In my days as a farmer

All the food used for breeding has the characteristics of fast reproduction and high meat production.The barley worm is one of the best.

I don’t know when it started, this insect native to Central and South America has become a popular meal for reptiles, poultry and fish all over the world due to its rich protein, good palatability, easy reproduction, and easy feeding.

...It is said that humans in some special areas will also eat this, and the favorable rate is quite high.

To be honest, Xia Dongli never thought that barley worms were such a group of creatures before raising them.

When he was purchasing the breeding box, he also asked the customer service of the online store about the breeding skills of barley worms. The customer service seemed to have thought about it for a long time, and finally gave him a screenshot of a paragraph in the baby details.

It probably means that insects of different ages should be kept separately, and the density should not be too high. In addition, they cannot be fed directly with drinking water.As a young pet owner who is often fooled by pet shop owners, Xia Dongli can see that the customer service girl has really worked hard to think about it, but even so, there are only a few dozen words.

At first, he felt that the online store seemed a little unreliable, so he checked Du Niang Encyclopedia, and finally found that it was so.

This kind of insect is resistant to drought, heat and thirst, likes to live in groups, tends to be dark and afraid of light, and can perfectly adapt to high-density disk feeding. Are these easier to keep?

However, after seeing Xia Dongli's order address, the other party reminded him that in winter, the barley worms in the Northeast must be kept indoors, otherwise they may not be able to successfully survive the winter.But it doesn't matter even if they die, and they can harvest another batch of barley worms in the next spring by keeping their eggs.

Yes, it is so easy to feed. Compared with the earthworm family who always lose their temper and protest against the lack of humidity in the box next door, Xia Dongli feels very relaxed every time he opens the barley worm breeding box.

The barley worms in Xia Dongli's family have been well kept. Let me say quietly, their worms are also a good tool for good neighborliness!

The elders of Xiaojin Village also raise some birds such as mynah thrushes. After learning that Xia Dongli’s family has barley worms, they often come to exchange some. Relying on the barley worms’ diplomacy, Xia Dongli’s WeChat circle also has more good people.

But even so, the barley worms in their family are still in surplus, especially after the little Maojiu at home have entered a semi-stocking state, they have an additional source of protein, and Xia Dongli has reduced the number of barley worms artificially fed.

After Xia Dongli counted the inventory, he knew it in his mind.

Of course, in order to avoid giving Xiaomi's wife the idea that barley bugs are particularly cheap, he still didn't prepare too much this time.

The quantity was not enough, so the packaging was packed together. Xia Dongli prepared a lot of grass grains and nuts that were not easy to find in the north, and quietly stole some grass powder from Teacher Tutu and sprinkled it on it.For poultry, this is definitely a big meal.

As Xiaomi's natal family (something seems wrong), Xia Dongli felt that he had to put on a show. He took mulberry leaves and hemp rope to tie a beautiful knot on the food on the spot, and packaged a mini The shape of the zongzi is satisfied.

The young man took apart the small rice dumplings and picked out the barley worms, looked at Xun Yao who picked up the brush to paint again, and asked curiously, "Xiao Ge, what did you pinch today?"

It seems to be a little different from the mocking wind beast. This time it is a bit flat, a bit like a thickened turbot.

"It's Baxia." Xun Yao painted a color on the fish's inconspicuous tail. He seemed a little dissatisfied with the color effect, and put it on the shelf with a reluctant expression to dry it.

"Wait! Don't put the roof on!" Xia Dongli quickly stopped, "There are bees on the roof now, you pottery beast is not finalized, if it gets dirty, you can't wash it, just put it, just put it... By the way, first Put it in the side hall."

The side hall is now raising silkworm babies, which are ventilated and shady, and the silkworm babies are all in the pupation stage now, and they will not crawl out.

Although it will be slower to dry in the shade than outside, at least it will not get pollen or anything.

