"It's not how big the farmhouse is, but how happy it makes us".
Welcome to Kampung Lumut Kiri by this iconic boat at the entrance road to Kg. Lumut Kiri, Sitiawan.
Farm Lot 176 & Lot 177 is strategically situated in a very quaint Malay Kampung named Kg. Lumut Kiri. This Kampung is situated very near to Sungai Lumut Kiri in Sitiawan.
Kimmy Goh welcomes all to the 7 acres Kim's Family Farmhouse & fruit orchard at Kampung Lumut Kiri.
The two pieces of land was purchased 25 years ago, started with the planting of coconut trees. In view that the land was badly managed by previous management and without any income for landowner, we have decided to take it back in 2019.
Our happiness is able to do-it-ourself building a double storey farmhouse. We engaged a few workers to build the farmhouse all by ourselves since middle of 2019. Due to Covid-19 lockdown, the farmhouse progress has been very slow. It took us two long years to complete the farmhouse in August 2021. Ground floor has 2 rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a patio. Upstairs has 3 rooms, a large living room, a bathroom and a veranda. We have duly furnished two rooms upstairs and two rooms on the ground floor of which one is used for a farm-worker.
We have since planted fruit trees in early 2020 and it takes another 1 to 5 years for some to bear fruits. The main fruit trees planted were 28 durian trees, 54 jack-fruit trees, 75 banana trees, 7 mango trees, 3 mangosteen trees, 6 rambutan trees and 11 soursop trees. Banana takes less than a year while durian takes about 5 years to bear fruits.
We are lucky to have a stream running across the land from neighboring oil palm estate. We have since excavated two big ponds for lotus and fish farming. The land after the fish pond will be used for free-range chickens and goat farming in future.
2020 - Land clearing
2020 - Clearing the land for Kim's farmhouse & fruit orchard.
2021 - Inner main road to Kim's Family Farmhouse, Kampung Lumut Kiri.
2022-01-13 Solar lighting of 200W installed along the inner farm road at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2020 - Sliding gate and brick-wall fencing for security (DIY)
2020-11-06 Sliding gate construction completed at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-08-20 Brick-wall fencing under construction for security at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2020 - Kim Family Farmhouse (DIY)
2020-09-30 A double storey Kim's Family Farmhouse under construction.
2020-10-15 A double storey Kim's Family Farmhouse under construction.
2021-02-05 Partly completed double storey Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-05-11 Ching Neng Bin standing in front of the partly completed double storey Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-05-11 A good view of the inner main road from the farmhouse upper floor veranda.
2021-08-20 Kim's Family Farmhouse finally completed in August 2021.
2021-08-20 Moving in of furniture to Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2021-10-16 The ample car parking area of Kim's Family Farmhouse. Beside is the Gazebo under construction.
2022-03-08 Panoramic view of the Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2021-11-20 Laying the tiles of Kim's Family Farmhouse gazebo.
Kim's Family Farmhouse gazebo completed on 2021-12-22 is freestanding to a kitchen, roofed, and open on all sides. They provide shade, shelter from rain and a place to rest, while acting as an ornamental feature.
2022-01-22 Landscape view around Kim's Family Farmhouse gazebo.
2022-03-04 Landscape view around Kim's Family Farmhouse gazebo.
2022-03-04 Landscape view around Kim's Family Farmhouse gazebo.
2022-03-04 Landscape view around the gazebo at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2022-04-04 Landscape view around Kim's Family Farmhouse gazebo.
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2022-11-16 The two durians were brought in by Aunty Toh Poh Cheng from their own trees
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Kim's Family Farmhouse. "It's not how big the farmhouse is, but how happy it makes us".
Beautiful rainbow over the farmhouse at 5.30pm to welcome us for high-tea.
Beautiful rainbow over the farmhouse at 5.30pm to welcome us for high-tea.
2021-10-23 Family Farmhouse high-tea at 6pm.
2021-10-23 Family Farmhouse high-tea at 6pm.
2021-10-23 Happiness is drinking two bottles of wine in the farmhouse with family members at 8pm.
2021-10-23 Farmhouse sola lighting at 7.30pm installed by Ching Neng Bin.
Avocado tree
Avocado tree
Avocado flowers
Bamboo plants
These bamboo leaves for making 'bak chang'.
Banana tree
Banana fruits
2022-03-27 Ching Neng Bin harvesting a giant bunch of Pisang Raja banana.
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2021-10-24 Brazilian longan tree
2022-09-20 Brazilian longan flowering again.
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2022-11-15 Brazilian longan fruits
Breadfruit tree
2023-06-27 Breadfruit flowering
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Buah kedondong tree
Buah kedondong tree
2022-03-25 Buah kedondong flowering.
2023-04-08 Chicku
Coconut plucking
Coconuts
Loem (Cambodian maid) cutting coconut.
