Making MONEY from my THAILAND farm...💰
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Can we make an income from our 5 acre farm in rural Thailand?...
Join me on my Thailand adventure as I attempt to create a fruit farm on five acres of land, build a house, dig a well for my own water source and install solar panels to become completely off grid!
Watch me generally fumble my way through every process, trying to keep positive and upbeat throughout 🧘♂️
In this exciting video series, I take you along as I transform my 12 rai of land in the heart of Thailand into a flourishing fruit farm! 🌳 From breaking ground to building my dream house, you’ll witness every step of the process-each challenge, triumph, and lesson learned as I strive for a completely off-grid lifestyle!
Why This Adventure Matters
In today’s world, where sustainability and eco-conscious living are more important than ever, this project serves as a practical blueprint for anyone striving for a greener lifestyle in Thailand. Join me as I explore:
Permaculture farming techniques: Learn about sustainable agriculture and how to cultivate diverse fruit varieties within Thailand (kind of)
Eco-friendly housing solutions: Witness the construction of my dream home in Thailand, designed to minimize environmental impact, as well as staying within a realistic budget.
Water conservation methods: See me digging a well for a reliable water source and embracing rainwater harvesting for my farm’s irrigation needs, as well as the absolute joy of distributing this water around the farm through my beloved blue pipes.
Solar energy installation: I’ll dive into the process of installing solar panels in Thailand, ensuring that I harness the sun’s energy to power my entire project!
What You’ll Gain
By following my journey, you’ll gain practical insights and inspiration for your sustainable living ambitions within Thailand and beyond. This series covers:
Step-by-step guides: Detailed breakdowns of each process, from land preparation to setting up renewable energy sources.
Personal experiences: I’ll share not only successes but the hurdles and bumps along the way (lots of them) aiming to keep a positive and encouraging vibe throughout.
Tips and tricks for aspiring homesteaders: Recommendations on resources and common pitfalls to avoid while starting your own sustainable farm in Thailand 🍋
Meet Your Host 🙋♂️
I’m an enthusiastic adventurer and aspiring homesteader with a passion for ecological, off-grid living, and escaping The Matrix in the west. With ZERO background in anything remotely like this, or even the most basic of DIY skills, I aim to empower you with the knowledge to embark on your own sustainable journey in Thailand and elsewhere. 💪
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Plus, here’s what’s coming up next:
Updates on the fruit farm’s growth and yield
Tips for eco-friendly landscaping in Thailand
Advice on integrating animal husbandry into homesteading (probably just hens, but as long as I DON'T listen to my wife, also an elephant and a monkey or two)
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Let’s inspire each other in this venture toward sustainable living in Thailand and beyond.
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I wish you all the best on your farming adventures on you 12 rai less house and ponds.
I have 60 rai of land, tractors, ploughs, harrow, rotavator, trailer, rice thrashing machine etc and still cannot make a profit.
In fact we only farm to give work to the villagers and I concluded that anyone under 50 doesn't want to be a farmer.
I would suggest that you grow food for yourself to eat on your land and sell anything extra at the local market as opposed to looking at it as a revenue stream.
Maybe put some fish in that pond.
I'm a brit that was born and raised in Thailand/Asia. Now that I'm back in the UK, watching these videos always has a nice vibe.
@@henrylifedaily sorry that you have to live in the UK. What a depressing place. I love my home here in Koh Samui. Thailand is the spot to be.
One of my very favorite channels. Always such a peaceful vibe!
We plant our fruit trees on mounds to keep them out of standing water during the rainy season.
Love that river/ canal running through your land. The drone shots are amazing.
Im laughing for a change sitting at home having come across your channel im so happy,having a lazy sunday watching your videos are like a window to your life in Thailand,i can tell your very pleased and proud of all that you have accomplished so far so you should be.I think your life/farm has alot of potential and can only wish you ever success.Have subscribed and will be back traking on watching previous videos.All the best Devon/UK 👍🥭🫒🍆🌶🌴
Great video as always, really looking forward to what you decide to plant and you planting everything
I've started to follow your channel 6 months ago when we decided with my wife to relocate to the countryside...
we already got a big house there on a 12k sqm2 yard, and we also have 50 rai of lands into the village, just 3 minutes from home. We're moving in after Songkran, but I've looked at your video carefully, 'cause it's going to be a discovery for me to live in the countryside all year long...
