土壤消毒方法的八卦，Yahoo名人娛樂都在討論

【三角公園榕樹保護的難題】

究竟要搶救病樹，還是栽種新樹？

台東市三角公園對許多民眾而言，是路過的風景，總是安靜地存在。去年市公所通報老榕樹出現樹葉乾枯的情況，經農委會「林木疫情鑑定與資訊中心」檢驗確診是罹患「樹癌」的褐根病。

今年初，樹葉開始慢慢掉光，越來越嚴重，市公所請專家評估後決定移除，地方傳出搶救老樹的呼聲，我也指示農業處再評估看看，不過挖除染病樹幹、消毒土壤及以支架支撐樹幹，救治經費初估高達百萬元，對縣府來說實在是很沉重的難題。

請教過專家，褐根病菌其實普遍存在於土壤之中，當樹勢強壯，它的抵抗力足以保護自己免受褐根病的侵襲，但如果樹體衰弱，讓病菌有可趁之機，就會演變成棘手的樹癌，像三角公園裡還有一棵老榕樹也曾染褐根病，市公所在2008年拆掉上方的木製步道、噴藥救治，起死回生，現在還很健壯。

相反的例子，譬如利嘉國小廣為人知的梅園，每年都會舉辦利卡夢梅之宴音樂會，2009年老梅樹受到褐根病荼毒，病死30多棵，校方請來福田樹木保育基金會協助搶救5棵老樹，一度救活的其中1棵老樹、半年後冒出新芽，最後仍沒撐過去。

褐根病目前的救治方法仍是「以毒攻毒」，也就是用帶有毒性的藥劑消滅這些病菌，我們能做的，也只是延緩樹的生命；我擔心接下來颱風季節或降下大雨，這棵老樹是不是能挺過。

專家告訴我，土芒果樹或柑橘類等芸香科植物，對褐根病有較強的抵抗力，重新種植耐病樹種，或許也是個選項。

究竟要搶救病樹，還是栽種新樹？我們在情感與現實之間陷入長考。

縣府今年編列的褐根病樹移除及消毒經費僅111萬元，要用於全縣；面對三角公園老榕樹的褐根病經費百萬元，縣府能支應的費用不多，但我們樂見民間自行發起救樹行動，也會給予技術協助。

若最終狀況仍不如預期，我們決定尊重樹木的自然輪迴，移除病樹，改種新樹，「砍一棵樹，救周圍更多的樹」，徹底為三角公園解決樹癌之苦。

臨近聖誕，又是栽種風信子的好時機，如果現在下盆栽種，應該在新年前後能欣賞到。風信子色彩繁多，我常一次性把十多個風信子一口氣下盆栽種，當牠們開花之時，那片風信子編織出的花海，真的美得很呢。

由於風信子原產於寒冷地區，如果希望從球根狀態下培植風信子，就必須把風信子的球根先置於冰箱冷藏，普遍而言將球根置於攝氏五度左右大概一個半月，令牠開始分化花芽，便可以入盆栽種。先選擇一個合適的盆子，在埋下球根於土內預留三至四十公分深度讓牠生根，把球根覆土大概五公分，然後充份澆水，置於通風較佳的地方便可。在風信子球根入盆初期，如果能夠做到不見日光，更有利於日後花莖會生長得更高，待牠生長至十公分左右才慢慢讓牠接觸全日光。

土壤方面，風信子性喜偏鹼性的疏水泥土，以磷鉀作為基肥，遇有土壤乾固，只須充份澆水。

風信子開花後是可以保存種球供明年再種的，方法亦頗為簡易。花枯後剪去花莖，留下葉片部份，慢慢減少澆水至完全斷水，待葉子枯黃後球根應該儲到足夠養份，掘起球根加以消毒風乾後以報紙包裝好收納即可。

請各位蜈蚣們清清自己的鞋櫃❣👟

清沙蚤
第一站:先用香皂清洗他們的雙腳
第二站:用藥水消毒，浸泡雙腳十分鐘
第三站:再用消毒的器具開始清除沙蚤
工具:水桶/香皂/布/手套/指甲剪/止血棉花/針/鉗子/刀片/消毒藥水/藥膏/拖鞋

整個過程我最印象深刻是這個不到4歲的小孩，看看nike小拖鞋照片中的他，腳指頭被沙蚤弄到多嚴重，消毒雙腳的刺痛已開始哭，在一一挑出沙蚤的過程更是嚎啕大哭，他的媽媽抱著他的安慰她叫他別哭，而他那幼小的年紀奮勇抵抗，還要踢開護士的手，有的沙蚤侵蝕很深痛到會挖出血水來，媽媽猛力的捉住他不讓他抵抗，雖然言語不通，可是我強烈感覺到媽媽不捨孩子痛，但她知道為孩子好她都要忍住，孩子不斷的打她反抗，孩子哭的時候不斷喊媽媽

