After several spring rains, the village's large and small reservoirs gradually began to have water, and the fields were also semi-humid. This made the villagers who had experienced half a year of drought feel very happy.
The water level in the pond at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain is already five minutes full. There was originally an underground spring here, and it is located at the foot of Niuweiling Mountain. The water in the mountain will slowly gather here.
When Gao Mingcheng led the two dogs by the edge of the pond, he looked at the clear water and thought about buying some fry. As for the ducks, he did not plan to raise them for the time being.
It's just that there are more mountains and less water here, so there are no local fish fry for sale, so they have to go to the next county to buy them.
There are rivers and lakes in the county next door, and the lakes are connected to Poyang Lake, so there are fish fry for sale.
Gao Mingcheng did not rush up the mountain, but went to see Huang Jingmiao first.
Polygonatum sibiricum has already emerged. Because there are few seeds, when he sows seeds, he deliberately places them at a wider distance so that when the seedlings emerge later, he does not have to pull out too dense seedlings.
But in this way, the Polygonatum seedlings appear a little sparse.
He checked the growth of the Polygonatum seedlings, and there was nothing wrong so far. These seedlings would need to be cultivated on the spot for one year, and then they could be transplanted to other places one year later, and then they would have to be planted for another three years before they could be harvested.
Of course, if you propagate directly from the rhizomes of Polygonatum japonica, you can harvest it in one or two years.
This characteristic of Polygonatum is similar to that of yam. If you use yam beans to reproduce, it will take several years to harvest, but if you directly use yam rhizomes to reproduce, you can harvest it that year.
Naturally, Gao Mingcheng would not wait foolishly for three or four years to harvest this batch of Polygonatum japonica. Instead, he would use this batch of Polygonatum sibiricum for root propagation in the second year.
In the early spring of the following year, he dug out all the Polygonatum spp., directly selected the young and tender parts at the tips, cut them into several sections, each section was about 3-4 sections, dried them slightly, and then they could be planted.
In this way, he can harvest more polygonatum in the same period of time, and can continue to use rhizomes to reproduce.
Of course, this is a long-term plan, and he doesn't have to do anything in the short term. He just needs to ensure that these Polygonatum seedlings can thrive.
Beyond the Polygonatum seedling field, there is a slope in front. The slope has not been cultivated yet and is covered with weeds. Gao Mingcheng decided to cultivate this slope tomorrow because he plans to plant cassia seeds here in late April.
Cassia seeds have a strong vitality and do not need to be planted in very good land. They can be planted in some wastelands and slopes. There are also many wild cassia seeds in other villages, but there are none here in Gaojia Village, so he has to rely on planting. , to be able to gain something.
Cassia seed is also called false mung bean because it looks similar to mung bean, but in fact it is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. It has the functions of clearing the liver, improving eyesight, and laxative. It can also treat high blood pressure, headaches, dizziness, acute conjunctivitis, Corneal ulcers, glaucoma, carbuncles, furuncles and ulcers.
But for ordinary people, the more familiar usage is to soak cassia seeds in water and drink it. If you drink it regularly, it can clear the liver and improve eyesight.
This medicine is easy to grow and has many uses, so after Gao Mingcheng received cassia seeds from people in other villages last year, he decided to grow some himself.
He selected some corners and slopes and planned to plant them in these places.
He walked up the slope and soon reached the place where bayberry trees were planted. He had high hopes for these Dongkui bayberry trees, so he looked around carefully under the bayberry trees and found nothing. If anything goes wrong, continue walking forward.
This batch of fruit seedlings is of good quality, and there was a lot of rain this spring. They don’t require much care, and they are already growing well. So far, they have not died.
After crossing half of the mountain forest, we finally reached the place where peach and pear trees were planted.
When these fruit seedlings were transplanted, there were already a few flower buds. Now the flowers have already bloomed, leaving only some withered flowers still hanging on the branches.
These flowers are almost non-fruit-bearing, because peach trees need to be planted for three years before they can bear fruit, and these fruit seedlings are at most two-year-old seedlings.
However, peach trees grow relatively quickly. If you plant them well this year, they will grow a lot next year and should bear fruit.
Gao Mingcheng thought this, but his sharp eyes discovered that a few peach blossoms seemed not to have completely withered and withered. There were small, fluffy green balls at the buttocks of the flowers. These were small peaches!
Not bad, it’s an unexpected harvest, you can taste the taste of this batch of peach trees in advance. So he decided to wait for a while and then fertilize the peach trees that were bearing fruit.
He went to look at the pear trees again. It took a longer time for pear trees to bear fruit, about five years. If they were grafted, it would be faster. The fruit seedlings sold to him in Shimen Village came from a variety of sources, so some of the fruit seedlings were grafted and reproduced. , some are native species.
Therefore, there is no need to count on this batch of pear trees for the time being, and we will wait for a few years to grow them.
Gao Mingcheng walked all the way up and soon reached the top of the mountain.
The entire Xiaofu Mountain is in the shape of a mountain. Most of the slopes are gentle and only one side is steep. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can overlook the entire mountain.
The top of the mountain was still a little bare, because he had not yet gone to dig more camellia trees in the mountains, so he decided to take time to dig some back. When the weather got hotter, it would not be suitable for transplanting trees.
After walking around Xiao Fushan, he went to his vegetable patch again.
The ground here has been plowed before, and the cow dung and sheep dung piled in the ground in winter were broken up and evenly mixed into the soil, which can enhance the fertility of the land. Therefore, the seeds planted in early spring are now growing well.
Because the pepper seeds are sown relatively densely, after they emerge, they are densely packed together.
So he squatted down, prepared to thin out the seedlings, pull out some secondary seedlings, and wait until the pepper seedlings grew to about the length of an adult's hand, then they could be transplanted.
The whole day, Gao Mingcheng was busy in the mountains and fields. When he was hungry at noon, he cooked a bowl of noodles and put two eggs in the noodles, which was considered lunch.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, he walked down the mountain with a bundle of camellia saplings in one hand and a hare in the other.
While digging the Camellia oleifera saplings, he happened to encounter a hare. Naturally, he couldn't be soft-hearted. He picked up the flying knife at his fingertips and threw the hare to death.
After planting all the dug camellia trees, Gao Mingcheng carried a basket and the hare and walked to Gao Shouwang's house.
In the basket, there were six kilograms of honey and a bottle of four special wines that Gao Shouwang wanted.
Okay, tonight’s dinner is in order!
Gao Mingcheng was in a great mood and whistled all the way. The black tiger and the elf were very attached to their master and followed him step by step. One person and two dogs strode forward.
(End of chapter)
