Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

The wheat field could be finished in half a day, but it took the two of them a whole day to finish it.

Zhao Yeqing beat his shoulders and said, "Anyway, the wheat seeds haven't been dried yet, so don't rush for a while. Work slowly. I was too tired from working in a hurry the past few days."

The only things left to grow are wheat and rapeseed.

Most rapeseed is planted in autumn, and basically only in the north, rapeseed is grown in spring.

The original owner also planted rapeseed in spring, which may have something to do with the altitude. Normally, the temperature on the mountain in summer would not have been very high.

Rapeseed is not very tolerant of high temperatures, so the original plan was to plant wheat first and then rapeseed.

But the day is too short, and we don’t know when the wheat seeds will be ready to dry, so the rapeseed can only be sown first.

It is best to sow the seeds into the soil as soon as possible after drying, so the rapeseed seeds have not been sun-dried before.

Now we can only use the limited sunshine to dry the seeds.

Rapeseed seeds are also exposed to the sun for about three days, and the sunshine today is about four hours.

It will probably take four to five days.

The rapeseed field also needs to be treated well. For now, we will not spread lime. The main thing is to treat the soil quality of the rapeseed field.

Rapeseed seeds do not need to be germinated before sowing. They are sown directly into the ground.

Because rapeseed seeds are very small, the ability of the small sprouts to sprout from the soil is weak, so the required soil quality must be looser and have good ventilation, otherwise it will be difficult for them to germinate.

However, the soil requirements are relatively high, and it has adapted very well to the current temperature.

Rapeseed is cold-tolerant, so you don’t have to worry about getting cold when sowing it this season. The seeds can germinate when the temperature is above two degrees Celsius. Although it likes fertilizer, it is also resistant to fertilizer. It will not burn to death if you accidentally apply too much fertilizer.

During the few days when the seeds were drying, the two had enough time to deal with the soil quality of the rapeseed field.

The manure that has been hoarded all winter is now put to use.

Corn fields, peanut fields, wheat fields, and rice fields have all been sprinkled with enough base fertilizer, and only less than half of the accumulated manure has been consumed.

"There will be pasture that needs to be planted in the future." Mu Xi finished spreading the base fertilizer on the rapeseed field and thought, "When the time comes, mix the manure into water fertilizer and it should be almost done after just irrigating the pasture twice."

Zhao Yeqing: "Forage does not consume much fertilizer, but growing vegetables consumes more. After a while, when the temperature rises and I start growing vegetables, I am afraid that the fertilizer will not be available."

Rapeseed flowers are also vegetables, and they like to be fat.

Mu Xi: "If that doesn't work, the septic tank will be used by then."

Zhao Yeqing took a deep breath, unwilling to face it and could only say vaguely, "Let's talk about it later."

Mu Xi couldn't help laughing, "You don't have to do it."

It's a bit hard to accept that she doesn't have to do it, but now that I'm building my own toilet, it will happen sooner or later.

She currently only accepts animal manure, which has almost no smell after decomposition.

The animals at home are all herbivores, and the manure is just grass. After it decomposes, it turns into powder. It doesn't look unpleasant and has no smell.

There was still enough time today. When the two of them talked about manure, they happened to clean a few barns.

After Zhao Yeqing cleaned the sheepfold, he observed the newly born lamb. Unknowingly, it had grown a lot. The lamb had grown layers of curly hair and was very cute.

The two usually pay more attention to the hygiene of the livestock shed, and the sheep are always clean.

The temperature had been so low before that it was impossible to shave the wool. The wool on the adult sheep had grown very thick in just a few months.

The white sheep look like cauliflower.

Remember to shave the sheep when the weather gets warmer.

The ewe's lactation period has just passed, the neinei are no longer that big, and the milk production is also smaller.

After making butter from cow's milk, Zhao Yeqing also tried using goat's milk, and it was successful.

It tasted like mutton, but it wasn't too much, and it was acceptable.

Among the by-products of goat milk, butter is the most useful.

Nowadays, the milk from cows and goats that is squeezed every day is saved as butter. The milk that cannot be drunk is stored in two large jars.

Mu Xi walked into the sheepfold and saw Zhao Yeqing playing with the lamb.

"The cattle pen has been cleaned. Do we need to cover the previously decomposed manure with a plastic sheet?"

Zhao Yeqing thought for a while and said, "Logically speaking, we don't need it. The plastic sheet on top can be removed and used to cover the manure that has just been cleaned out. I'm just a little worried. There has been frost recently, and I'm afraid it will get wet and moldy."

"How about covering it with some straw?"

Zhao Yeqing nodded, "That's okay. The new manure can also be covered with some straw and then covered with plastic sheeting, which will help it heat up and mature."

If it hadn't been for such heavy snow and the lack of supplies at home, the straw would have been burned while it was in the field after harvesting the highland barley.

Unfortunately, we don’t have many supplies at home, so we have to put straw in the sheep pen and cattle pen to keep them warm in winter.

After this winter, there is not much straw left.

The two walked into the hay room. Zhao Yeqing grabbed a straw and twisted it around his fingers. "After this year's harvest, we will only keep some straw, and we'd better burn the rest."

Otherwise, I always worry that there are bugs in the ground.

After harvesting, the straw is spread on the ground and burned. It can kill insects, fertilize the fields, reduce the growth of weeds, and make the soil loose and not compacted. It can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone.

In the past, everyone would burn straw in the field after harvesting. Later, some experts said that burning straw polluted the environment and could easily cause wildfires and stopped burning it.

But the farmland in the hilly areas was so bare that it was impossible to cause a fire, so it was still not allowed to burn.

Zhao Yeqing curled his lips, farmers could not earn more than two cents, enjoyed no blessings at all, and had to bear the blame for air pollution.

From the perspective of carbon emissions, photosynthesis during plant growth inherently absorbs carbon dioxide, and the carbon emissions produced after incineration are also fixed.

Calculated, the carbon emissions throughout the entire life cycle are zero.

As long as a large amount is not burned on the same day, resulting in instantaneous carbon emissions exceeding the standard, the environment will not be damaged.

Mu Xi picked up a bundle of straw, raised the corner of his mouth, and said in a slightly mocking tone, "How can it not be a good thing if it can promote the development of the fertilizer and pesticide industry?"

Zhao Yeqing sighed lightly, but one thing is that when the time comes, burning straw must be controlled to avoid causing wildfires.

Mu Xi took the straw out and covered the two compost piles.

Seeing that the sun was going down, Zhao Yeqing went to the yard to collect wheat and rapeseed seeds.

Then I went to the house and took out garlic seeds, and walked around to the back of the yard. There was a back door on the wall behind the yard, and there was a big vegetable garden through the back door.

Within a few days, the sprouts of the potatoes that had been planted earlier had already sprouted out of the ground. Zhao Yeqing inserted the garlic seeds into the ground next to the potatoes.

Garlic does not rob many nutrients, so planting it at the same time as potatoes will not have much impact, and it can also prevent small insects.

The temperature has picked up in the past two days, and the late spring cold is probably coming to an end.

Zhao Yeqing looked at the large area of ​​the vegetable garden that was still empty, and thought to himself, the leafy vegetables can almost be planted tomorrow, and the day when they can eat vegetables is not far away.