Orchard and Farm Prose

Orchards and farms are two different concepts. They are different. They are different.

The orchard, as the name suggests, is a fruit garden, with low hillsides and fruit trees all over the mountains and plains. As for the varieties, the ones in the south are navel oranges, tangerines, pomeloes, and chestnuts, while those in the north are apples, pears, dates, and persimmons (this article mainly discusses the south).

The orchard management is relatively simple, renting mountains, reclaiming wasteland, digging land, planting fruits, and selling fruits, with fruits as the center.

The farm is relatively rich. In addition to growing fruits, it also has various elements such as leisure and entertainment, camping travel, farming experience, mountain climbing and fitness. In addition to growing fruits, it also focuses on the fun side, playing and relaxing. , return to nature.

The farm also has fruit trees, which also have the function of growing fruit, but the varieties are different. Orchards generally produce thick-skinned fruits that are durable in storage and easy to transport over long distances, such as navel oranges, tangerines, and pomeloes. The sales method is generally by subscription, with agricultural brokers visiting to inspect, place orders, and underwrite sales.

Most of the farms are door-to-door picking, and the fruit trees show seasonal differences, such as bayberry, loquat, three-flowered plum, nectarine, flat peach, kiwi fruit, etc., all year round, each has its own fruit, so that there will not be too much, but also It is easy to attract people and is built like a mountain of flowers and fruits, with a constant supply of fresh fruits, so that tourists have a sense of freshness, a desire to come, and the idea and mood to come often and take a look.

In addition to fruit picking, farms generally also have farmhouses where you can eat, drink, gather with relatives and friends, drink tea, chat, play cards, fish, and enjoy the scenery.

Here, you can stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city and experience the joy of the mountains. You can taste natural, organic, pure green and pollution-free farm dishes. To be happy in life, you need to be happy. Walk into the depths of the white clouds, see the bamboo forest and pine waves, the small bridge and the flowing water, listen to the birds, kiss the fragrance of flowers and fruits, return to nature, and merge into nature. Isn't this scene wonderful?

The construction of new rural areas is advancing step by step. Rural roads extend in all directions, roads are hardened everywhere, and private cars are widely used. Tourists come and go at a fast speed and short journey. If you go from the city to the farm, it takes 30 to 40 minutes. It is generally acceptable within the driving distance. You know, in Beijing and Shanghai, it usually only takes a few hours to get off work and get off in traffic jams.

You can eat food anywhere, in the farm, the food is not the food, but the mood. The green mountains outside the mountains and the buildings outside the buildings are elegant, secluded and a paradise far away from human habitation. This will always be our unremitting pursuit.

An ancient saying goes: "To make money in a noisy place, live in a quiet place." This means that you have to make money in a noisy city and live in the mountains. In the mountains, you can avoid the turbulent flow of people and traffic, and stay away from all kinds of noise. In the city, all day long, the roar of cars, the sound of horns, the sound of construction and decoration at construction sites, the sound of factory machinery, and the sounds of merchants selling goods are endless, making people irritated, tired and helpless.

In addition, all kinds of waste water, gas and dust have seriously polluted the air and water sources. Coupled with traffic congestion, many people yearn for the life of people in the mountains, yearning for the blue and green sky, the clear water and the fragrance of flowers, the leisure and tranquility, the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs. The farm caters to the needs of these people.

With the continuous emergence of high-income groups, farm construction will boom in the near future. The business of most farms is booming, especially in summer and autumn. In summer, the sun is scorching and the mountains are cool. Going up the mountain can escape the heat, get cool breeze, nourish the spirit, and achieve tranquility. In autumn, the mountains are filled with oranges, oranges, and greens. You can pick and enjoy the scenery, which is the best of both worlds.

When it comes to farms, there are high and low levels. A simple one is to build a two-story building, open a restaurant, make some homely meals, and call it a farm. A high-end spot, with an area of ??hundreds or thousands of acres, throws a lot of money at it, including wooden houses, small villas, main buildings, swimming pools, natural lakes, plus supporting water circuits and various facilities, all over the mountains and plains, money flying everywhere, and the goddesses scattering flowers. Generally, the investment is scary.

In addition, the interior decoration is high-end, with solid wood furniture, marble, carpets, electrical appliances, lighting, private rooms, high-end furnishings, and luxurious style. In a few clicks, tens of millions are gone.

