Workaholic British Chef moved to Thailand to start a new life…
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Day to day work on 5 acres of farm in the jungle of northeast Thailand….
Life in Thailand after leaving the UK.
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 🧘♂️
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✅support the farm by becoming a member on our Patreon page. We plant your choice of fruit tree and attach your name to it, so that you can watch it grow over the years. Choose from Mango, Banana, Avacado or Lime trees… just $5
patreon.com/LifeinThailand777
✅our holiday rental villa in Southern Spain, if you’d like a relaxing and peaceful holiday away from the hustle and bustle
abnb.me/t5RcAVwSKub
✅if you’d like to generously buy me a coffee I will love you forever 🥰 www.buymeacoffee.com/benthailanZ
Don't worry, this is the normal Thai speed on construction, the most important is the end result !!!
Stamp the ground hard a few times before entering the jungle, snakes will move away.
Have a nice day 😊🫰❤️🍄☁️
I was weed whacking my little 5 rai farm up here in Samoeng, when I accidentally cut into a Malaysian pit viper, who was waiting for me to put one more step probably. The locals tell me if you don’t get to the hospital within ten minutes, you might lose the limb it bit. Yikes ! Now I keep everything cut short and no places for them to hide. Banana trees are the only place to hide now. I’m careful !
Its great to see landscape surrounding good place to live
Just love your positive vibes.....
Were living out here in rural Thailand too.
Snakes are everywhere. Soon as we moved in maybe a week later woke up to a Python sleeping on the front patio right by the entry door. ( Local snake guy responded).
Have had Vipers coiled around our entry gate and 2 events with Cobras.
Addl. Tarantulas like to frequent the back wall and grass.
Scorpions hiding under anything sitting long periods. And other horrible large spiders that love to move into motor scooters.
Large what we call killer bees enjoy patio furniture so look out.
And something always tries to move into your car or truck AC compartment..
Thats our experiences since moving in our new " palace" 11 months ago..
you always say,thanks for watching,so this time i will say,thank you for sharing,love your stuff 😊
Just enjoy your everyday’s journey of life.
Keep it up. Many people dream to do what you do.
Thanks for the video. Awesome content. Enjoy your day.
It will be amazing when those trees start to fruit. Definitely worth the hard graft. All the best mate👍
Enjoy your content, keep up your good work
5:42 you got that right. From my experience planting it, if you cut the root it grows so much faster than the one that you didn't. Next time try cutting all the root off and compare with the one you just planted.
ignore negativity!
I could'nt believe it but we had to get a man from the village with lots of children to plant our coconuts,as if he plants them we will get lots of coconuts,now we have lots of them,but they are the size of oranges,but delicious,good luck with the project,it will be worth it in the end,regards.
I always plant my coconuts straight up 😅
Looks great mate. Thanks for the vids
2 more weeks to go before I get to plant my own coconuts and papaya! Loving the videos, keep em coming Ben. 👍
Great channel ..great content ..keep it going Ben..
Your place looks beautiful it will be fantastic when it’s done. Good luck buddy
Wellies won’t help with the snakes, those fangs might go through thin rubber. A mother with eggs or babies might even chase you, and remember that baby snake venom is just as potent as adult venom. I love what you’re doing, so keep it up. Great commentary too, very laid back. Cheers, Steve
I love your vlogs keep em rolling mate
You’re so right
I enjoy watching your videos and following your journey to make your life happier each day.
I totally agree with your comments about stepping out of the system created by the government in the UK and other countries.
I wish you and your wife the very best of luck living in Thailand and creating a life of self sufficiency on your farm and a more enjoyable laid back lifestyle then the pressure and hustle and bustle of living in the UK.
Use your savings wisely because the money always runs out and it's not easy to. make money in Thailand as a foreigner.
Patience is an absolute must to a happy life in Thailand so great you have plenty of it. As s suggestion you might want to look at planting some lime trees as they can be expensive in the dry season as the drink a lot of water which you have. Plus Mango can also be expensive at times. Papaya is so easy it is like a 'why not' have a few. A few chickens will give you plenty of eggs. Pretty soon you will be self-sufficient.🙂
Good Luck and enjoy yourself
Keep up the good farm work......like your video's grtz from pattaya jomtien
Good man, keep it up Bro.
Bespoke builds take double the time, even in the UK theres always delays for one off designed builds. And yours is a big house compared to some I have looked at. Your videos are inspiring, especially to myself and my Thai wife of 17 years, who are thinking about leavIng the UK and returning back to Thailand to do the same type of thing you and your wife are doing. Chok dee krup.
