Twice Dead?

This is an “Update” I hoped to never write. We have lost our second rice crop to drought. There is still time for a short season crop, and the heaviest rain of the season is usually September through October, and it’s raining now. So, we must plant for the third time. We have gone to Vietnam and bought rice seed on credit AGAIN and are about 95% planted, but our debt load is almost paralyzing. We are down, but not defeated. It is hard to believe how we had severe drought in rice growing areas when the Mekong River is at flood stage from the excessive rains in the northern parts of SE Asia. The academic school year start in Cambodia has been delayed a month due to flooding! But, as long as we don’t give up, and can withstand the discouragement, and not give in to mental defeat, we will win this thing. We will fight rats, crabs, weeds, diseases, insects, manage water, and see this through.[nggallery id=1270]