I didn't think to introduce myself a few weeks ago when I started using the forum, apologies! I'm an anthropologist who taught for a few years and went back to school to study public health. When I was young I was an exchange student in Thailand, and when I was older I went back to live and work there for several years. My wife and I own some land in NE Thailand where we have an orchard that is about 6 years old now -- unfortunately, we're living in Alberta right now, but hope to return. We're growing the main fruits of Thailand that grow in the north and dry northeast, but haven't tried things like durian or marang yet. Our trees are just starting to fruit heavily, and we're told our in-laws are overwhelmed with star apples, star fruits, santols, mangoes, breadfruit, crummy Thai pomegranates, kaffir limes, real limes, Rangpur oranges, and hopefully lynchees (flowering now). I've introduced three fruits that are unknown in the area -- soursops, pejibayes, and jaboticabas -- and hope to plant abiu, green sapote, Rollinia, poshte, and ilama. Of these only the soursops have fruited and it cannot be said that they are a huge hit . . . We have four trees and I think at least two are going to come out if we ever get any seedlings going of those above. I'd also like to grow avocados, but that's a project that will have to wait until we can visit an agricultural research station in Khorat or Tak and get some real grafted varieties that are appropriate for the climate (and for pollinating each other).
That's about it -- it bugs me, thinking about all these things as we endure the winter up in Edmonton . . .