I still remember seeing how coconut grew lol crazy
So you were a Chef in the UK Ben,
think ive told u before my trade was a paintor/ Decorator,
but my passion has always cooking going back some forty years
i cook everyday here 50/50 thai/ farang,
learnt a lot about Issan cooking from my wife,
tbf and give her due shes a great chef..
its all good fun at the of the day,
its getting the right ingredients for english food which is a problem at times.
so a lot of comprimise entails !!
i get your drift about daytime work,ive cut up a tree that succombed to the last storm
almost killed me in 40°+ today
be an early night i think.
Cheers
Nice place with all those ponds of universe out of doing organic shrimp or prawns that would be interesting
Very good vid 👌👌👌
Yes Boss!
Property-wise: it's so cool to see how "the slow and laborious process" actually goes quite steadfast, innit!
It is amazing to see how man does what he does day after day, staying on point, on mission, and just gets things done!
You, Sire, are huge huge huge motivation!
From Sofia, Bulgaria, soon CNX, with Respect and Admiration!
p.s.: here's the joke part concerning the temperature.
So the people are procrastinating about the 30 degrees hot weather?
WELL, in Bulgaria this weekend's gonna be extremely hot 30 too - 15C in Saturday, 15C in Sunday. 🤣😂😀
The way I see it, the warm weather is a Blessing!
Thank you for another great video 👍
You're right, it's not a race. Keep doing what you're doing. Everything you put on here gives me food for thought for what I'll do next year. Keep it up!! 👍👍👍👍
You said it! You only build 1 dream house. Get it right and enjoy the process
I read last month that unemployment in Thailand was under 1.5%. It's hard to find good help.
I have just built a house in sakon nakhon jealous going to be another 8 years till retire but like you putting things in place now while I'm still working.
Hi Ben, all you have to think about is that your house will be built and to the standard you want. Don't worry about the bloke that has 3 houses built already, I am air quoting as I'm typing this,😂, has he really emmmm.
Sensible approach to finishing a home in your situation. Love the main floor tiles and the property is looking very stately 😊
You are doing a marvelous job and I applaud you One thing though I think you should put a rail on the outside balcony where the steps go down, only to avoid accidents by falling over But love watching your vlogs Thank you Jeff
Yeah there will be railings, there’s still a fair bit of work left on the house 🙏
Hi, do you think about a irrigation system? Some trees you can bring the water by hand, but for some ray?? It is much easier to set up the system before the plants are established. Like to see the progress on your land and whish you success!
You broke the What naw never with them there lovely hands ha ha ha joking lad another video to keep us old ouldfellas alive grand thanks 😊
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I discovered your channel the other day and I have binge watched quite a few of your videos. I'm trying to watch them in order, then I recived a notification about this video. Oh well, there goes watching in order, 555. You are probably my favourite UA-camr, I'm loving your contenet, and you seem like a really nice genuine down to earth bloke.
I will be retiring in Thailand late this year/early next year. My wife and I have a traditional Thai style house in rural Nakhonayok on about 3 rai. I cant wait to to be living in Thailand and live the slow life, sabai sabai.
Cheers Dave, lovely comment mate
...ya but, you could build three houses in Thailand for what he PAID for ONE! Property is looking good!
could you do a video on what your long term goals are?
I've said it before I love these farming and land video's about rural living and ponds and fish, keep well fella top notch 👍🙏👍
I'm definitely looking forward to some 31 degree days. Thought this relentless heat was over with a few days of rain but it's continued just as hard as April
that's a really nice place you got there.
It's good your fine about the progress of the house. At least the work is progressing I guess 👍
Starting to look like a real nice oasis there dude. Totally agree with the simple life, can't wait to get mine built. Taken a couple of ideas 😅
I noticed when you were planting the coconut tree there's some serious hight on that pad you built the house on! Shouldn't have any probs with flooding 🤞
Nice vlog I think you should make a better in and out of the pond maybe some steps ? if anything happend to you while you are swimming you could be in big trouble even if you got cramp or something. The water looked really nice and clear today. 😎👍
That’s the plan, maybe a small
Bamboo hut with steps into the water 👍
That's not early i was out on my bike at 5.20am today best time of the day nice and cool, keep up the great work.
I always comment on channels I want to do well.
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Would love to see your property when it’s completed! Looks awesome from the videos. Keep it up! ❤
Snakes would bite through wellies anyway.
