The never-ending peasant soul ~ Xiang Dad. Pearl guava

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Guava, which we meet every month, is mainly cultivated and managed by Tian Jing's father, who has been farming for more than 60 years, supplemented by Tian Jing and tea.

Mature fruits are judged by color and epidermis. The color must change from green to yellow and white, and the skin from smooth to rough. If God can bless the weather in the cultivation process, and don't be hot and cold suddenly, the shape of the fruit will be perfect and it will be the top grade.

Looking back on his original intention, Xiang's father (Tian Jing's father), who had been working as a ploughman for more than 40 years, stopped going to school after graduating from elementary school, and from the age of six, he began to help his family with farming, shoveling and pruning. When he was discharged from the army, it was under the background of the era of farm workers in Taiwan, when the daily salary of workers went up, and soon their income was much higher than that of agriculture, so Xiang's father went to become a clay apprentice and learned to lay bricks, lay tiles, and concrete. Xiang's father never gave up his family's farm work, so when the farmer was busy, he asked for leave to plant rice seedlings, harvest, and dry the grain. During the Spring Festival, during the Spring Festival, the whole family went up the mountain to collect golden dates. He also used to grow vegetables for his family after going to and from work in the early morning and evening. Day after day, year after year.

Xiang's father has lived in the countryside since he was a child, coupled with long-term manual work. Although he is now nearly 70 years old, he is still in good health and in good physical fitness. When his friends meet Xiang's father, they will be surprised to say to Tian Jing, "your father is so young."

Six years ago (2014), Xiang's father was able to retire from work. As a daughter, he certainly hoped that he would not work so hard. Moreover, Xiang's father's enthusiasm for planting can be seen from his continuous hard work. He has planted jade lotus buds, pearl red oranges, willows, and pearls at home, all of which he slowly fumbled and learned without being taught by himself. It was just when the neighbor released the message of land lease that he began to discuss with Xiang's father about planting his specialty item, pearl bar, and began to prepare the land.

The stony land, which has been abandoned for decades, has yielded fruitful results under the careful cultivation of green fingers.

From bending over to pick up stones and dig wells, dig holes to plant saplings, pull out strong cockscomb flowers and Xianfeng grass, take painstaking efforts to cut grass, and the tree crown is covered with chaff or rice stalks. In case of diseases and insect pests, consult experts from the flower field for assistance and guidance.

Starting from the wasteland, reclaiming and preparing the land, please first prepare the land with strange hands and preliminarily screen out the Big Stone Farm.

The first step in the reclamation of wasteland is to pick up stones: after picking up stones, there are pebbles, pebbles and gravel. The farmland that can grow rice is really a fertile field that has accumulated the efforts of our ancestors for generations, and we must cherish it.

Planting guava seedlings: "the planting holes should be dug deep, and the seedlings should be floating." after loosening the soil, the roots of the fruit trees will have room to grow.

Planting guava seedlings: draw the location and release the seedlings.

Grow guava gardens for 2 years.

The crown is covered with chaff. There are many advantages to increase organic matter after grass control, moisturizing and decomposition. Chaff is the shell of rice grown at home.

The canopy is covered with straw rolls

The canopy is covered with rice stalks. The rice has just been harvested, and the rice stalk is just used to lay the crown. The advantage is the same as laying chaff, laying fallen leaves is also fine, except that chaff and rice stalks are readily available raw materials.

In response to the arid climate in Ilan: DIY water conservancy sprinkler facilities 1 ~ material positioning. Planning, calling, assembling the skeleton, installing water pipes and sprinklers, and connecting motors are all done by Xiang's father, while Tian Jing and tea are just hand-and-foot workers. Strong technological ability is the accumulation of daily life experience.

In response to the arid climate in Ilan: 2 ~ fixed structure skeleton of DIY water conservancy sprinkler facility.

In response to the arid climate in Ilan: DIY water conservancy sprinkler facilities 3 ~ fixed series bracket.

In response to the arid climate in Ilan: DIY reservoir. Taking out Xiang's father's expertise, preparing the ground, laying bricks, and combining Rain Water's collection mechanism is just a piece of cake.

Now the guava tree has grown up, and the crisp pearl guava is sweet, which is not only the taste impression of childhood, but also the favorite sour taste of Tian Jing, who loves guava.

Ever since Tian Jing and tea stepped into friendly farming, my father was not optimistic at first and questioned the perseverance of young people. Later, he didn't like it and felt that the output was not good enough, and if he had done it, he would have done better. Up to now, the guavas he has mainly cultivated are full of praise from everyone. I am also very happy to see the light of achievement in Xiang Dad's eyes.

Guava cultivation process: new shoots and buds

Guava cultivation process: simple white flowers bloom

Guava cultivation process: fruit bagging. There are two layers, the inner layer is a foam net that can not only prevent collision but also form a space; the outer layer is a plastic bag with drainage design, which can avoid the invasion of insect pests, the transparent characteristics are not shielded from light, and the gap between the inner and outer layers is enough to produce fog. these elements are the key to the tender water of guava.

Guava is delicious. Who knows? Insects, birds and thieves are preferred.

Guava cultivation process: mature fruit is judged from two aspects of color and skin.

However, of course, there is not only a bright side of things. After all, organic cultivation cannot perfect every fruit, and there will still be insect pests and diseases, especially in Ilan, where the weather has changed dramatically in recent years, and there is no more rain in rainy Ilan. Sometimes it has been dry for months. Sometimes heavy rain and bright sun attack alternately, and some weak fruit trees are really too much to bear. Although the quality and yield have improved, there are also many defective fruits (the reason for the mystery: many).

Change takes time and companionship.

For Tian Jing and tea, "yield" is not what we care about most, and how to symbiosis with ecology and how to maintain quality is the key point of our efforts. However, after all, my father had the anxiety of the previous generation, hoping for efficient management and obvious yield, so the result of concentrated working hours and planting a single crop is often concentrated and large quantity during the harvest period. This bothers me who is in charge of marketing. after all, the shelf life of fresh products is short, and the average household order is limited, so it is impossible to sell it to a trader, and it will be all right after harvest.

The spokesman of the moon: Mian Tian tree frog. It is endemic to Taiwan.

Good friends: Chinese tree toad, commonly known as Little Rain Frog, the main supplementary crops and forest pests.