In 2015, studying in the first year of university, Dinh Le Thao Nguyen (SN 1996, Ward 3, Da Lat City, Lam Dong) decided to take a break even though her family disagreed. “Since I was in high school, I was determined not to go to university, but I did not expect to pass the exam,” the girl born in 1996 shared. However, after only a few months, the girl decided to drop out of school. The garden of Thao Nguyen is more than 7,000m2, planted with all kinds of different fruit trees. Having a passion for plants and gardening, after leaving school, Thao Nguyen and her parents planted more ornamental plants, flowers and vegetables in the garden. She also redesigned her garden in the direction of “going back to nature” and discussed with her parents the intention of inviting “strangers” to her garden to play. “The land is large, but only my parents, me and my younger brother live. Gardening is done by me and my father, so it can’t be done,” Thao Nguyen shared. She wants to invite others to work in the garden and harvest products. Guests will be free to eat and drink, while the owner has a companion when gardening. “I only choose female guests,” Thao Nguyen said. The selection of people to play will be “selected carefully” through the profile and the times the two sides talk to discuss topics related to planting trees and taking care of the garden. Guests and owners will have a month to contact and talk to each other. When it feels right to talk and feel that guests are sincere in coming to the garden, Thao Nguyen will receive the application and make an appointment for the two sides to meet. However, Thao Nguyen’s idea was opposed by her family. “My father said: “When you come to play, I take them to Da Lat city to tell me. Bringing a friend back and forcing you to garden for yourself is exploiting your labor,” Thao Nguyen recalls. There is no other way. otherwise, Thao Nguyen had to put her ideas aside. Thao Nguyen took a commemorative photo with an elderly guest who used to visit her garden. In 2020, Mr. Lac – Thao Nguyen’s father, just started letting his daughter invite strangers to his garden. Thao Nguyen posted information to find people in the provinces and cities to come to her garden to play and many people responded. “The garden is currently in the harvest season, so I want to find someone to visit, take care of the plants and harvest the products together. Every day, we will do gardening for 4 hours, including 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Gardening is sowing seeds, planting flowers, growing vegetables, watering plants, picking up trash, weeding, picking fruit… Thao Nguyen’s garden is located in the middle of Da Lat city, surrounded by a stream. The rest of the time we will cook together, walk around Da Lat. The garden will arrange accommodation and meals during your stay. If you want to wander around the restaurant and eat, I’m happy to share when eating with you. If you can take care of the garden for a month, the garden will be completely free of charge. If you only spend 1-2 weeks in the garden, the fee will be 200,000 VND/week,” she wrote. Reading about Thao Nguyen, a female friend in Hanoi asked to visit the garden for a week. After carefully reviewing the girl’s profile, Thao Nguyen agreed. The girl stayed for a week, worked in the garden, ate together and talked with the owner of the garden. Before leaving, the girl planted a green tree as a souvenir. Thao Nguyen promised, when the tree bears fruit, she will invite the girl to come and harvest. Ms. Pham My Ly (Hanoi) also registered to come to Thao Nguyen’s garden to stay for a week to practice being a farmer. “The days of gardening with Thao Nguyen, I feel very happy, comfortable and meaningful. In the morning, I go to the garden to pick vegetables and weeds. In the afternoon, I finish work early, I drive around Da Lat,” she wrote. on personal page. Recently, many people also registered to visit the garden, but Thao Nguyen did not agree, due to the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic. “This season, the garden is in the process of harvesting avocados and durians… but due to the epidemic, we can’t invite everyone to come, I’m sorry,” 9X confessed. In addition to fruit trees, Thao Nguyen also grows chrysanthemums, roses, five-color, bougainvillea… The succulent berries that Thao Nguyen can grow. She also grows more vegetables and tubers to provide clean food for her family and visitors to the garden. Thao Nguyen said that gardening also has worries, expectations, joy and fatigue like other jobs. However, since starting gardening, she finds life meaningful because she takes care of plants and immerses herself in nature. Thao Nguyen also designed an area to make a fish pond, a place to relax for family and guests. The cat is lying comfortably under the fruit-bearing jackfruit tree. Stone lotus is grown in dried coconut shells. Among these, there are trees planted by guests as souvenirs. The girls came to garden with Thao Nguyen. Up to now, Thao Nguyen has welcomed more than 20 strangers to the garden to play. In the next time, she will design a garden according to the homestay model so that she can welcome many guests, especially families with small children. Thao Nguyen and the guest visit her garden. 9X said, up to now, she always feels that the choice of garden is done right and is becoming more and more meaningful. Watch more videos: Hanoi is strangely beautiful in the rice flower season, the red color dispels the cold of Ban Tu Anh Photo: Character provided

