Super Orchard

Chapter 45 Construction Minor Projects

In the orchard, the mango trees have taken root and sprouted, the strawberries have been picked, and the apple trees are already bearing fruit. Even the wild grapes that have only been planted for one year have sporadically sprouted many flowers and fruits, which surprised all the employees.

Under normal circumstances, it usually takes two years for wild grape cuttings to bear fruit. Shen Yangguang speculates that the reason for the flowering and fruiting in one year is probably due to the golden air current, but he will not say it out.

The new branches of these wild grapes are only about [-] centimeters high. Shen Yangguang arranged for the female employees in the business department to prune the branches and cut the leaves. Next, only a bunch of wild grapes are left on each fruit tree.

Then he led the male employees of the engineering department to start erecting single fences. Because wild grape plants are relatively soft and can reach nearly two meters in height, and each bunch of fruit weighs one or two catties, a single fence must be erected for wild grapes to climb on it. , to avoid branches lying low on the ground.

It stands to reason that generally wild grapes need to set up supports when the plants are taller in the second year, but the situation here in Shen Yangguang is obviously different. If there is no support for the wild grapes to climb, they will definitely be crushed by the fruits in a few months.

I bought hundreds of cement poles more than two meters high and bundles of steel wires, dug small holes at certain intervals on the wild grape ridge, buried the cement poles, and connected them to the cement poles with steel wires. There are four layers of steel wire, each nearly half a meter high.

After all the single fences were erected, Wang Chunmei, director of the operation department, led the staff to tie the wild grapes to the steel wires with cable ties, so that the plants would not fall down.

With the massive pruning of wild grapes and apple trees, several large piles of various branches and leaves were piled up in the orchard, and Shen Yangguang thought about building several compost ponds. employees, so waited until now to act.

The two greenhouses are located at the foot of the south ridge, and there is still a few meters away from the ridge. Shen Yangguang brought Niu Neng and other employees of the engineering department to this vacant place and started digging holes.

These male employees have done this before. When there were no drilling trucks, the wells in the village were dug by these farmers with a hoe and a shovel. Later, after manual digging was no longer needed, some people in the village built biogas digesters. It was also dug out by their own hands. Whether it is a water well or a biogas digester, it is much more difficult, not to mention this simple round hole.

As for Shen Yangguang, he had never done these tasks by himself. With these professionals, he would direct and excavate according to his own plan.

According to the plan, a large round hole with a diameter of three meters and a depth of one meter was first dug, and then the bottom and surrounding areas of the hole were built with bricks and cement, and after it was level with the ground, a height of one meter was built. to a depth of two meters.

The reason why the depth of one meter above the ground and below the ground is adopted is mainly because the depth of two meters is sufficient and convenient for people to enter and exit. At the same time, the height of one meter above the ground is to prevent people from accidentally falling into the hole.

The land in this valley is soft, and there are almost no stones in the upper soil. The round hole was dug quickly, and then the bricklaying began. Speaking of bricklaying, Niu Neng and others are more professional. You must know that he was a small contractor before. I often lead a team of people to build houses and build walls. This kind of work is simply pediatrics.

As for the other male employees, they had more or less worked on the construction site, so the brick wall was built better and faster, and it was much smoother than the small ditch that I and Liu Dihua had built.

It only took two days to complete the construction of the circular pool for composting, and then nailed a large cover with wooden boards to cover it when composting to prevent rainwater from entering and causing fertilizer loss.

As for the sealing of the cover, there is no need to consider it at all. Shen Yangguang is very worried that methane will be generated in the composting pond. If the sealing is too good, the methane will accumulate more and more, and this flammable and explosive gas will be destroyed by fire. Explosions are very dangerous, so the airtightness of the wooden cover is almost okay, as long as it can prevent rainwater from entering.

In the next daily management of the orchard, all the pruning, weeding and fallen leaves are sent to this pond with a trolley. After it is [-]% full, it is covered with a layer of soil to facilitate the decay of the branches and leaves inside. At that time, it can be used to fertilize fruit trees.

