It’s not what you know, it’s who you know
We always knew building our own house would be a daunting task. Our time in Bangkok was always spent in rented accommodation, so if there...
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the1treefarm
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
Taking shape
We’ve still got some work to do around the house and it’s not quite how we’d like it to look, and we’re still surrounded with builders...
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the1treefarm
- Jun 27, 2021
- 2 min
Stormy end to the week
Storm clouds have been looming in the area for the past couple of days - and I’m not talking about our frustration with the building...
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the1treefarm
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
Settling in
After a week of living in our new house we are yet to wake up to the just the sound of the local bird life singing, as we are still...
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the1treefarm
- Jun 20, 2021
- 1 min
A look inside
Most of the inside of the house is finished, and the issues from earlier in the week mainly fixed. There’s a few more days before balcony...
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the1treefarm
- Jun 18, 2021
- 3 min
The significance of Scotland/England Euro games
In a slight change of topic I thought today was a good day to take a look back and think about how we got here. Or more specifically how...
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the1treefarm
- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
When a deadline is not a deadline
If you are reading this and have spent any time in Thailand, what you are about to read will come as no surprise: deadlines here are...
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the1treefarm
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Dreams meet reality
We’re off to sign off on our completed house today. An hour long flight to Khon Kaen, the closest big city with an airport, followed by a...
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the1treefarm
- Jun 10, 2021
- 3 min
Speaking my language
Imagine learning English and getting to a competent level. You've got a bit more than survival skills, but definitely not fluent. You...
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the1treefarm
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
The Final Countdown
Two weeks from today I’ll be able to post from our house in the field drinking a coffee on our balcony after waking up there for the...
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the1treefarm
- May 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Rain Drain
One of the most important things we’ll need to do on our land is harvest water. We need to keep it on the land for as long as possible to...
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the1treefarm
- May 15, 2021
- 2 min
Living on the outside
One of the things we love about where we live now is being able to be outside while at home. We’ve been lucky in Bangkok as the last two...
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the1treefarm
- May 12, 2021
- 1 min
Progress!
Sometimes it’s easier to let pictures tell the story, so here goes. First, thanks to a gift from Scotland. A cracking little picture that...
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the1treefarm
- May 9, 2021
- 1 min
Banking on seeds
In the not too distant future we'll start concentrating on the farm, and that means planting stuff. If you've been reading you'll know...
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the1treefarm
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
Growth and progress
Plants are looking stronger and the house is coming together. Heavy overnight monsoon rains and hot daytime sun are exactly the medicine...
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the1treefarm
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
Plants 1 Pests 0
After some of our trees taking a little bit of a kicking from the local hooligans - the pests - they’ve managed to get themselves...
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the1treefarm
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
The final stretch
By the end of the month our house will be finished. Maybe. We started thinking about this almost a year ago, and it began as the sort of...
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the1treefarm
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Plants, pests and unknown unknowns.
"As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know...
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the1treefarm
- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
Need a little vent
It’s a holiday in Thailand today, and it’s like a practice holiday before the biggest holiday of the year - Songkran, or Thai New Year....
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the1treefarm
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
The One Tree is no more
That’s because we‘ve just planted another 118 trees to join our single eucalyptus!! And at the end of the weekend, standing on our soon...
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