Xun Yao agreed without hesitation, and Xia Dongli quickly turned on the mobile phone to search for keywords while the person was walking away, ahem, I can't let Xiao Yao know that he didn't understand what he was talking about, wouldn't it be too embarrassing up?

Fortunately, as soon as I entered the pronunciation of "BAXIA" in the search bar, keywords popped up immediately.

Baxia, the legendary six sons of the dragon, ancient mythical beasts, turtles...etc!Was that turtle just now?Where do the other four legs go?He only saw the shell!

Xiao Ling, you are such a crafty pottery beast! !Xia Dongli was a little crazy.

He quickly settled down and continued to read the encyclopedia. The key word of Tyrannical Beast is that it likes to bear weight and walks forward, so it is often used to carry stone tablets.

It looks like a harmless beast.After seeing Xun Yao's figure walking out of the side hall, Xia Dongli quickly switched the phone interface, looking calm and indifferent.

He pretended to be swiping WeChat, and after swiping and swiping, a private chat from Assistant Li appeared: Xiao Xia, the village chief asked me for your WeChat, I pushed it to him, remember to pass his friend application.

What?village head?

Xia Dongli was startled, and quickly clicked on the address book to see that there was indeed a friend request.Village Chief Xiao Song's WeChat name is his real name, which is particularly conspicuous.Xia Dongli hurriedly passed the friend application, and was still struggling with which one to choose from the emoticons to resolve the current embarrassing situation, so the village chief Xiao Song sent a WeChat message.

Song Dan: Xiao Xia, I heard that you started raising bees?Considered having bees as a part-time job?

Xia Dongli:? ? ? ?What?

Xia Dongli was shocked. The bees in his family didn't even build a house yet, yet someone already cared about their labor!

Village head Xiaosong continued to explain that working part-time is actually a win-win situation.

The main industry of Xiaojin Village is vegetable cultivation. They have the advantage of geothermal heat, and they can still provide fresh vegetables even in autumn and winter when there is a large-scale harvest failure in the north.

But people can't just stare at the front. Song Dan believes that with the rollout of the national transportation network, Xiaojin Village, like Lishu Village next door, will also face the impact of the southern market.

For the same vegetables, the greenhouse vegetables sent from the Bohai Rim will take a day or two longer than the ones they send out, although for vegetables, they will definitely taste better if they run for a day or two in an environment of more than ten degrees below zero. Discounted, but with the gradual improvement of transportation conditions and technological innovation, this change will become smaller and smaller.

So what Village Chief Xiaosong means is——Xiaojin Village must develop characteristic agriculture.Otherwise, when the time comes, the energy of one of their villages will have no advantage in competing with the entire vegetable base production area in terms of price.

Yes, what he fancy is the concept of [organic food].

Xiaojin Village has a unique environment. They have high-quality soil and water resources, as well as a relatively independent ecological planting environment. The irrigation water and atmosphere in the green food evaluation standards can meet the rigid standards for organic planting. This is their advantage. .

However, the standard of organic food cultivation is too high, and the requirement is to completely avoid the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and rely entirely on ecological emptying.

"Even the feed for livestock must be grown in an organic environment. Xiaojin Village has not yet reached this point. We can only set a goal of green food and try to transform."

Village head Xiao Song sent a long voice, saying so.

In the national agricultural plan, green food is a buffer zone for the transition from traditional agriculture to organic planting. It is divided into two categories. Category A allows the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides within the specified range, while category AA does not allow the use of them at all.

The impact target of Xiaojin Village is Class A green food.

To be honest, this is not an easy task. Although there are subsidies issued by the state, ecological planting costs a lot, and the initial investment and return are basically not proportional.

Not to mention anything else, let’s just talk about pesticides. The chemical pesticides used in Xiaojin Village today are degradable, and they can last for one month after one spray. The pesticide residue is 0, and it is safer for the environment.

But the disadvantage is that it is mainly sprayed against a certain type of pests, and its properties are mild, and it often happens that the medicine does not kill the pests.

