Last weekend we went exploring.
We discovered a pretty little town up in the mountains called Om Koi. At 1000 metres high the climate is wonderful.
This orange vine-yet to be named- grows rampantly all over the town. I love it.
Lots of flowers grown in the area for the cut flower market because of the great climate. Also coffee, grapes and many veges that supply the markets on the low lands.
One of the villages was harvesting cabbages. The motor cycle guys delivered the cabbages from the villages to the main road. From here they got loaded onto the back of a pickup truck and ferried down the mountain to a depot where they got loaded onto huge trucks and taken to their final market.
One morning we woke to temps of 5'C. a little chilly.This fire was going at the guest house to warm us up.
There are lots of Karen and Lisu hilltribes in the area. Here the Lisu have a vege market happening.
Lots of cool weather veges that are hard to grow at lower altitudes.
Back home we had another visit with Bodge. His rice is harvested and in storage.
We were lucky to be given some brown jasmine rice He has several varieties in storage including red sticky rice, mountain rice and the above mentioned jasmine.
Here we are helping him put some jasmine rice though the hulling machine.
His garden has lots of lettuce,kale,egg plant, edible morning glory etc on the go.
Here is a fresh compost pile ready to do its thing.
Finally I was so lucky to get given this beautiful orchid plant for New Year.
We discovered a pretty little town up in the mountains called Om Koi. At 1000 metres high the climate is wonderful.
This orange vine-yet to be named- grows rampantly all over the town. I love it.
Lots of flowers grown in the area for the cut flower market because of the great climate. Also coffee, grapes and many veges that supply the markets on the low lands.
One of the villages was harvesting cabbages. The motor cycle guys delivered the cabbages from the villages to the main road. From here they got loaded onto the back of a pickup truck and ferried down the mountain to a depot where they got loaded onto huge trucks and taken to their final market.
One morning we woke to temps of 5'C. a little chilly.This fire was going at the guest house to warm us up.
There are lots of Karen and Lisu hilltribes in the area. Here the Lisu have a vege market happening.
Lots of cool weather veges that are hard to grow at lower altitudes.
Back home we had another visit with Bodge. His rice is harvested and in storage.
We were lucky to be given some brown jasmine rice He has several varieties in storage including red sticky rice, mountain rice and the above mentioned jasmine.
Here we are helping him put some jasmine rice though the hulling machine.
His garden has lots of lettuce,kale,egg plant, edible morning glory etc on the go.
Here is a fresh compost pile ready to do its thing.
Finally I was so lucky to get given this beautiful orchid plant for New Year.
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