Qingnong: stop being world-weary for the time being | 04 does not turn (I)

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The Hokkienese phrase often heard in Changhua is "ploughing ng tsh â n" or "ploughing l ê-tsh â n".

Plough: noun, can refer to "farm tools used to plough the land"; verb, can refer to "turn deeper soil to the surface".

Yes! Is to turn the dirt. | | figure V ä derstad |

In particular, mechanized agriculture makes it quick and easy to turn over the soil, and a large area of land can be ploughed in an hour or two with just a phone call. In addition, with the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, farmers can produce short-term fruits and vegetables in the same field again and again before the soil is exhausted. The harvest of one period is equal to one or two ploughing.

But what is the impact of soil erosion and soil erosion on agriculture and climate change? Can you save the soil without turning the soil? what are its advantages and disadvantages?

Please wait for the next episode for details!

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It has been several months since this series of articles were last updated. But in fact, Facebook and Instagram have been in PO one after another, just like a snail.

In short, in late November 2018, the former landlord cut the rice. What I mainly did for more than two months before harvesting rice was to collect organic matter. The sources come from the fallen leaves of elementary school or near my home: fallen leaves of elementary school, Mushroom space bag (sawdust + remnants of mushrooms), chaff from water-friendly farming of new rice, straw and sweet potato leaf stalks from habitual fields, as well as a small amount of bean dregs from a friend's breakfast shop and vegetable leaves from the West Luoguo vegetable market. Apart from the water chaff and mushroom space bags that many people will take, the rest belong to resources that "if left useless, they will be disposed of". So for me, there will not be too much burden on my conscience.

Why would you say that?

Because some organic or friendly tillers and their consumers do not recommend using anything that may be contaminated in the fields, but they may buy imported organic materials with a lot of carbon mileage. I'm sorry, this is just my personal experience of working on an organic farm in Taiwan, without hostility.) I respect everyone's choice, because individuals pay different attention to "health" and "environmental protection" at both ends of the scale:)

Therefore, my position is: to make good use of the resources available around us in a burden-free way. Instead of letting these resources into the incinerator and burning them to produce more greenhouse gases, it is better to make good use of them.

In addition, I have to take into account my own financial ability, so the organic matter I can obtain at present is free of money and only takes time and labor. Maybe a little bit of interpersonal relationship! As for what organic matter should be used for? Have brought a little bit in this Facebook post! Share what I do in the future.

References and supplements:

❶ plough | Wikipedia

❷ from farming cattle to Iron cattle: agricultural Mechanization in Taiwan after the second World War | Council of Agriculture Harvest Society

❸ if you think there is no need to worry without traditional oil, anyway, there are better technologies to extract deeper natural gas, then you can take a look at this video. | what is fracturing? -Mia Nakamuri | Youtube, TED-Ed

About [Qingnong: stop being world-weary]

I started a friendly farming life at the age of 23.

Since dropping out of school in 2015, I have begun a journey to escape from Taiwan and myself again and again; in the process, it is as cliche as countless backpacker online celebrities: "I have found my favorite lifestyle and beliefs." Because of the stubbornness of caring for the land and life, I was pained and weary of the world. However, in 2017, I went to Southeast Asia to communicate and live with many 25-year-old young farmers (series articles) when I went to Southeast Asia and lived with many young farmers of the average age of 25. "it is precisely because I am young that it is more worthwhile to step on the dirt under my feet and nourish all things," and the idea of taking root was born.

I am world-weary because I still look forward to the world, while farming is the way I press a pause for the state of world-weariness, and it is also my ability to find a frank answer to "what is man born for?" Here, I will record from the road to agriculture, perhaps twists and turns, but the beginning is always a good thing.

Labor l ó o-lat.

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