Zhao Zhiliang is leading the workers to harvest asparagus that shows a hot scene on site at the Longxing Asparagus Planting Base in Zi town of Lingcheng district， Dezhou， East China’s Shandong province．

芦笋一年分两季采收，生长速度快，周期短，且均为人工采收，采收高峰期时一天需要采收两到三遍。

Asparagus with a fast growth rate and short growth cycle has two bountiful harvests a year． During the peak harvest period， it needs to be harvested two to three times a day．

芦笋作为一种营养价值高的蔬菜作物，与传统的农作物相比，市场需求量更大，而且价格更高。

This vegetable with high nutritional value has a larger market demand and higher price compared to traditional crops，

正是看中了这一点，基地采取与公司合作模式，不断进行技术创新，采用有机肥料和生物防治等方式，有效提高了芦笋的产量和质量。

so the persons in charge of base establishes partnerships with companies． Besides， they continuously innovate technology and adopt all kinds of methods like organic fertilizers and biological control to effectively improve the yield and quality of asparagus．

近年来，滋镇以增加群众收入为出发点，鼓励村民大力发展特色种植，不断发展壮大特色养殖品种和规模，

In recent years， this town with the aim of increasing income encouraged villagers to vigorously develop characteristic planting and continuously expand the variety and scale of characteristic breeding．

目前已形成以芦笋，西瓜，甜瓜，金银花为主的特色种植物600余亩。

At present， it has more than 600 mu （98．8 acres） of characteristic plants such as asparagus， watermelon， melon， and honeysuckle．