Chapter 200: Using Rabbit Circle
The meadow is already at a relatively high altitude, and this time the spring fog was quite violent, with white fog waves surging over the meadow.
It was like entering the clouds, the fog was so thick that visibility was less than half a meter.
Zhao Yeqing raised his hand and wiped his face. The skin that was dry just now was now damp.
Mist poured in from the cracks in the door. Mu Xi saw it and quickly got dressed and walked out. "It's so foggy? Is the ground okay?"
Zhao Yeqing also secretly felt unlucky. The cold spring weather had just passed and the sun had just come for a few days, but now he was afraid that the sunshine would disappear again.
The density of this fog is such that it won't dissipate even at noon.
Although it is just ordinary mountain fog and not as scary as sea fog or fire fog, the crops are still very delicate. The fog blocks the sunlight and is also wet.
It is best not to let the crops get gray mold or downy mildew.
After washing up, the two took their tools to the vegetable garden, thinking about taking some measures.
There is no preventive medicine, and she doesn’t know any folk remedies, so she can only use physical prevention.
The two used sticks to poke several small holes in the soil of the vegetable garden, avoiding the roots of the plants but not too far away to allow the soil to breathe and avoid root rot due to excessive moisture.
There is no need to worry about the fruits and vegetables that have just been planted, as they are covered with plastic film and the seedlings have not grown out yet. As long as the seeds do not rot, it will not affect their growth.
There is nothing we can do about the fields, we can only leave it to fate.
After breakfast, Zhao Yeqing felt a little bored.
Mu Xi had been planning to go into the mountains to find some wild vegetables or fruits today, and he also planned to dig some herbs for future use.
But when the fog came, we couldn’t go out and couldn’t get any sun.
Zhao Yeqing lay on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at a large open space in the backyard.
This was the original rabbit pen, which occupied most of the backyard.
It's a pity that it's empty now.
After Mu Xi finished washing the dishes, she put the dishes that had been dried yesterday into the cupboard. I knew what she was thinking by looking at her expression, so I asked her directly, "Are you thinking of planting something again?"
Zhao Yeqing hummed and didn't say yes or no.
If I had remembered earlier that I had this piece of land, I wouldn’t have to plant a vegetable garden outside.
What can be planted in the yard?
The family has everything they need. One field of wheat is enough, and a large field of corn is planted. We can plant some rapeseed, too. There is no such thing as too much raw material for oil extraction. However, in this weather, it is difficult to dry the rapeseed seeds.
If you want to grow rapeseed, the soil has to be prepared extra finely, which is also a hassle.
There could be more rice, but it always feels weird to have a paddy field in the yard, and the ground becomes wet. No, no.
But there are not many seeds left at home, so we can’t grow grass.
Mu Xi thought for a moment, "Didn't the original owner grow sorghum before? How about growing some too?"
There was indeed a large bag of sorghum seeds in the house, but she felt that sorghum was only okay when cooked into porridge, and it was not very tasty in other ways.
But there is nothing to plant now, which is not a problem.
Zhao Yeqing returned to the house, took out the original owner's notes and some books and began to look up information.
Sorghum is not a staple crop here. From childhood to adulthood, I have never seen many people grow it.
She carefully studied the knowledge points about growing sorghum and came to a conclusion.
Can be planted.
This thing is highly resistant to diseases. When they grow crops now, what they fear most is that the crops will get sick. There are almost no pesticides on hand, so the easiest thing is if the crops themselves are highly resistant to diseases.
The land for growing sorghum only needs to be tilled, and it is planted on dry land, so it is also easy to maintain.
It is also a drought-resistant crop. The book says it can grow to more than three meters tall.
Plant now and harvest in summer.
By then, the backyard will be blocked by three or four meter high sorghum, and the house will not be so hot in the summer.
What a magical crop this is.
Plant it, plant it now.
Zhao Yeqing soaked the sorghum seeds in water. There was no need to dry them in the sun. Just soak them overnight, then take them out and dry them before planting. This was very suitable for the current weather.
After preparing the seeds, the two put on their jackets and went to the backyard to start digging.
It's already past ten o'clock. The sun should have come out by now, but the fog shows no sign of dissipating.
The two were digging in the fog and could only wear windbreakers; other clothes would probably get soaked in no time.
It's like farming in the clouds.
I don’t know if it’s because this place used to be a place where rabbits were raised, or because of the manure piled nearby, but the soil here is particularly fertile.
The black soil was dug up with a hoe, and from time to time, small pink earthworms could be found.
If we plant sorghum in this soil, it will yield high yields in no time.
Thinking of the joy of harvest, Zhao Yeqing became more energetic when digging the ground.
In one day, dig the ground and spread the base fertilizer. The next day, dry the seeds and sow them in the ground.
The notes say that less water is needed in the seedling stage, and the amount of watering during the entire growth period should follow the principle of 'less at the two ends, more in the middle'.
The thick fog hasn't dissipated for two days, and the ground is wet.
Even watering is saved.
After sowing, Mu Xi returned to the house and took the towel to wipe Zhao Yeqing's hair.
"You didn't listen when I told you to wear a straw hat. Now you have to wash your hair again tonight."
Zhao Yeqing touched his wet hair and sighed. He just washed his hair last night, so he shouldn't have been lazy and not wear a straw hat.
At night, he had no choice but to wash his hair again. Zhao Yeqing shook the bottle of shampoo, and it was almost empty.
I have several bottles of it at home.
The two of them didn't use it sparingly on a regular basis, and this thing wouldn't last long even if they used it sparingly. The shelf life is only two or three years, and if they used it sparingly after two years it would be useless.
The fire pit in the kitchen was already lit, and the two of them sat by the fire. Mu Xi wiped her hair and said:
"Speaking of shampoo, when the season comes in a while, I will go look for tea seeds. Last year, I talked about extracting oil from tea seeds. When I find them, I won't say how much oil I can extract, but as long as I have tea seeds, I can make tea dregs to wash your hair."
There are some ethnic minority villages nearby. The women in the villages have long, black and shiny hair, but they have been using tea dregs to wash their hair all year round.
Zhao Yeqing also remembered, "They must have it grown there, but unfortunately the village is too far away from us, and we can't get there now, otherwise we could still look for it."
The oil tea trees have to wait until autumn to bear fruit. After the autumn harvest, there is some free time, and then we can go into the mountains to look for tea.
The two of them stayed at home idle for three days before the thick fog in the mountains was blown away by a gust of south wind.
This gust of south wind came suddenly, and the temperature rose by several degrees in an instant.
It was already 20 degrees Celsius at noon, which was a comfortable temperature for the crops, but the two of them felt extremely uncomfortable.
Last year, we had a long, dry and hot summer, followed by several months of extremely cold winter.
The two of them almost forgot that there was such a weather as the return of the south wind.
The wooden house next door is okay, but the brick house that the two of them use as a bedroom is not so good.
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