The Farm

A field almost ready to be planted 

The Farm

Seedlings cleared and planted 

The Farm Community

One of the farmers in the project talks to the director-each farmer has about 5 acres They are making bio-gas and hope to be off the grid with solar pannels

The Farm

A typical rice paddy -field to be plowed and seedlings to be planted 

The Farm

The rape seede after harvesting-ready to be flogged 

The Farm

Sifting and flogg ing the rape seed for rape seed oil-the altenate between rape seed and rice 

Rice Field

The planters,it is backbreaking work all done by hand-these are seedinglins which they will plant one by one. 

The Farm

Kathleen looks on as Project director explains the community of farms-they are all hooked up for bio-gas 

The Rice Pattie

This is one of the tractors that the farmers have to rent to plow the rice fields. 

The farm

Kathleen at the doorway looking into the farm house 

at the farm

This is the farmhouse we stayed in and one day all the children planted rice 

At the farm

This is the farm the 4th grade children and I stayed in one day day they planted rice 

At the farm

Visiting a Chinese farm 

Tomorrow we leave for our trip down the Yangtze River. 4 nights and 3 days-We will spend one night in Wuhan and on to Beijin for 4 days to arrive in NY City on the 2nd of June. It has been a great trip sofar-Monday night ond Tuesday I spent with the 4th grade at a farm where they were planting rice. We helped with the farm chores. I would show some photos but my camera got stolen with 700 shots of China-I have a new one now but so far have not been able to load photos on my blog. So this might be my last blog untill we get home-I will let you know how the river trip went-take care-love-Tim and Kathleen 

 

Photo op on the way to school

This is the way they delever veggies in outback of Chengdu 

Signs in Chengdu

This one is for David-one of the signs we pass everyday going to the Chengdu Waldorf School-do you know this famous Chinese basketball player? 

Dinner in Chengdu

We were taken out by our friends for a typical Chinese dinner-notice how well Katleen uses chop sticks-7 people for about $25 

Bank in Chengdu

Bank in down town Chengdu,I almost got in trouble for taking this photo,I think they thought I was casing the joint. 

Chengdu

Shoe shine girls,notice electric bikes in background(Chengdu) 

Outskirts of Chengdu

Girls with their electric motor bikes,they go for about $200,the bikes not the girls(Chengdu) 

Chengdu

This is a shot of our present apartment in Chengdu-a modern american style apartment,except no AC 

Hong Kong

The Star ferry in HK harbor-seniors get to ride for free-many times while Kathleen and I were riding the subway,younger people got up and gave us their seats 

Chengdu

China is a mixture of old and new-this shot was taken on a back street in Chengdu-also in town a modern super market like Wal Mart. 

Lamma Island

A shot from our roof onLamma Island