I can feel smell appreciate all you’re doing. We are back in Texas but planted 33 trees on our property and around the ponds before we left. I’m already anxious to get back soon because of your videos. Thanks and keep up the great work. We’ll try and visit you when we return.
Amazing your farm cooking ! Well done. You will see the best coconut and banana taste in the near future.
I’m so enjoying your content now. I must admit I struggled to get past a few. Especially when your so Agro in them towards comments you didn’t like. I hardly comment but I just wanted to say your doing a great job with your latest vlogs. And your kindness shows through on how you treat your pets. Keep smiling and enjoy your beautiful life, well deserved.
From sunny Australia 🇦🇺 🦘
This is good feedback thanks 🙏
what amazing farm u will have great work and really enjoy your videos im from uk.
Good luck matey liking your video, me in buriram doing similar me 7 years in , every day something to do learnt its not a holiday. Keep it up . Enjoy and your brave to put your life out there good luck in the future matey
The property already looks great. Seems like you've made a good choice. I can imagine that planting things and keeping an eye on the building of the house is hard work, but even more a pleasure. Btw. love your tiles in the basement floor. Wish you all the best with building your dream 🙌🏼
Just found this channel and enjoying 😀. Get a holiday let built next to your house so we can come enjoy it 😂
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I have to say your doing a very good job and seem to be going up on here pretty fast!! Well done!
Oh yes and it's bloody hot
Yes you're right about planting the coconuts mate. What's your overall plan for the farm and making money from it for the future? Sorry if you've covered that before but I haven't seen you mention.
We have an idea to offer a unique service from the farm eventually, I won’t go into details on here just yet. We need to get the basics right first though. Maybe in two years time we will be ready 😇
The majority of what we produce on the farm will be for our own / family consumption, we don’t plan to make any real income from the produce.
Thanks for creating and sharing
Loving your journey mate, hopefully i will be living similar in the future 👍
I made the mistake of mixing concrete at midday, just about got to bed before passing out.
😂😂😂
Would the pond raise the ground water levels?
Looks like a blast, seriously I miss gardening a little... And I am over it🤣 Well it has been awesome watching your channel, hopefully when the wife and I get to the Philippines we will continue. Sadly they canceled the visa we applied for and we are ending our time here earlier than expected. Oh well, the PI has been on the bucket list, Cebu bound🤙
Hi ben hope you and anna are well
Omg my thia girlfriend is shouting at u plant coconut straight😂😂
Another good video 🙏
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Very pragmatic approach to the build. You'll kick yourself in your own backside if you push and get low quality work. I do understand there is a limit but we've all got that "I have a friend in Thai" (or perhaps anywhere for that matter) story whose house is now falling apart in yr 3 cuz of poor workmanship. Good luck - everything is looking like it will be a banger upon completion.
Had absolutely no idea that planting an actual coconut true actually involved a coconut 🥥 😅
New to me too mate 😂
Don't plant coconut trees anywhere near the house. In the stormy season the coconuts will become missiles.
All these plus 40 days we have had this year have been tough, if the experts are to be believed it will be even worse in a few years.
tyour house is gorgeous! Does your wife have a job?
Hello, just wondering what province your near.
Nong Bua lamphu 👍
Just wondering if your builder “len pai”? Playing cards is a big sickness in Thailand. Sorry to be alarmist but Keep an eye on it .
its ok mate ... don't let the feeling of being abandon get to you 🤷♂that will never happen to you as long as buddha is with
Malayan pit viper
,very dangerous
I only watch your videos because i want to see you get eaten by something in the pond!!!
But then who would upload it ? 😂😂❤
Whatever lurks in the bottom of that pond has opposable thumbs and a UA-cam account 😇
If you find this work to hard how are you going to do a whole proper days work on the farm?
What do you consider to be a “whole proper days work” and why would I need to do that anyway? 😅. I’m happy to work a couple of hours every morning 🌞
@@LifeinThailand777 ok , it says in your" about the channel" section that you plan to be self sufficient,all day working in your fields will take some doing
I’ll never be working all day in the fields. It’s too hot for that. We can be self sufficient by working 2 hours a day 👍
Do you move your coconuts round to face the sun?
Lol I meant to face the sunrise. Imagine digging them up every hour to charge the direction 😂
@@LifeinThailand777 only kidding,it's great to see a Manc (guessing here) doing well in Thailand.
This is Rice planting season, hence why the builders may be MIA.
Planting their own rice is probably why!