You're really helpful for those like me who'd like to start this kind of adventure... I can guess that you're located in Nong Bua Lamphu... we're gonna be neighbors as we are moving to Loei, at just 2km from the border of Non Bua Lamphu's province.
Keep going mate, and I wish you all the best.
Another inspirational video
Thanks and keep them coming mate!
Trial and error.
Variety of vegetables/fruits. Variety to see what grows and sells. I would be tempted to have 2 or 3 bits of produce rather than leaning on 1.
I wouldn’t be tempted to put all my eggs in one basket or mango’s in one box.
Best of luck with it. Will be interesting to follow your progress.
I finally subbed I'm the guy from Chanthaburi I have 2 types of mango trees ! variety is called " hoke long " comes once a year old style golden and good size and "choke-a-non" also golden and has 2 crops a year and I also have lemon tree's I smuggled in my bag from the states years ago and they love Thailand I got lemons almost all year and they produce more than we can consume . My wife recommends lemons over mangos because mangos are all over Thailand lemons are not and they are the next cool fruit to have and my lemons love water more than mangos but maybe a mix of both and feel it out both take about 4 years to produce maybe sooner with some fertilizer . You could always get my line or email I back in the states for 4 months working i work on ships half a year and Thailand the other half I've tried every business to stop working in the states yet I'm still working in the states !!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody thought:
"Well... We got a drone!"
The same someone:
"Do you think these are too many drone shots?"....
"Naaaaaaaa..."
😂
Every video of you i see since a year back i can say only word- Inspiring...Many of us who have a Thai partner but living overseas are inspired to come back to Thailand and do something similar may be on a smaller scale. I wish you all the best for coming years
Such interesting content brother I look forward to all keep it up ❤❤
Welcome to the farmers club Ben. I'm sure you will have fun making it a working farm.
Nice one 😊 I would love to do similar, I plan to buy a few rai up north or maybe issan, I have a small plot in Samui where I built a mud house but it’s not big enough to grow food. I plan to rent out the place in Samui while living up north on a farm like this 😊 visited Jon Jandai in punpun last year and loved it. Best of luck in your adventures mate
Love everything you're doing and have already achieved. I'm looking to do something similar so to see you do it first is a far less risk taking project for me,so blessings for that. My only concern is the archway leading to the pond and watching you duck underneath it. Please heighten it by 1ft -you won't regret it when your 80. Hope the farming pays off as it's pretty gruelling and time consuming as you already know
Nice Videos Bro, i saw your farm and houses 🏘️ from Northern Thailand. ❤😊
Hi Ben. Love your channel. You might be onto something with the mangos. We have 20 mango trees that produce about 2000 Lbs. of mangos a year. Thai love the elongated sweeter mangos they use for sticky rice. The other more common once tend to go for cattle feed. Another thing about mangos that you may already know, they can be easily graphed with a small branch about the same size.
Just a thought here on your flooding issue. I had our main house area raised 1.5 meters before building. It is an area about 3 rai and it took about 5 days to do but was very affordable. You could raise your mango field and not have to worry so much.
Good luck and enjoy!
Great tips thank you William. We're looking at a few options, we definitely need to raise up the land somehow 🙏🌴
Probably depends how much you want to lay out before you start, you could put them in concrete rings. We have about the same size, we grow fruit and vegetables for ourselves and give stuff away to friends but this year we had an excess of Noi Na which we sold. We didn't make a lot, maybe 20000bt but my wife enjoyed selling them and it paid for my beer for a couple of months 😊.
