
ORCHARD

Story of Orchard
Mr. Boonlert's orchard has an area divided into 2 parts, which are Rice fields and orchards. In this garden In front of the orchard is the first place and after passing through the orchard you will find rice fields. The total area is 36 rai. This orchard has exported high quality grapefruit to foreign countries. And besides that, there are also fruits such as jackfruit, mangoes and lemons, all of which are the main income of this orchard. Later, after the Ministry of Tourism of Thailand and the Department of Agricultural Extension came to transfer knowledge to develop the Mahasawat Canal to develop into an agricultural tourist attraction. Fruit is therefore part of the tourist attraction in the Mahasawat canal community in 2000. After that, there was a group of Wat Suwan community housewife which is a group of housewife farmers who want to make money by increasing the value of fruits by making various seasonal processed fruits. After 2006, it was released as a crispy banana product using a batter dryer from frying, which currently has 10 flavors. With various flavors arising from market data surveys.
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Orchard restoration
In 2011, there was a flood, as everyone knows, this orchard was affected by this flood. Plants in the garden have been severely affected, resulting in a significant loss. In which the agricultural economy of the Mahasawat Canal community is very poor. The orchard was also damaged too. Uncle Boonlert and his family tried to protect the garden but failed. The orchard has been flooded for months. Causing the whole family to feel sad and hopeless. Worse still, grapefruit, is known as one of the reputation of this orchard, is all dead as well. The whole family is hesitant about whether to continue their agriculture career or not because restoring everything back takes a long time.
In order to rehabilitate, it is necessary to use a lot of funds as well. They must make money so Mr.Boonlert chooses to grow fruit that grows quickly and sell it for money. They grow vegetables for eating. It tooks more than 3 years to revitalize the garden. In the first 3, the first grapefruit was grown for the first time. He still continues his efforts to recover his orchard more and In December 2011, Mr. Boonlert joined the restoration of the canal life by helping to open the waterway with the aim of delivering agricultural tourism. There is cooperation from many parties, including the reign of the media and some academics. Which results well, with more and more tourists regardless of what part of the community