而在從幚他們洗腳開始我的心都碎了也哭了，一個解決沙蚤的問題，最簡單的方法就是讓他們可以穿上鞋子，預防勝於治療，但由於出生環境的惡劣，卻讓他們無法有錢可以買上一雙鞋，因而從小就赤腳踩在土壤上感染沙蚤，有的嚴重甚至到整個潰爛，甚至到死亡

有些孩子在治療的過程裡面原本是痛苦爭扎哭的，聽到治療完之後會有鞋穿的時候，很多孩子是強忍著痛苦，有的甚至不敢哭出來，眼淚默默流出來，在醫療設備這麽不充足的情況下，就算流了血也衹是用簡單的棉花止血，塗抹上藥膏，在想今天若換作是我是否可以忍耐這些痛，是為了換有一雙鞋穿呢？今天的我看到了很多勇敢的孩子們!

在此我再好好地感謝之前幚忙舊鞋救命x溫歌華活動的所有愛心人士，謝謝你們的愛心一同推動活動並募集了3萬雙鞋，還有捐款者們買了貨櫃跟新建學校經費，和贊助倉庫，我們要幫的就是照片的這些人，替孩子和村里所有人獻上感謝和感恩! 溫哥華的貨櫃預計於11/20 即將抵達肯亞!

而今天卻衹能治療到不到30個孩子，聽牧師說整個村落有將近4000人都感染，住在幸福國度的我們，要可以如何幫助這些人呢？

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Jigger treatment -3 Steps
Step1.Use soap to clean their feet
Step2. Disinfect by soaking the feet in disinfectant liquid for ten minutes
Step3. Remove jiggers from the feet by using sterilized tools. Tools used are: Bucket / Soap / Cloth / Gloves / Nail Scissors / Hemostatic Cotton / Needle / Pliers / Blades / Disinfectant / Ointment / Slippers

During the entire treatment process, one significant 4-year old child who wore a pair of Nike slippers in the photo stood out to me. His toes were seriously damaged by jiggers. He started crying when we soaked his feet in the disinfectant liquid which caused him pain. He cried so much throughout the removal process from his toes that his mother had to tightly embrace him in order to soothe his crying and resistance. While resisting the unbearable process, he attempted to kick away the nurse’s hands. The jiggers burrowed deeper into his toes and bloody substance gushed out, which then required several deep cuts into his toes. His mother had to pin her child down as he wailed, trying to tolerate the excruciating pain. His vigorous resistance resulted in hitting his mother.

Despite being unable to understand their conversations due to the language barrier, I could definitely feel his mother’s pain. She knew the jigger-removing process was the only solution to cure her beloved son’s feet despite how hard he fought or how painful the process was. From the beginning of the treatment, the little boy cried constantly and shouted out loudly for his mother. I was there to witness the entire brutal process and felt the same pain this boy and his mother felt. My heart was broken in tears.

One of the easiest solutions to prevent the jigger problem is putting on shoes.
Prevention is always better than a treatment. However, the unfortunate and poor people in this country cannot afford to buy shoes. Thus, even young kids walk barefoot on the soil, risking infection by jiggers. Many of them have even died from being seriously affected by jiggers.

At the jigger treatment clinic, many small children cried and resisted the painful treatment process. However, they chose to endure the pain and held back their tears when they heard they could own a pair of shoes if they cooperated. Cries and wails stopped, but their tears came down their cheeks involuntarily.

Due to the lack of the medical equipments, we can only treat the bleeding with hemostatic cottons followed with some ointment. That’s it! Would I be able to handle the pain if I were these kids? Would I choose to endure the pain because of a pair of shoes? Today in the treatment clinic, I witnessed so many brave children in front of my eyes.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude again to those kind-hearted activists who worked together with me in the summer. They helped promote the campaign Step30 Vancouver raised 30,000 pairs of shoes. As well as to the donors whose donation we used towards the purchase of a shipping container, the fund to build a new school and the fee paid to the storage warehouse during the Step30 Vancouver campaign.

All the people that the Step30 Vancouver has helped are in the pictures. I want to forward the gratitude from the children and the people in the village to you! The shipping container from Vancouver had arrived in Kenya on Nov 20th, 2016. Back to the day when we treated jiggers, only less than 30 children could be treated. Pastor Allen said the whole village had nearly 4,000 people who were infected by jiggers. While we are fortunate enough to live in a developed country, my concern arises when I ponder about how we can help these villagers?