Today is May 1st, Labor Day. This article should take stock of the common agricultural work in Jiaodong countryside around Labor Day.
Farm work depends on the solar terms. Generally speaking, may 1st, usually between GuYu and Lixia. Through the agricultural proverb corresponding to these two solar terms, the relevant agricultural work can be generally seen.
Before and after the valley rains, plant melons and beans. After the valley rain festival, it enters the theoretical "frost-free period" (but there is also a folk saying that "the valley rain breaks the frost and frost"), at this time, those unhardy open-air vegetables can be planted. If it is not affected by the epidemic, at this time, there will be many stalls selling vegetable seedlings in the Jiaodong Rural Market, such as eggplant seedlings, pepper seedlings, tomato seedlings and so on.
After some hard work, the vegetable garden, which was previously relatively monotonous in color, will once again take on a greenery and give people a sense of vitality.
In a broad sense, peanuts can also be counted in the range of "planting melons and beans". However, the Jiaodong Peninsula has an oceanic climate and is warming more slowly than in the mainland. Therefore, in practice, in order to prevent low ground temperature and wait for rain, many Jiaodong villages will push the time of planting peanuts to after May Day. Just a few days ago, Yantai just had a light rain, it is estimated that this May Day, many farmers have begun to plant peanuts. After planting peanuts, it is almost time to "plant sweet potatoes".
In the summer season, there is another agricultural proverb: Lixia wheat grin, can not lack water. Around May Day, the wheat on the Jiaodong Peninsula began to be pumped one after another, and for counties and cities with large wheat fields such as Pingdu, Laizhou, Laixi, and Laiyang, many farmers were busy watering the wheat fields at this time. In fact, the reason for this is similar to the watering of large cherries during the fruit setting period.
The above is mainly grain and vegetable crops, and then let's talk about fruit trees.
Around May Day, most of the fruit trees in Jiaodong have passed the flowering period, and the main one that is still considered to be open on a large scale is the apple blossom. In the past, apple tree pollination mainly relied on labor, and Labor Day is the time for busy work. With the promotion of wall bee pollination, fruit growers can be more or less brisk. However, in order to ensure the fruit set rate, many people will still insist on going up the mountain and supplement it artificially.
Of course, as far as planting apples is concerned, pollination is just the beginning, and after May Day, there are a series of processes such as "fruit thinning", "bagging", "watering" and so on. For growers, the whole of May is spent in a busy schedule. By the end of May, the big cherries are ripening, and the family has both apples and cherries, and it will be rotated. The degree of hard work can be imagined.
This year, due to the impact of the epidemic, it is not convenient to go out. Next, I will choose a group of related pictures taken in previous years and take you to feel the scenes mentioned above.
▲The vegetable garden in Jiaodong Countryside around May Day
▲Wheat fields in Jiaodong countryside around May Day.
▲ Scenes of apple trees flowering and pollination.
▲Freshly planted peanut field.
▲Prepare a water pipe for watering the ground.
▲The figure of a farmer working in the field.