The first robot tractor in operation on the farm in the UK. Photo: TL. According to Fram Famers (UK), commercial robot tractors have been put into operation at Home Farm Nacton (member of Fram), in Suffolk (United Kingdom), from mid-April. Technological improvement required, along with difficulties in finding seasonal labor, led to the investment of robot tractors at the aforementioned farm. Home Farm, which specializes in organic agricultural production, received the Robotti 150D from Agrointelli, a Danish company. It was the first robot tractor to operate in the UK, and is now fully operational on the farm. The Robotti 150D is used to till the soil to prevent weeds from sprouting by using a harrow attachment. In the near future, Robotti 150D at Home Farm will be used to perform many other jobs such as mowing the lawn, punching holes to plant onions, etc. Home Farm produces both organic and conventional vegetables, including leeks, bok choy, onions, beets, potatoes, sugar beets and grains, on 1,940 hectares. The farm is looking to apply more advanced technology to production and business activities. Andrew Williams, Home Farm manager, said: “A large portion of our produce is organic, so we are increasingly limited in how we can control weeds. Organic production requires a lot of repetitive work as the beds are constantly plowed and weeded. Meanwhile, sourcing seasonal workers, mainly foreigners, has become increasingly difficult. We want to look to the future of farming and Robotti fits our setup perfectly.” Designed and manufactured by Agrointelli, the Robotti 150D is controlled automatically by GPS via an integrated computer, independent of the operator, instead following a pre-programmed route in the field. Tractor Robotti 150D. Source: Agrointelli. “Accuracy lies in the GPS mapped field, with Robotti always taking the exact same lines,” explains Frederik Rom, sales manager for Agrointelli. It is equipped with an RTK GPS, so setting up on any farm is simple. It takes about 10 minutes to map the 4-acre field at Home Farm and another 10 minutes to log the weeding plan into the system. It is important that this is correct from the start, as it will determine reliable performance.”

Ordinary day of a family vegetable garden owner in Caffarella park At the same time, the Mantagnota Residential Management Board, which manages the flower gardens of the large Tre Fontane Park, has received more and more applications for land. Here’s an interesting fact: the subjects of greatest interest are citizens between the ages of 20 and 30. The epidemic epidemic among young people is not only encouraged by the prospect of planting and taking care of the family’s clean vegetable garden by themselves, but also by the 23 thousand square meter community space. Everyone there cultivates together – weeding, making soil, sowing seeds, planting and watering vegetables, taking care of cleaning, collecting waste. For many, this is a unique opportunity, to reestablish the feeling of being part of the social network, or the community. – Since the first social gap, up to now, the number of Roma families owning a family garden has increased by 30%, said Andrea Messori of the Family Garden Association. The social divide forced many public venues, including restaurants, cinemas, museums or galleries, where a large number of Italians spent their free time, forced to close. At the same time, countless cultural and sports events have to be canceled, foreign tours have to be delayed indefinitely, so it’s no surprise, when residents of Vinh City are eagerly looking for a new way to spend. free time. More and more people are participating in outdoor activities. Cultivating clean vegetables in the home garden is one of those activities. Ngoc Bau ( Włosi chcą mieć własne ogródki działkowe. Zainteresowanie wzrosło o 30 proc )

Mr. Tuong’s jasmine flower is well harvested by the traders for the output, giving a quite high income. Photo: Thien Thanh. Mr. Tuong said that the jasmine flower he is growing is single jasmine, another name is jasmine. Flowers are white, fragrant, blooming all year round and are used for tea production. The tree is suitable for tropical climates, belongs to shrubs, tolerates sunlight and flowers all year round, so it can be harvested every day. Mr. Tuong shared: Thanks to the efforts to learn and learn from the previous employees, so far, jasmine flowers have developed well. Jasmine is easy to grow, light on care, less pests and diseases. However, jasmine flowers like light, so in order to flower a lot, you must plant in a sunny place. The spacing of plants must be suitable, especially jasmine only suitable for organic fertilizer, if taking good care of plants with a lifespan of up to 10 years. Currently, more than 1 ha of jasmine flowers of Mr. Tuong are growing well and are giving flowers, every day there are flowers to harvest and he sells to a tea production unit with the selling price of flowers ranging from 150 to 200 thousand. VND / sign. Jasmine flowers grow very well in the land of Chau Thanh district (Dong Thap). Photo: Thien Thanh. With this price, each month, Mr. Tuong earns several tens of million dong from this jasmine flower. Mr. Tuong happily said: Growing jasmine flower only takes initial labor, when the tree is young, we have to regularly weed. Later on, very few had to use feces and drugs. Initially, Mr. Tuong only planted jasmine in a 5,000 m2 garden, planted jasmine for a while to bear local land, so he continued to propagate more in the back garden. Source of jasmine, he sells quite easily because there is a local Tra Huu Nghia Company that buys about 200,000 VND / kg of jasmine flowers (depending on the time the price goes up and down). Mr. Tran Minh Tuong (second from left) shared his experiences of growing jasmine flowers with farmers. Photo: Thien Thanh. Not only increasing income, Mr. Tuong’s jasmine growing model also creates jobs for some women in harvesting flowers with wages from 130 to 150,000 VND / day. According to Mr. Tran Phuoc Tung, Chairman of the Farmers Association of Tan Phu Trung commune, Chau Thanh district (Dong Thap), Mr. Tuong’s jasmine growing model is considered a new model that brings economic efficiency to farmers. appreciated local. Mr. Tung commented: Jasmine has high economic efficiency, stable income source every day. However, in terms of output, growers need to link production and consumption with tea bag production units to ensure product consumption …