Ever tried growing papaya? People tell me it needs a lot of water but I've grown from seed in Bangkok and Rayong and had a lot and very big fruit within a year. Other than that mangoes does work but could be 5 years before a good harvest, lesson I learned, don't cut it to make it look nice, just let it grow wild, cut it and you are back to another 5 years before good crop. Hope that helps
Looking good 👍👍
have you considered mangosteen they are a good seller and i would diversify growing 3 or 4 types of fruit as a cash crop on such a small scale your profits will be minimal, perhaps better to grow for your own consumption and sell any extra, again the floods will be a big problem but i would have that big pond full of fish each year and sell off before the floods come, tilapia grow quick and are popular for eating not sure on the price they get at the moment but i'm sure there would be a small profit in them, get someone to throw a net into the pond there will already be some wild fish in there i would of thought, see what's there if anything, thanks for sharing look forward to your mammoth blue pipe adventures cheers
Having land here in Canada, I'm not sure how I could live without my tractor. It's not big, only 40HP, but so versatile. Is it worth an investment in thailand or is it better to get the local or rent a tractor to do your land?
You need to plant your mangoes in pots and plant them out next year.
Subscribed only because of the title, it's my dream to buy a huge plot of land this or next year in Thailand so I can start farming and really living life with some animals, my boy and wife!
Good luck 🙏🌴
Every time I watch your videos mate I just long to go to Thailand and start my new life with my family. Thank you 🙏 keep up the awesome work
Love one chef to another
I am looking to start testing growing Hemp for fibre… look it up! Every 90 days harvesting without chemicals and little water…Love your video’s, looks like me and my wife’s future on her 30 rai farm in Kamphaeng Phet…Jon Jandai is also inspiring and has a seed bank with all kinds of unique variaties to grow
Interesting..we went to a vanilla farm the other week and have you seen how much they are to buy just one dried vanilla pod..also went to a wine vineyard that was good too.there are so many options in Thailand..
Those plastic taps are looking a bit tight, might be worth getting a can of silicone spray from MrDIY and give them all a dose. Will make them last a lot longer in the sun and heat. 😊
get your self a ride on tractor and grow trees in rows and leave space for cross mowing and keep all the grass down or you will be forever employing people to do the grass
Mushrooms and spring onions give a good income.
Hi good idea with the mango tree but if the water does not receed within 10 to 14 days all your mango trees will be dead. I sadly saw the huge amount of mango trees of 20 years plus all dead in the province of Singburi and Utai Thani and Nakhon Sawan décimated during 2011 floods . Another issue why are you not using the cheaper spécial black plastic pipes and perforate them with small red plastic sprinkles? Much cheaper than the bleu pvc pipes and job essily done. In Nong Bua Lamphu can find them in global house or Thai wasadu. I live I. loei and share the same farming passion but on a much smaller scale with a small fish pond too. I wish I could see you and share out expériences, as I live rather close to you in Loei province. Welcome to my place anytime!
Hi Ben and Anna
Wondering what those mangos are that are more profitable ? All your mangos are further on than ours
We were thinking about doing Eucalyptus trees and lemon plus maybe doing rotational crop of tomatoes , pumpkins etc what's your thought on that idea ?
Cheers Gary and Mon 50/50
Watch the YT 'Durian Farmer' in context to his watering system where he's able to water and feed his trees.
I love durian but it stinks like hell.
Mot Ce Dang - Little red ants, love Ferang toes.
Haha yes, we have a load of those mod daeng in the mango trees. Their eggs are a Thai delicacy 😆
I think the risk is worth it. Better to concentrate on a few things that will give a better return than a bunch of "easy" things that require the same amount of work, but less profit.
Waiting 6/7 years for the trees to bare fruit then for them to pay off all the costs preparing the soil , pipes , labour to pick and drive the fruit wont be worth it but at least u will have a nice view and fresh fruit for yourself
Bring on the blue pipe.🙂
I love watching your videos. Wish we see the Mrs. I always worry about you and the dogs walking around your property with flip flops on! PLEASE WATCH WHERE YOU ARE WALKING. You due not want to get bit by a poisonous 🐍!!!!!!! Keep an eye out for the doggy’s too
I love your channel. Can you apply for shares in the company that make your blue pipe?🙂
Sorry to say this but you have nowhere near enough land to be profitable through fruit or vegetables,have you not thought of higher yield products from smaller areas such as crickets etc ,not to sell live but as flour
If I could make 1 suggestion to possible grow as it’s becoming popular in Thailand is finger lines. The Aussie ones. They sell over 1500 thb up to $5000 thb per kg. 😊
We have them, well about 200 at the moment. But, yes it's a growing market. If his land floods, they won't survive long though.
