Chapter 334 Young Seedlings
The grass on the meadow began to grow, and the two people's pasture was about to be sown.
The roots of the pasture grass that were buried deep in the snow last year are still in the soil. It is best to dig them out in advance. Cleaning them up and then sowing them will allow the pasture grass to grow better.
There is not much feed left at home, and it is estimated that it will only be enough to last for a month or so. After a month, the grass will definitely not be harvested, and the livestock at home can only rely on the grass on the meadow to fill their stomachs.
Due to the heavy snow and the polar night, everything on the meadow was already withered. Now that it has just recovered, all the herbivores have come out in droves. Whether it is the vegetation in the forest or the meadow, the number of leaves that can grow for the animals to eat is very limited.
Zhao Yeqing predicted that both the forest and the meadow would be bare for quite some time this year. At least the plants on the ground and those shorter than the ground would have been eaten clean.
I hope this year's summer will come more slowly, otherwise these eaten grass leaves will be forced back by the high temperature before they grow out again.
Whether it is human civilization or the natural environment, after suffering a severe blow, it will take a long time to recuperate before returning to normal. If this summer or winter is the same as last year, I don’t know how many animals will starve to death next year.
Compared with humans, animals that rely on natural resources for survival are even more dependent on the weather. The two of them can rely on their accumulated experience to adjust the methods and time of sowing and planting, and crop maintenance, and use various means to feed themselves.
But the same cannot be said for the animals.
It’s not that the two of them are worrying about the wild animals now when they are both in danger, but they rely on the meadows and mountains to survive. In such an environment, if the vegetation decreases, the number of herbivores will also decrease accordingly.
As the number of herbivores decreases, the food sources of carnivores will gradually decrease, and eventually the beasts without food will choose to extend their claws towards them at the risk of being shot.
Human beings are at the top of the food chain, but they are also a link in the food chain. Once a link in the food chain is broken, no one can remain unscathed.
After the two of them finished this busy period, they had to continue sowing the grass circles on the meadow, and the original pasture land and barley and wheat fields on the meadow should also be sown with grass seeds.
Neither of them knew whether what they did would have any effect, they could only say that they were doing the best they could.
It is not so easy to clean up the grassland. The grass roots deeply rooted in the soil have to be dug out one by one, and the soil on the dug grass roots has to be shaken off.
No preliminary tillage work had been done on these two plots of land, and deep plowing was required after weeding.
Just like with grain, you need to spread lime and base fertilizer before sowing. Fortunately, the sowing method is the same as sowing rapeseed, and you don’t need to bend down to sow.
After the two pastures were cleared and Mu Xi had spread the base fertilizer, Zhao Yeqing approached the pasture to make sure it would not be affected by the manure. He squatted down and put the grass roots that the two had piled on the edge of the field into a basket and planned to throw it away somewhere else.
As she squatted down and was picking up the grass roots, she caught a glimpse of a small green seedling growing in the corner of the fish pond next to her.
"Huh?"
Zhao Yeqing took two steps forward while squatting on the ground, lowered his head to observe the green seedlings with small leaves, and raised his voice to shout:
"Mu Xi! Come and see if this is a grape seedling?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Xi hurried out of the yard. After the snow melted some time ago, the meadow was wet everywhere. The ice in the nearby stream broke and the snow water poured into the stream, causing the surface of the land near the water source on the meadow to be wet.
The two planned to open the previous waterway in a few days, put the bamboo waterway that was collected before winter back to its original place, and let the water flow into the fish pond.
So after applying the fertilizer, he had no way to wash his hands beside the fish pond, and could only go back to the yard to wash his hands. Just after washing his hands, he heard Zhao Yeqing's shout.
He shook the water off his hands and walked over, bending down to take a look. "It's grapes. Grapes are neither very cold-resistant nor weak. Although the previous vines are dead, the roots underneath may still grow new seedlings. It's also possible that the grape seeds that fell to the ground last year have sprouted."
This surprised Zhao Yeqing. She thought the grapes would definitely not be saved. "But the grape rack was crushed by the snow. I'll build another one for it when it grows up. Now, just use a stick to let it climb slowly."
There were still a lot of small bamboo poles left at home, about the thickness of a thumb. The two of them found one and inserted it into the soil next to the seedling. Zhao Yeqing carefully avoided the roots of the seedling and gently inserted it downwards, ensuring that the seedling could slowly climb up the bamboo pole without damaging the roots.
Mu Xi looked at the fish pond filled with snow water and asked, "Are you still raising fish this year?"
"Of course we should raise them." Zhao Yeqing nodded as a matter of course. "If there are some leftover vegetable leaves or when feeding chickens, we can sprinkle some corn kernels on them and they will be able to survive. If they are so easy to raise, of course we should raise them."
It's not that fish farming is a simple thing in itself. If you are engaged in aquaculture, you have to spend a lot of money on the site, labor, and fish fry feed. If the fish get sick or easily die, you have to bear a lot of risks.
But it's okay for them. The fish are caught from the lake for free, and the feed for the fish is just some leftovers or what's left over from feeding the chickens. The cost is almost zero. If they accidentally kill a fish, they can just catch some more from the lake and throw it back in.
The water used is of the same quality as the lake water. When you want to eat fish, you can just catch one from the fish pond instead of running all the way to the lake. How convenient.
Zhao Yeqing doesn't mind spending this little time and energy to raise a pond of fish. After all, raising fish is not like farming. It does not require KPIs. Everything will become very difficult once it is linked to KPIs. Without the pressure of KPIs, you will be happy doing anything.
Zhao Yeqing suddenly remembered that he returned to Meishan to get away from work and embrace nature. Even if he occasionally grew some vegetables and raised chickens and ducks, it was just for his own entertainment. He didn't expect that he would really become a farmer by experiencing the life of a farmer.
When I think about it, I feel lucky yet a little sad.
The two returned to the house and counted the number of grass seeds. It is easier to save grass seeds than fruit, vegetable and grain seeds. Each mature grass plant produces a considerable number of seeds and it does not take long.
The two of them accumulated a lot of grass seeds and prepared to take some of each to sow on the meadow.
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