Vp's place is near Loei which is a lovely part of Thailand, very scenic. He knows his stuff for sure, think I am right in saying he has a ranch in the States. Miss seeing that thread. Had it bookmarked when he posted on Shhhh. Too bad he hasn't joined this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: Miss seeing that thread. Had it bookmarked when he posted on Shhhh. Too bad he hasn't joined this forum. He did join but didn't like this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, Smiler said: It's worth saying again, one of if not the best thread I have read on Thai forums over the years. Vp's place is near Loei which is a lovely part of Thailand, very scenic. He knows his stuff for sure, think I am right in saying he has a ranch in the States. He does have a place in Texas and may still be there due to Covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, thegrogmonster said: He did join but didn't like this board. Shame. He posts on PT, but not about his farm. And yes, he's in Texas now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I don't know if you'd make money out of it, but I'd love to see a smallholding that specialises in growing non-Thai chillies. Things like jalapenos, Scotch Bonnets, habaneros, and maybe even the ultra-hot ones like the Carolina Reaper. The Thais might be interested in them, but their cuisine isn't designed for the very hot peppers, so I'm not sure you'd sell many to them. The farang market in Pattaya, Bangkok, Hua Hin, Phuket and so on might be large enough to make it viable, if you could find a way of distributing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 On 1/4/2021 at 1:08 PM, forcebwithu said: Miss seeing that thread. Had it bookmarked when he posted on Shhhh. Too bad he hasn't joined this forum. Used to meet VPI 78 whenever he came to BKK ( not every time ) in Soi Cowboy .. we always used to eat at a place ( sad I forget the name -- really good food .. the guy that owned the place was from New Orleans ( I think )) .. VPI seemed like a real good guy I always had a standing invite to go up to his place ... but, I never found the time .... Man .. that is sad ... if all of his cows died of hoof and mouth disease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 VPI's thread on Pattaya Live was excellent, very informative and regularly updated, his life on his plot was most interesting. Andy and Phil did go to his 'estate' in Loei and I did meet with him at the Pullman Hotel in Khon Kaen together with his wife, my wife and Andy with his wife. I had also met him one time at the Rockhouse on a nice social gathering, seemed a nice guy. Unfortunately I had it on good authority that after I left Pattaya Live the guy had made some remarks about me and my wife that were quite negative. I find this quite unsavoury considering we had met but as I have never logged back in to PL since I left I can not verify what my good friends have told me. A few people who left PL were assassinated online by the usual suspects but I wasn't expecting it from people who I had met in a social setting where nothing but positive vibes seemed the order of the day. Me, I am not too fussed about it as I am unlikely to meet up with these people again but annoyed that my wife could be brought into a topic on a forum with negative comments made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esco Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 10 hours ago, code_slayer_bkk said: Used to meet VPI 78 whenever he came to BKK ( not every time ) in Soi Cowboy .. we always used to eat at a place ( sad I forget the name -- really good food .. the guy that owned the place was from New Orleans ( I think )) .. VPI seemed like a real good guy I always had a standing invite to go up to his place ... but, I never found the time .... Man .. that is sad ... if all of his cows died of hoof and mouth disease Cactus John on Cowboy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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