The deworming time of broad-spectrum insecticides that are routinely used is two to three months, and it can be longer if there is no prolonged rainfall.Generally speaking, environmental protection insecticides need to be sprayed three or four times in a planting cycle, and four or five times for long-harvest plants, while ordinary insecticides only need half the number.

This part consumes a lot of material resources and manpower.

The most important thing is that after the reform of agricultural materials, the general pesticides allowed to be used in these countries can pass the level of pesticide residues as long as the spraying time is controlled, and the taste of vegetables is not much different. Without the certificate of green food, the vegetables in Xiaojin Village cannot be sold at a high price.

In other words, at least the vegetables in Xiaojin Village were sold at a loss during these few harvest periods.

Of course, the village chief has endorsed this point with the majority of growers, and the villagers can express their understanding out of trust in the village chief, but Xiao Song, the village chief, is really sorry.

He has been running around, trying to attract investment or get cheaper organic fertilizer for Xiaojin Village. For example, this year he found the cattle farm next door. The cow manure is so cheap that people can make money just by buying and selling it. a sum.

For example, Xia Dongli was brought in... Yes, Comrade Xiao Xia who came to lease the land is also part of the foreign investment, and his land rental fee will be distributed to the villagers evenly. Can buy a few bags of rice.

But now, Village Chief Xiao Song is ready to deeply integrate this young man into his plan, because he found that this young man is too capable of doing things, and after several contacts, Village Chief Xiao Song discovered that Xia Dongli's many The idea is also in line with the development direction of Xiaojin Village.Although Amrita's plan to contract more land failed last time, but this time he is sure that Comrade Xiaoxia will agree to his invitation.

"You also know that the aging of our Xiaojin Village is serious." The village head Xiaosong sent a voice, with a very sincere tone, "In the past, everyone used plant hormones to pollinate artificially, and they had to bend down and spray hormones on every flower. Age When you get older, your waist is not very good, and it is inconvenient for the elderly to bend over, so I want to hire bees from your family to help for a fee."

Xia Dongli opened his mouth wide, this, this is okay?

Song Dan sent several videos and documents in succession, all of which were about the methods and benefits of bee pollination, among which the most recommended one was Bumblebee.

Bumble bees have been with the plants on the land of China for a longer period of time than the history of human civilization in China. During the long-term mutual promotion and mutual growth, the tacit understanding between the two has almost reached its peak.

Compared with the rough and merciless honey-gathering methods of Italian bees, scumble bees are more gentle and meticulous, and the body structure of scumble bees can help them carry more pollen.

The most important thing is that the bumblebees are best at picking scattered nectar sources, which means that they will not let go of every flower. Using bumble bees for pollination can achieve a fruit setting rate of over 90.00%.

"If you can do it, Xiaoxia, I will tell the villagers to stop using pesticides earlier." Village Chief Xiaosong said very politely.

Xia Dongli paused, and stamped a line: "But, village chief, I only have a box of bees that I just moved here."

This labor is not enough!

"It's okay." Village Chief Xiao Song seemed to be well prepared, and he typed very fast, "Bees eat more and give birth more, they grow very fast."

He also suggested by the way: "By the way, if you want to raise bees, you need to prepare nectar plants. The goat beans you planted there only have two months of flowering in a year. You'd better plant some auxiliary nectar plants."

Xia Dongli humbly asked for advice.

"Jujube trees or pagoda trees are fine. Their flowering period is from April to May. When these flowers fade, your goat beans will just pick up. In autumn, you can plant some buckwheat. Our buckwheat is also very good... ..." Village Chief Xiao Song let out a devilish croon, "So Xiao Xia, do you want to rent some more land?"

The author has something to say: Village Chief Xiaosong: Although I don’t make many appearances, I have always been the C position in Xiaojin Village.

Village Chief Xiao Song: As long as I think about it, there is nothing I can't sell, no sponsorship I can't get, and no people I can't poach!

Village Chief Xiao Song: Veteran cadres with arms akimbo.jpg