Coconut for planting.
2022-10-01 Coffee seeds from Bali germinating
2024.01.20 Coffee plant flowering.
2024.01.20 Coffee plant flowering.
Custard apple tree with a small fruit.
Dragon fruit plant
Dragon fruit plant
Durian tree
Durian tree
Durian tree
Gac fruit vines
Planting Gac fruit vines
Planting Gac fruit vines
Planting Gac fruit vines
Planting Gac fruit vines
Planting Gac fruit vines
Jackfruit tree
Jackfruit tree
2022-03-06 Jackfruit tree
2023-04-08 Jackfruits
2023-08-08 4kg Jackfruit
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2023.02.19 Jambu ayer mawar
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Jambu tree with some fruits.
Lemon tree
2022-11-16 This Australian lemon tree was given by Mike Khaw Eng Aun. Thanks Mike!
Mango tree
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Mangosteen tree
Passion fruit vines
Passion fruit vines
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2022-11-16 Passion fruit vines
Rambutan tree
Rambutan tree
2022-03-25 Rambutan tree flowering.
Sour-sop tree
Sour-sop trees
2023.01.22 Sour-sop fruits harvested.
Sugarcane plant
Sugarcane plants
Tapioca plant
Tapioca plants
2021-12-01 Black sesame seeds plants growing well.
Thanks to Laiping for the seeds.
Cabbage vegetable
Cabbage vegetable at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
Cabbage vegetable at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
Loem (Cambodian maid) planting cabbage.
Cabbage vegetable at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2022-03-25 Cabbage vegetable at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2022-03-25 Cabbage vegetable at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
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Lemon grass
Lemon grass at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
Pumpkin fruit
Pumkin fruit at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
Loem (Cambodian maid) with the pumkin fruit.
2022-09-24 Pumpkin fruit vines.
2022-09-24 Pumpkin fruit vines.
2022-09-24 Pumpkin fruit vines.
2022-07-10 Winter melon
2022-07-10 Winter melon
Lotus and fish pond under construction at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
Lotus and fish pond under construction at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
Lotus and fish pond under construction at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
Lotus and fish pond under construction at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2021-11-01 Lotus and fish pond (A) on the left side completed at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2021-11-01 Lotus and fish pond (A) on the left side completed at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2021-11-01 A worker doing bridge upgrading between the two ponds at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-11-01 Lotus and fish pond (B) on the right side completed at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-12-16 Lotus and fish pond at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2021-12-16 Lotus and fish pond at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2021-12-16 Lotus and fish pond at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2022-01-13 Lotus and fish pond at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2022-01-27 Lotus and fish pond at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2022-03-25 Lotus and fish pond at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2022-03-25 Lotus and fish pond at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
2022-03-25 Lotus and fish pond at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
Inflow water filter for lotus and fish pond at Kim's Family Farmhouse & orchard (DIY).
Farmhouse Bee Hive
bees in the hive. However, in July 2021 we found a
colony of honey bees came to the hive.
Leos and Ching Neng Bin relocating the hive at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
There is only one honey bee hive in the farm.
There is only one honey bee hive in the farm.
Honey bees collect pollen and nectar as food for the entire colony, and as they do, they pollinate plants. Nectar stored within their stomachs is passed from one worker to the next until the water within it diminishes. At this point, the nectar becomes honey, which workers store in the cells of the honeycomb.
Honey bees collecting pollen and nectar as food from these Honolulu creeper flowers.
2021 - Farmhouse Duck & Geese
2021-12-05 Our 1st pair of brown grey goose for Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-12-05 Our 1st pair of pure white goose for Kim's Family Farmhouse.
Our temporary geese home ready to move in at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
Geese are not for the table but as decorative birds for our farm.
2021-12-09 Bought some ducks and geese today for Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-12-16 Ducks and geese getting bigger at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-12-16 Ducks playing by a pool of water at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-12-16 Ducks and geese getting bigger at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-12-16 Ducks and geese taking a rest at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-12-22 Ducks and geese getting bigger at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-03 Chicken, ducks and geese houses built by farm workers at Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-03 Three month old ducks in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-03 Three month old geese and ducks in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-03 Three month old geese in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-03 Ching Neng Bin holding a 3-month old goose in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-03 Ching Neng Bin holding a 3-month old goose in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-03 Ching Neng Bin holding a 3-month old goose in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-03 Four 3-month old geese at the gazebo in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-03 Four 3-month old geese at the gazebo in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-04-04 All geese happy in the new home in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-04-05 Announcing the arrival of our 1st duck egg in Kim's Family Farmhouse. We can have salted Duck eggs soon with porridge and organic veges. Healthy living ya.
2022-04-05 We now have two duck eggs in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-04-06 We now have 4 duck eggs in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-04-15 We now have 22 duck eggs in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-04-23 We now have 42 duck eggs in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-04-23 Announcing the arrival of our 1st Goose egg in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
Farmhouse Chicken
2021-12-08 Bought some chicks today.