After the composting pool was built, the female employees in the business department continued to carry out daily management such as weeding, watering and pruning. Shen Yangguang led the male employees in the engineering department to start construction again, preparing to dig the second composting pool.

According to estimates, it will take two to three months or even longer in each composting pond to completely decompose and ferment all kinds of branches and leaves. As the orchard grows larger and there are more and more fruit trees, pruning and weeding will also cause more damage. More and more, only one composting tank is not enough, so build several more and recycle them.

When one compost pool is full, it will be sealed for fermentation and decay, and the second compost pool will be used, and so on, until the fertilizer in the first pool can be used after a few months, and it will be recycled after being dug out.

Calculated in this way, dozens or even hundreds of compost ponds are likely to be needed in the orchard in the future, but there are still relatively few fruit trees at present, and three or five will be enough for the time being.

During the past few days of building the composting pond, Shen Yangguang called Weilong over again. He wanted to build a small warehouse outside the two greenhouses to facilitate the temporary storage of fruits.

Shen Guangguang originally planned to build a large warehouse to store the picked fruits. Considering that different fruits are easy to ripen each other and cause rapid deterioration, he gave up this idea and built a small warehouse for each fruit separately.

Moreover, the fruit of Jinquan Orchard is not worried about selling. Basically, if it is picked on the first day, it will be sold on the same day or the next day, so the warehouse is only for temporary storage and does not need to be too large.

As for building all the small warehouses next to the greenhouses instead of building them together, the main reason is that firstly, the fruit trees in the warehouses are closer, and it is more convenient for the employees to put the fruits in; secondly, there are newly-built roads in the orchard. The warehouse is on both sides of the road, so it is very convenient to transport.

Wei Long had long regarded Shen Yangguang as a big benefactor, and came quickly after receiving the call, and asked carefully what his requirements were.

Shen Yangguang explained the plans that he had thought up for a long time: "The location is built between the road and the greenhouse. This open space is about three meters wide, so the small warehouse is only three meters wide and six meters long. The specific structure is similar to the gate of the greenhouse. "

"Like a gate?"

"Yes, isn't the door of the greenhouse a small room? There are two doors for heat preservation. One is connected to the inside of the greenhouse and the other is connected to the outside world, so the newly built small warehouse should also be like this. One door directly connects to the inside of the greenhouse, which is convenient for fruit transportation. Go in, and another door connects to the road outside, which is convenient for vehicle transportation."

Wei Long said in relief: "I understand. It means that the small room at the gate has been enlarged. The previous door can be regarded as a passage for people to enter and exit, and the new one can be regarded as a passage for goods. Is that what it means?"

"Exactly!"

"In this way, a door needs to be re-opened on the original wall, but this is not difficult, no problem at all!"

Shen Yangguang took out another piece of white paper, drew some marks on it and said: "This is the specific data on the length and height of doors and warehouses, you can just follow this construction, and when you build a greenhouse in the future, each The big shed has to create this small warehouse.”

As a result, after checking the drawings again with Shen Yangguang, Wei Long happily went back to start construction. This is only a small project, and it won't make much money, but it can strengthen his business relationship with Jinquan Orchard. The God of Wealth My thighs are about to be hugged tightly.

The next day Weilong came with his team. It is very simple to build this small warehouse. The surrounding walls are basically the same as the north wall of the greenhouse. As for the roof, it is made of opaque hard plastic material, which is different from the original greenhouse door. The top is the same, but the length, width and height are larger.

At this time, Wang Chunmei led the staff to manage the orchard, the small warehouse was also handed over to Weilong, and there were cattle in the composting pond who could lead people to build it. Shen Yangguang took out his mobile phone to surf the Internet when he had nothing to do, and was going to buy a fishing rod and fishing tackle.

Now that spring is warm and flowers are blooming, many wild fish come out to look for food in the small river to the east of the village, and the weather is neither too hot nor too cold, which is a good time for fishing.

(End of this chapter)