@ maybe my estimate is overpriced lol - I saw someone advertising them for huge money. Yeah good point maybe above flood might be ideal. Tasty little things they are.
Why not raise the land around the entire perimeter of your land? Might be like a big undertaking.. but should spare your entire plot of land from flooding every year :-)
I can tell your most excited about more blue pipe 🤣🤣🤣
Hi there, I saw you have many mangos you should cover them in a paper or plastic bag even a plastic cup…. Or you will get insects burying in to them 😊
Those ants delayed you just enough so that you didn’t tread on the snake 😊
Haha yes
Me and the wife was only wondering what ya was gunna do with that land because it looked so bad lol , it's gunna look great now but 😊👍
WHAT !!
Have you considered avocado trees out of interest? Heard they have a great ROI.
I've planted them a few times and they've never taken. Maybe this soil isn't ideal
@@LifeinThailand777 That's a shame, but please keep up your great vids. Thoroughly enjoy the channel.
@@CricketWebNet avo I have tried too they grow but only bare very little fruit if any , the problem is you need proper grafted trees which are not easy to find .
I think using PE pipe is better than PVC pipe in the farm.
Ben what about pineapples ?
Why have I never seen your wife together in this big, beautiful house? 😮
She just prefers her privacy that's all 🙏🌴
@LifeinThailand777 ah, l got it. Big thanks
I can see a plethora of blue pipe coming…. 😆😆
Plant a few krathom trees
Your comment on certain végétation not being good for anything shows a lack of understanding of the overall importance of organic matter and compost .
To avoid policy mistakes ,loss of effort ,joy and finances ,study more about appropriate gardening/farming . Land being prone to flooding ,especially that close to a river , suggest well selected fruit trees as main and easy crop ,with far less work involved .
Mango trees ,apart from their fruits ,do have an increasing market for their beautiful wood .
Another design would be to create raised beds close to the house ,for enhanced security of your vegetables and under cover of higher growing plants with leaves .
As westerner living in Asia ,as I do since decades , it is of great mutual benefit , if you make an obvious contribution to neighbors and district . Looking at your set up ,following mutual benefit dynamic comes to mind . Create a professional drying facility on your land ,for your own farm goods and for others use .. Despite seemingly ease of use adjacent to your house ,I would build it apart , for it to be used by others as well ,without disturbing you .
That would provide you and others preservation technics for your produce and thereby extended shelf life and income opportunities . Lots of it can be done by DIY and solar power , with sometimes extra electricity drying ,to reach long shelf life dryness % ,which has to be measured properly and each product packed accordingly .
If ,in your area , they still burn plastic trash ( as unfortunately so many do in Asia ) ,you might consider making a DIY plastic trash recycling machine , regaining useable fuel ,or and
new plastic items like roof tiles and so many other items .
For info and free online training check plasticodyssey.org ,a French company ,having fitted out a trawler with many professional plastic recycling machines , traveling the world ,cleaning coast lines ,educating and inspiring locals ,to recycle plastic trash . They provide free online training on the subject and likely free DIY building plans according to needed size .
Be smart ,create mutual benefit dynamic , benefitting environment,locals and yourself
I enjoy "winging it"
Y the huge house Thais live outside in the shade and need very little indoor space ..watching you in such a big empty place ..seems strange a wee bit tbh I'm building in Surin currently and there are many of these huge western style houses dotted about ... Always seem empty and devoid of much activity
Nice land and house ..good luck with farm ..I'm on a working farm also .. hard work 💪❤
I thought farming was one of the forbidden occupations for farang?
Ca I ask, who owns land ? And are u a business? If so , how many people do u employ ? Oh are you Thai?
It's very good to have at least 2 soi/ stray or Thai dogs in your house.
If you treat them good their will reciprocate 100 times. They are pretty good protector and spotter as well. Often times pretty smart coz they survive on their own in the wilds.
This is so crazy "Hobby" because..
we have anything in supermarket.
maybe you making places of tourist attractions >> coffee shop , canteen ,
I am thai. 🤭
Flip flops 🚫
raise the land