Hiep Thuan commune (Phuc Tho, Hanoi) is a famous mulberry growing area that specializes in supplying the Hanoi market and the central provinces. According to Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, Chairman of the Farmers Association of Hiep Thuan commune, “Since ancient times, the elders in the village mainly planted mulberries to raise silkworms. However, before the requirement of reality, mulberries do not bring income, people turn to growing short-term crops such as soybeans, corn to serve daily food. About 30 years ago, taking advantage of favorable soil conditions, people switched to planting mulberry trees for fruit ”. Mulberries produce one crop per year, usually lasting from January to the beginning of April on the lunar calendar. At this time each year, mulberry gardens are in season, the fruit is black, sweet and succulent. However, this year, due to the influence of weather, most of the fields have very few fruits. Many households who lost their money did not want to visit the fields, weeding, and cultivating tree stumps. Ms. Thuy, a mulberry-growing household in Hiep Thuan commune, shared: “This year, due to the influence of salt rain, the strawberry is all hard, dry and white. I planted 3 sao and took up 30% of the area. I should have had no strawberries at home, but many of them abandoned it, didn’t care anymore, but I still came here to pick every broken fruit, re-cultivate each strawberry root, pull the weeds to make the base to try to salvage. beveled, how much is “. The weather has been difficult, the mulberry farmers here are also forced to price when they cannot manage the output for the product. Mainly traders buy small retail locally. At present, the price of mulberry purchased at the garden is only 8,000-10,000 VND / kg. Mr. Hiep (Hiep Thuan commune) shared: “My family has planted 1 sao of mulberry trees for 4-5 years. The most difficult thing about growing this plant is pests and diseases, unpredictable weather and unstable and unstable prices ”. Every strawberry harvest, people gather at the village gate waiting for the small trader to weigh and pick up the goods. If there is a good season, good price, farmers will earn 20-30 million / acre / crop. Although it is a famous mulberry growing area, according to the President of the Farmers Association, the farming method of farmers is only spontaneous. If the price is good, the acreage will be expanded, otherwise it will be cut down to plant other trees. Currently in Hiep Thuan commune, the largest mulberry farmer only reaches 3-4 sao, the rest is only 1-2 sao. “Currently, the locality is also having a policy to restructure crops, including mulberry trees. However, the output of the mulberry tree is a problem. Currently, there are no enterprises and stable purchasing units for people to feel secure in production ”, said Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, Chairman of Hiep Thuan Commune Farmers Association. Mulberry is a plant grown quite simply. There are households that propagate and graft themselves. After 1 year, from the beginning of planting, it is possible to harvest. From the second year onwards, strawberries will produce more wrong and delicious fruits. After 8-10 years, productivity will gradually decrease. What’s interesting about this perennial crop is that it takes less care. End of mulberry crop, people cut, prune and move to other jobs. At the end of the year, the mulberry tree loses its leaves, then people go to the field to fertilize it so that the tree can produce young leaves to welcome new fruit season. In general, you do not have to care too much, also reduce the labor force somewhat. When the berries are nearly ripe, they will change from green to pink, and ripe fruits will turn red, then crimson. At that time, people will pick strawberries for sale. This fruit can only be harvested manually. During the mulberry season, most people gather in the fields to pick from early morning to dark. According to strawberry growing households, on sunny days, strawberries ripen faster and sweeter than a cold, rainy day. Mulberries can be eaten directly or soaked in sugar as a refreshing drink. Hiep Thuan Strawberry followed traders around Hanoi streets and neighboring localities to reach consumers. And mulberry trees are still trees that bring many economic benefits to the households here./.

Ho Tay embankment, section passing Quang Khanh street, is used by people to grow clean vegetables. Every day, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa, a native of Vinh Phuc (a housekeeper for a family on Quang Khanh street) regularly 2 times to water and care for the vegetable garden in the morning and afternoon. The vegetable garden here is very convenient for watering because it is close to the edge of the lake. The soil is poured into concrete holes like the rock-hole cultivation of the Ha Giang people. The guard of a villa on Quang Khanh street also takes advantage of his free time to grow vegetables to improve daily meals. There are all kinds of vegetables such as amaranth, water spinach, spinach, basil, cabbage … depending on the season. Ms. Hoa said that in order to have land to grow vegetables, she had to buy 5,000 VND / bucket, then put it in each concrete hole. Planting right on the edge of the lake, vegetables are always green because water is always enough. Without using plant protection drugs, vegetables here are only fertilized with microbiological fertilizers, so every day, Ms. Hoa has to pull grass by herself and catch worms. Harvest time depends on the growth rate of each vegetable. Water spinach will be harvested after about 1 month from sowing, amaranth after 2 weeks, vegetables usually just over 1 week are already picked … Taking advantage of about 100 meters of the embankment to grow vegetables, Ms. Hoa has enough vegetables for herself and her host family. Sometimes the vegetables grow too fast, she even has to give. Unlike vegetable gardens grown in the style of cultivation on Ha Giang rocky plateau, vegetable gardens on the bank of West Lake embankment, passing Tu Hoa street, are divided into beds like normal vegetable gardens.