Hunan Daily, New Hunan Client, April 15 (Correspondent Jiang Linfeng) In mid-April, mulberries are gradually ripening, and in the mulberry garden on a small stone hill in Shuangshiqiao Village, Tianhe Town, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, purple-red mulberry fruits are hung on the branches, attracting many citizens to come to pick and taste fresh.
At the beginning of 2020, the mulberry garden planted by villager Zhou Jingping and her family ushered in the first year of batch fruit hanging this year, the mulberry leaves in the orchard were red and purple mulberry fruits emitted a burst of fruit aroma, and the citizens carried baskets to pick out ripe mulberry fruits from them, while picking and eating, enjoying the fun and taste in spring.
"This mulberry tastes sweet and it's nice to have some aftertaste with a little bit of acid, and then think it's a good experience." Citizen Wang Fang said.
"I couldn't help but eat several of them, and I had mulberry juice all over my hands, and this mulberry is very special in the place where it grows, it grows in the cracks of the stone." Citizen Ye Qingqing said.
Zhou Jingping planted mulberry varieties for seedless big ten, is currently planted on the market most widely planted high-quality mulberry plant fresh food picking varieties, with a large seedless, sweet and sour and juicy characteristics, into the harvest period, the yield per mu of about 1000 kg, very suitable for the development of farm picking. At present, the mulberries in the orchard are very popular through the joint model of online ordering and home delivery and offline experience picking.
"We are very close to the county seat here, and then it is very convenient for people to pick it, just drive ten minutes to arrive." Zhou Jingping, a villager in Shuangshiqiao Village, Tianhe Town, Jianghua, said.
In the past two years, Jianghua has relied on Tuozhuo Avenue to plan and build a rural revitalization demonstration belt on Tuozhuo Avenue, and the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy has also ushered in development opportunities for Shuangshiqiao Village along the line, attracting a large number of young villagers to return to the village, villagers have developed suburban agriculture and four-season orchards according to local conditions, the village's industry has gradually prospered, and the way for villagers to increase their income has become more and more extensive.
"After a while, there will be this bayberry, and the plum planted, and the peach, and then this rural revitalization plus this Tuozhu Avenue, and there are so many industries in our village, I believe that it will definitely develop better and better in the future." Zhou Jingping, a villager in Shuangshiqiao Village, Tianhe Town, Jianghua, said.
[Editor-in-charge: Jiang Hui]
[Source: Hunan Daily· New Hunan Client]