GIA LAI The garden with many types of fruit trees of Ms. Le Thi Xuan's family has made a strong impression when grown organically and many people come to learn.
Ms. Xuan's family's multi-crop garden is lush all year round. Photo: Tuan Anh.
In the border area of Duc Co district (Gia Lai province), almost everyone knows about the fruit garden model of Ms. Le Thi Xuan's family (Doan Ket village, Ia Dok commune). Although she is quite young, Ms. Xuan has been involved in agriculture for a long time. Looking at the more than 5-hectare orchard grown in a cool organic direction on a gentle slope, one can see the dedication and effort of Ms. Xuan's family after many years of building.
A former teacher, after many years of teaching away from home, Ms. Xuan felt her health was not good so she decided to quit her job and return to farming. In 2011, she started a coffee garden on her family's 5 sao land. A few years later, she took over the multi-crop garden from her parents and also switched to organic farming.
Visiting the garden, Ms. Xuan did not hesitate to introduce her family's multi-crop garden model with more than 10 types of fruit trees such as coffee, durian, guava, avocado, dragon fruit, rambutan... cared for organically, without using chemicals.
“I was lucky to make friends in Dak Lak and Lam Dong who grow plants organically and saw the effectiveness, so I decided to learn and apply it to my family's garden,” Ms. Xuan shared.
Organic coffee grown by Ms. Xuan's family. Photo: Tuan Anh.
Initially, Ms. Xuan used chicken and cow manure combined with composted Trichoderma yeast to fertilize the garden. In 2021, during a trip to Ho Chi Minh City, Ms. Xuan was informed about quality organic fertilizers that could be effectively applied to her family's multi-crop garden. Since then, Ms. Xuan's family has ordered organic fertilizers for foliar application and direct watering to the roots of trees from Ho Chi Minh City for use.
“Combining the use of composted manure with organic fertilizers sold on the market helps plants increase their resistance, reduce pests and diseases, keep leaves green and especially ensure product quality,” Ms. Xuan shared.
According to Ms. Xuan, in the past, her family used chemical fertilizers, and the garden grew very quickly, but if not maintained regularly, the plants would fall into a state of "starvation", leading to poor quality. Meanwhile, using organic fertilizers, although the garden grows more slowly, is sustainable over time.
Ms. Xuan said that her family decided from the beginning to completely cut out chemical fertilizers and switch to organic farming. At that time, the family accepted that the garden would initially grow poorly and yield would decrease significantly. But most importantly, the health of the family and consumers would be guaranteed.
Ms. Xuan’s family’s multi-crop garden not only impresses with its organic farming methods, but also with its design that many people admire. Worried that the garden at the foot of the rubber forest would be affected by herbicides and chemical fertilizers, Ms. Xuan’s family dug a ditch and built a very methodical embankment to separate it.
Ms. Xuan's garden is cultivated organically, in accordance with nature. Photo: Tuan Anh.
Walking around the garden, we were surprised to see bags of camphor hanging on most of the valuable plants. Ms. Xuan said that when switching to organic farming, her family did not use pesticides but let nature take its course. To reduce pests, the family used the trick of hanging camphor packages or CDs on the plants to repel insects.
In addition, intercropping is also an effective way to repel and reduce the damage caused by insects. According to Ms. Xuan, intercropping means that the flowering and fruiting times of different plants are different, while pests often attack when the plants grow young leaves. Therefore, intercropping will prevent pests from attacking simultaneously due to the separation between the plants.
In addition, under the trees, Ms. Xuan lets grass grow naturally but in a controlled manner to create a habitat for beneficial insects to destroy harmful organisms. "After about 7 years of organic farming, my family feels that we live in a very safe environment, our health is guaranteed and especially the products that reach consumers are also safe," Ms. Xuan shared.
Use the trick of hanging camphor to repel harmful insects. Photo: Tuan Anh.
Impressed by the organic multi-crop garden of Ms. Xuan's family, many households in the area have come to learn. Ms. Tran Hien (Ia Krel village, Ia Krel commune, Duc Co district) said that after coming to learn about the organic growing model, she has gradually applied it to her family's garden. Last year, after trying it once and seeing the effectiveness and good growth of the plants, this year her family decided to switch to organic farming.
According to Ms. Xuan, compared to chemical fertilizers, the cost of investing in organic fertilizers is much cheaper. For example, in the past, the family had to spend more than 100 million VND on chemical fertilizers for the garden in 1 year. But now, with organic fertilizers, the family only has to spend about 60 million VND.
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