CHIANG MAI
Fair Earth Farm
July 2009

groundbreaking ceremony for the Rutherford's new house out at Fair Earth Farm, Mae Rim
preparing the set the 'sao ek', compete with banana and coconut offerings attached

preparing the offering

setting the posts

giving the blessing

Annie pours the first concrete foundation

Jeff and Annie pouring the cement foundation

Annie getting a blessing

the secret Huay Tung Tao waterfall

Corey admiring the falls

view of Huay Tung Tao reservoir on the way down...

Huay Tung Tao reservoir

spirit shrine behind Fair Earth Farm

Farmer Jeff showing off an agroforest plot of taro, pineapple, rattan, etc..

the paddy

looking over the paddy back to the agroforest zone

the pond

along the irrigation canal

spreading rice husk before plowing

view of misty Doi Suthep behind the rental house in Thung Kao Nao village



bad panda!


out on the town...