Mile High Leisure Farm, located at the Jiang Ma Yuan Leisure Agriculture Area at the junction between Dahu and Sanyi in Miaoli County, is surrounded by mountains. In 1983, the owner Tu Zao-rong and his wife Peng Li-zhen returned to their hometown from the city and took over the family agricultural business from their elderly parents. Afterwards, they established Yundongshan Tourism Orchard for visitors to experience DIY fruit picking and in 1996……
Introduction
Mile High Leisure Farm, located at the Jiang Ma Yuan Leisure Agriculture Area at the junction between Dahu and Sanyi in Miaoli County, is surrounded by mountains. In 1983, the owner Tu Zao-rong and his wife Peng Li-zhen returned to their hometown from the city and took over the family agricultural business from their elderly parents. Afterwards, they established Yundongshan Tourism Orchard for visitors to experience DIY fruit picking and in 1996, the orchard was turned into a “leisure farm.” Two years later, it was renamed “Yundong Xianju” after accommodation services were added. In 2012, with the success of the “Mama Tian” rural village assistance project, the second-generation of the family also joined the farm business and started providing featured dishes under the theme “Jiang Ma.” Accordingly, the Farm integrates Hakka Jiang Ma cuisine, fruit picking experience, leisure B&B, forest camping and other diverse services. The poetic name of the Farm is derived from the feeling of sharing that “clouds also live here.”
When visitors come here, besides enjoying the wonderful natural environment, they can pick bamboo shoots and strawberries and try other farming experiences under the guidance of the owner. Also, interesting DIY activities are available such as baking ginger cookies, making pickled plums, etc., and visitors can feast on the delicious themed cuisine ginger chicken, deep fried ginger shrimps, ginger chicken in wine soup, etc. Finally, take home specialties such as honeyed ginger, ginger pastry, turmeric tea, etc., and enjoy a trip to the mountain farm “full of ginger flavor.”
Characteristics
Fruit
The farm provides different seasonal fruit picking experience activities, including strawberry picking from late December to late March, red plums from mid-May to mid-June, and passion fruit from July to September.
Vegetable
The farm is planned to have a special area for vegetable crops, including a cabbage garden, a scallion and garlic garden, etc., which not only forms a characteristic landscape, but also facilitates visitors’ viewing experience. In order to maintain ecological balance, vegetable gardens often cover the soil with weeds and wild vegetables to retain water. The purpose is to find a way of symbiosis and coexistence between the ecological food chain through the regulation of the soil. In addition, the farm also grows vegetables with different characteristics according to the season, so that they can survive in the most suitable climate. In this way, each vegetable grown has the richest fragrance and sweetness, For example, radish, kale, broccoli shoots, mustard greens, headed Chinese cabbage, bamboo shoots, pumpkins, and ginger suitable for planting throughout the year are abundant in production throughout the four seasons and won the “Shennong Award” in 2011.
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