The cement workers planted kiwifruit

"in order to improve the kiwifruit planting soil, we have bought more than 30 cars of cow dung from Zhengding these days, which will realize our cement workers' dream of green prosperity!" Recently, Han Baoguifa, party branch secretary of Nanxijiao Village, Pingshan Town, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, caused a great shock in the "moments" message, and "kiwi planting" suddenly became a hot topic in the village.

Small groups of people are driving cement piles, planting saplings, watering. The kiwifruit planting base of Hongtai Agricultural Professional Cooperative in the south of Nanxijiao Village, Pingshan Town is a busy scene. "for more than 500 mu of land and more than 40,000 kiwifruit trees, 70 or 80 people are used every day. Most of them used to be cement workers." Han Baogui, secretary of the village party branch, said that in the past, there were more than a dozen cement enterprises in the village, and hundreds of people in the village worked in enterprises or ran transportation, opened restaurants, and repaired vehicles. However, while cement enterprises become rich, they also seriously damage the local environment. Faced with the choice of short-term interests and long-term interests, Pingshan County dismantled the backward cement enterprises.

In order to keep the "cement workers" from losing their jobs, the county made use of the land retreated after the demolition of cement enterprises, planned and built the Xibaipo Green Industrial Economic Development Zone, focusing on developing energy-saving and environmental protection industries, such as new energy, electronic information, and biological industry. after many visits organized by the county, they set their sights on the Gaogang dry Mountains in the village, developed kiwifruit cultivation, and led the villagers to take the green ecological road.

"kiwifruit has high nutritional value and good market prospects!" Said Liang ze, a professional technician of kiwifruit at Northwest University of Agriculture and Forestry Science and Technology. But when they saw that the former cement workers had to plant this rare thing on the Gangpo sub-land, many people in the village shook their heads.

"the extreme maximum temperature is 43.3 ℃, the extreme minimum temperature is-18.2℃, and the frost-free period is 130 to 190 days." So far, Han Baogui still keeps a copy of the "meteorological data" provided to him by Li Changlu, a cadre in Pingshan town. He said that the local climatic conditions are very similar to those of places such as Shaanxi and Henan, where kiwifruit is suitable for cultivation. Because kiwifruit likes acidity, after testing the soil and fertilizing, they buy cow dung to neutralize the alkalinity of the soil.

On the soft land, the bright green "umbrellas" are embedded in the kiwifruit seedlings with a high ruler handle, which is very good-looking. According to Secretary Han Baogui, according to the preliminary plan of the park, the base will invest more than 7 million yuan in stages to create a modern agricultural park that integrates kiwifruit sightseeing picking, eco-tourism, agricultural science popularization, and other functions.

"now the survival rate of more than 40,000 kiwifruit is more than 95%!" Liang ze said that they implement standardized cultivation and also help train specialized management teams. "next year, these seedlings will be able to graft Huangxin Jinlong II, Green Heart Nongda Kiwi incense, and Xu Xiang, most of which are cold-resistant varieties."

Agricultural projects have a large investment and a long cycle, but Han Baogui is full of confidence in the future. He calculated an account: kiwifruit seedlings for more than two years entered the full fruit period three years later, with an output of at least 3000 jin per mu of land. according to the market price of 5 yuan per jin, the mu income was about 15000 yuan, and the annual income of this park with a scale of about 500 mu was nearly 10 million yuan.

"now I earn more money than before, and the working environment is also good!" Tan Liting, a villager of Nanxijiao Village, said with a smile that he has been working in a cement factory since 1990 and earns more than 2000 yuan a month. Now he works in a cooperative and earns more than 2400 yuan a month. Together with the 6.4 mu of dry mountain land transferred by his family to the cooperative, he can earn about 35000 yuan a year.

There are also nearly 100 villagers in Nanxijiao Village who tasted the benefits of green ecology. In the past, they planted corn and miscellaneous grains on the slope of the post, with an annual income of no more than 600 yuan per mu. Now they transfer the land to the cooperative, and the land rent alone is 950 yuan per mu. "when the base is fully completed, the number of long-term workers will reach 200 to 300, and farmers will be able to earn money by working on their doorstep, which can also be regarded as helping the villagers find a way to get rich." Han Baogui is full of confidence.