2021-12-11 Fencing for the chicken pen in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-12-11 Fencing for the chicken pen in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2021-12-11 Fencing for the chicken pen in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-08 DIY chicken house for 100 chicks in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-08 DIY chicken house for 100 chicks in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-03-08 DIY chicken house for 100 chicks in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
2022-04-04 Geese separated from chicken and now caged in the new coup. Not allowing them to wander all over and "bombing" everywhere. Cannot dirty our Gazebo lah.
2022-04-12 chicken in Kim's Family Farmhouse.
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2022-02-01 Gong Xi Fa Cai to all friends and relatives. We had a CNY family group photo taken at our Farmhouse lotus pond.
2022-02-01 We had a CNY family group photo taken at our Farmhouse lotus pond.
2022-02-01 We had a CNY family group photo taken at our Farmhouse lotus pond.
2022-02-01 We had a CNY family group photo taken at our Farmhouse lotus pond.
2022-02-01 We had a CNY family group photo taken at our Farmhouse lotus pond.
2022-02-01 We had a CNY family photo at our Farmhouse.
2022-02-01 We had a CNY family photo at our Farmhouse.
2022-02-01 We had a CNY family photo at our Farmhouse.
2022-02-01 We had a CNY family photo at our Farmhouse Gazebo.
2022-02-01 We had a CNY family photo at our Farmhouse Gazebo.
2022-02-01 Crystabelle Ching sleeping at Farmhouse Gazebo.
2022 - Farmhouse bird
2022-03-25 - I found a baby bird in my farmhouse. What do I do? At some point, nearly everyone who spends time outdoors finds a baby bird—one that is unable to fly and seems lost or abandoned. My first impulse is to make a birdhouse for her. Yes! I did!
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2022-03-25 Ching Meei Jin with the baby bird.
- Kimmy Goh -Eco friendly family farm where fruit trees, landscaped gardens surround the simple "Kampung Farm house and Gazebo" intertwined with all sorts of Herbs and vegetables .... Lotus ponds beaming with Haruan & Tilapia fishes with sprinkling of Crayfish happily swimming in the waters ...
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“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads" - Henry David Thoreau
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better" - Albert Einstein
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Congratulations to Ching Neng Bin for building Kim’s Family Farmhouse. As I surfed into your web pages, I felt very excited about your new adventurous project. Yes, HAPPINESS is the key word to the successful story. Your hard work has crowned your happiness. As I can see that this is fully integrated farm with plants, fish and bees. I wish you all success, when they all bear fruits of your dream come true.
ReplyDeleteWow nice! I thought you are a banker, but now you are a contractor for buildings 🦾🦾🦾...
ReplyDeleteLove your farm and all the fruit trees. I can live like that happily, tending to the orchard
ReplyDeleteFantastic account. Wish you and your family the best. Be fruitful and multiply.
ReplyDeleteWas Val Allan still the Chief Instructor when you were at OBS? I was there in 1960.
Neng Bin,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the very interesting update. Reminds me of my best times in Lumut back in 2006/2007. Keep up your adventures and blogging!
Keep safe,
Joe Tan
This is hard work. Require more effort and dedication to continue until can reap the rewards. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHi, Mr Ching. Thank you for sharing. The family farmhouse is very interesting.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. Sure a good place to relax and enjoy.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations . Well done
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing a good project during MCO.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Lilly Guoy
Congratulations on your achievements.
ReplyDeleteMay you have happiness and peace of mind for all your lives. Namo Amitofo!
Mr Ching, Heartiest congratulations to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes,
Jeannie
TQ Ching for sharing. That's amazing. I have this passion too but no private land.
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Ching,
ReplyDeleteCongratulation on the completion of your farmhouse, you have achieved living in nature which many city dwellers dream of.
You look great and healthy, keep it up.
Any travel plan after the border opening?
Take care and keep safe.
Regards,
Yoke Tek
Hi Ching,
ReplyDeleteI love your family farm house. I really miss my grandpa Batu Kurau Taiping farm house. I will visit you guys when I am back to Malaysia.
Best wishes to all,
Suney ...Toronto
Wow...what an adventure... Keep up the healthy lifestyle...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your new adventure! Be safe and healthy always
ReplyDeleteBest regards.
Wow, what a beautiful farm house which has the cosy feeling of a home-sweet-home.
ReplyDeleteMr Ching, congratulations to have a beautiful farmhouse and also big acres of fruits trees, keep it with the good healthy excesses workout. 👍👍👍👍😊
ReplyDeleteNowadays, living in a kampong house or like your farmhouse is the best. Can enjoy fresh air, exercise, sitting outside to relax and do etc., etc. without having to wear face mask.
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