Create a 700-square-meter roof ecological vegetable garden to attract attention
Uncle grows vegetables and eats them himself
Recently, an uncle in rural Hebei built his roof into a 700-square-meter ecological vegetable garden, which has attracted attention.
On October 29, the client Wang Yuhong told a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily that in order to build a rooftop vegetable garden, the issues of load-bearing, waterproofing and drainage were taken into consideration when building the house.
"Now pork, chicken, eggs and vegetables are all self-sufficient. At first, I didn't know how to grow vegetables, so I asked the vegetable farmers in the village for advice. I would follow what others grow, and learn as I grow, peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, lettuce. , leeks, cabbage, radishes, beans, corn, etc. are grown. These vegetables are not sold, they are eaten at home. If you can't finish eating them, you can send them to relatives and friends, feed chickens and pigs, and don't waste them." Wang Yuhong posted the roof on the Internet. In the vegetable garden, some netizens came to eat after being attracted. For this reason, Wang Yuhong transformed his warehouse into a homestay to receive guests who came to eat.
55-year-old rural uncle
Create a 700-square-meter rooftop vegetable garden to attract attention
The 55-year-old Wang Yuhong lives in Shanhou Village, Baoding, Hebei. His daily life is to take care of his rooftop vegetable garden, feed the chickens and pigs, and broadcast live broadcasts to netizens to see his vegetable garden and talk to netizens sooner or later when he is free. chat.
Wang Yuhong has lived like this for more than three years, and he likes it.
Speaking of the origin of the rooftop vegetable garden, Wang Yuhong told a reporter from Beiqing Daily that he used to sell electrical appliances in a big city. He used to focus on business and likes to eat junk food. He suffered from kidney disease a few years ago and his creatinine exceeded the standard. , he began to focus on healthy eating.
"I have three homesteads in my hometown, my mother's, mine and my son's, a total of 850 square meters. In 2018, we built our own house using the homestead, and we wanted to make full use of the space and create a building on the roof. Vegetable gardens."
Apart from a yard of more than 100 square meters, Wang Yuhong finally built a house with a roof of 700 square meters, some of which were bungalows and some with two floors. Finally, he built a concrete pool on the roof for planting vegetables, as well as flower racks, gazebos, glass Greenhouses, chicken coops, pig coops, and pigeon coops have left aisles, and planting boxes have been placed in relatively empty places to form an ecological vegetable garden.
"In the second half of 2018, my vegetable garden began to grow cabbage. In 2019, I started raising chickens, pigs and pigeons. At present, there are 41 hens, 1 rooster, 40 or 50 pigeons, and two pigs. I eat it myself. The rooster has already eaten 3, and there were 4. The pigs have been killed several times. Usually, the pigs are killed before the new year. The hatching chicks continue to be raised."
Building a house with a roof garden in mind
Load bearing, waterproofing and drainage issues
There are many issues to consider when moving the vegetable garden from the ground to the roof. Wang Yuhong said that he also checked a lot of information at that time and considered how to solve the roof's load-bearing, waterproof and drainage problems.
"At that time, I found the construction team and I also told them that I wanted to grow vegetables on the roof. When building the house, the reinforced concrete frame was thickened and densified, and hidden beams were added. The waterproofing used two layers of linoleum plus five centimeters. I also built three septic tanks to collect human and animal excrement, and after fermentation and sedimentation treatment, these fertilizers and water are used to water vegetables.”
Wang Yuhong usually lives on the second floor, and he pushes the door out to the vegetable garden. Some netizens worry that raising chickens and pigs will be noisy and smelly.
In this regard, Wang Yuhong said that in fact, every household in the countryside raises chickens and ducks. "The hens will cluck when they lay eggs, and the roosters will croak, but in the countryside this kind of sound is normal and not noisy. This is rural life. The chicken house and pig house are filled with pastoral soil. For example, animal manure is also buried with pastoral soil, which is considered as compost. The pile of manure in the pig house and chicken house is increasing. Every year after the Lantern Festival, I will clean it up and put these The manure is cleared out to grow vegetables, and new soil is placed on the pig house and chicken coop. After this treatment, the pig house and chicken coop are actually very clean, not smelly, and a little smell is acceptable.”
After some netizens were attracted by the roof vegetable garden
come to eat
After having this vegetable garden, Wang Yuhong fell in love with this self-sufficient rural life, so he devoted himself to the vegetable garden and handed over the business to his son.
"In the beginning, I didn't know how to grow vegetables, but many people in the village grow vegetables, so I learned from the village's vegetable agronomists. I also followed what they planted and when they planted them. I learned as I planted, and gradually I got better. Now I grow vegetables according to the season and my own preferences. I have grown peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, corn, lettuce, leeks, coriander, radishes, cabbage, beans, etc. All of them are eaten by themselves. They will come directly to me to pick them, no charge. When I can’t finish eating, I will also give them to relatives and friends to feed chickens and pigs. I even use sweet potato leaves and some vegetable seedlings for composting, so I don’t waste them. It’s cold in winter. Now, I will not grow vegetables in the open-air vegetable garden, but in the glass greenhouse, which is 8 meters long and 3.4 meters wide, and basically the vegetables I grow are enough for my own food.”
Wang Yuhong told a reporter from Beiqing Daily that in 2020, he uploaded the video of the roof vegetable garden to the Internet, but he did not expect to attract the attention of many netizens, and many netizens came to eat the vegetables he grew himself. The warehouse was transformed into a homestay to pick up guests.
"In the beginning, some retired big city netizens watched my video and said they wanted to eat the vegetables I grew, and they didn't want to stay in a hotel or stay at my house after they came here. At that time, an old lady came over, and my wife and I even gave up the house to make a floor. Woolen cloth."
After the renovation in 2021, Wang Yuhong now has 10 rooms available for external guests.
"Mostly, I introduced friends to my vegetable garden after I was attracted. I don't distinguish between working days and holidays. People who come here are charged per person, 100 yuan per person for one day and one night, except for drinks, meat and chefs. I don't provide it, you can pick and cook it yourself here, rice, noodles, oil, eggs, and a kitchen. If you can't cook, I can ask the villagers to help them, as long as you give them wages, a few times a meal. ten yuan."
At present, Wang Yuhong's short video account has 380,000 fans, and everyone calls him "Rooftop Brother". In addition to growing vegetables and live broadcasts, many netizens ask him how to grow vegetables, and he is happy to teach him.
"I am very satisfied with my life now. This vegetable garden is just like a garden. It is equivalent to living in a garden. The environment is very good. It is very convenient for me to water and pick vegetables. Vegetables. With this vegetable garden, I can basically be self-sufficient, I need to buy very few things, and I can earn some pocket money for live broadcasts and homestays.”
Text / Daily reporter Dai Youqing
(Beijing Youth Daily)