Stargazer
Surin Legend
My Thai wife and I spend half our year away (the hot half). Can anyone comment on the weather May to October this year in Surin? Amount of rain (vs. normal), heat, wind.
Our rice crop is ready for harvest around October 28. Where we are near Rattanaburi, no irrigation canal, it was apparently too dry early, so my brother-in-law pumped water from our lake to get started. Then the rains came, and he was able to top the lake back up (we grow nile tilapia there). We don't really have enough water to support rice in all our fields, as our well only produces about 4-6,000 L/day. We're considering a second well about 400 meters away in hopes of doubling our take. We want to grow a feed crop in the fields off-season to feed several cows, and that will take irrigation.
Our rice crop is ready for harvest around October 28. Where we are near Rattanaburi, no irrigation canal, it was apparently too dry early, so my brother-in-law pumped water from our lake to get started. Then the rains came, and he was able to top the lake back up (we grow nile tilapia there). We don't really have enough water to support rice in all our fields, as our well only produces about 4-6,000 L/day. We're considering a second well about 400 meters away in hopes of doubling our take. We want to grow a feed crop in the fields off-season to feed several cows, and that will take irrigation.