If the scenery is not good, the site selection is inappropriate, and the location is remote, then the money is basically a meat bun beating a dog - it will never come back, and it will be wasted.

There is a Nanshan Residence in Gan County, just like this. One of the bosses chose the location improperly, and the two did not know how to run the business. They spent more than 15 million, but they closed down as soon as they opened. To this day, there are wooden houses, hotels, and swimming pools. Still taking a nap in the nook of the mountain, it has become the "Exhibition Hall of Mistaken Villa".

There is no scenery on the top of the mountain. There are short hills and short pine trees here and there.

There are benefits and risks in running a farm. There is a demand and a market for the farm, but that does not mean that it can be done blindly. It is not useful for both experts and amateurs to crowd in, because the farm is a money-burning project and it is a tourism project.

Tourism projects must have good locations and good scenery, especially natural beauty. Artificial scenery is unreliable. First, it requires a large amount of funds, and second, it cannot attract people. Scenic spots must be 70% natural, 30% manpower, and 100% man-made scenery. That is a city.

People originally go out from the city, so who would run around here and there, leaving the near and far away to go to the "city"? This truth is self-evident.

The real "natural beauty" is either famous for its famous flowers, such as Jiuzhaigou, Zhangjiajie, Lushan, Huangshan and Taishan. Either it is located in a remote location, with 18 bends on the mountain road, surrounded by mountains and separated by water, the terrain is difficult, and the development cost is extremely high. Either resources are scarce, controlled by the government, and unable to approve projects.

You keep tossing and tossing, but what’s the use if you can’t get the approval? Running around the world daydreaming about unrequited love is all in vain, laborious and laborious, and ultimately ends in a loss of money.

A boss I know named Lu is like this. He wants to develop Yangxianling (very much, a dream!), and plans to build a Tang and Song Dynasty style retro-style scenic spot, and also build a five-star hotel on the top of the mountain. Grand hotels, resorts, Yang Gong Temple, Astronomical Observatory, etc. The dream was very beautiful. He spent a lot of effort and took people up to the mountain to measure and draw paper at his own expense to make picture albums (renderings). He spent a lot of money to print each book beautifully and give it away generously, no matter what. Twenty-one, retired veteran cadres, officials I know, scholars and celebrities, almost everyone has a copy.

However, this is ultimately wishful thinking. The provincial and municipal leaders searched and filtered it all over, but it didn’t work! The approval document could not be obtained, and ten years of work were ruined. A large sum of design fees, road fees, and transportation expenses were all wasted. More than two years of hard work were in vain.

The topic is a little far-fetched, but this kind of "farm" can be considered a farm in a broad sense. Strictly speaking, it belongs to a scenic area (or "mountain villa").

No matter what, it belongs to the category of tourism. Whether it is a farm or not depends on how much "farmer" you have? How many "villages" are there? What is the specific agricultural component? If it’s whole fruits, it’s an orchard; if it’s a tour (play) with the fruits, it’s a farm; if it’s just a tour (play), it’s a scenic spot.

Whether it is an orchard, a farm, or a scenic spot, the fundamental difference lies in agriculture or tourism. The orchards represent agriculture and the farms represent tourism. China is a country with a large population and rapid economic development. In recent years, when holidays come, Chinese people have crowded out of the country, throwing too much money in other countries and spending money in foreign countries, just to have a glimpse of exotic customs.

Such a cool and unrestrained effort to sacrifice the near and far away shows that the market demand is huge and ridiculously large. If we can use our brains, we can intercept a small number of tourists and let them spend their precious funds at home and in our country. On your own land, then, whether it is a farm or a scenic spot, it will be extremely popular, and the money will be endless, hard to imagine.

Compared with farms, orchards seem to have nothing to do with tourism. In addition to selling fruits, they are still selling fruits, or they are transferred as a whole, selling trees, mountains, and houses. Orchards, to put it bluntly, are still at the level of pure agriculture and traditional agriculture.

With the development of the economy, the improvement of rural transportation, and the improvement of information networks, orchards will gradually be upgraded, and farms will become increasingly popular. The transition from orchards to farms should be an inevitable law of agricultural industrialization. Irreversible.

Among the five major needs of human life, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and entertainment, farms account for three categories, while orchards only account for one major category.