no one imagined that the dry sand in that year was a 550 hectare forest. There are all kinds of birds and animals in the forest. There are deer, rhinoceros, tigers, elephants. Many endangered animals find shelter in the forest. Such an animal paradise took Payeng for 36 whole years, and started with only one seed on its own. Then, he locked it up. This is his lifelong duty.
over the past few decades, Payeng has planted several seedlings every day. It is estimated that he has planted tens of thousands of trees. At the very beginning, bamboo was planted first, and later some of the trees that were not worth the original inhabitants were planted. Irrigating seedlings is the biggest headache for Payeng because it is too big for him to water all the seedlings from the river. He thought of a way of watering the bamboo. There is a bamboo track on each tree, with pits made of mud, holes at the bottom of the pit, water in the pit, dripping on the track of bamboo, and then slowly flowing into the seedlings. For 20 years or so, Payeng has finally been able to bring tall and valuable trees to forests, such as teak.
, in addition, Payeng, with his deep understanding of the ecosystem, slowly introduced living things to the land. Because the soil is poor, the first step of Payeng is to bring ants and worms. "Ants and earthworms are good helpers. They can make the soil fertile. They drill into the hard surface of the earth and make the soil beneath them full of small holes, making it easier for farming. " The practice is very natural, but more effective than using machines. Payeng himself moved into the forest, abandoned the work of the original farmer, only raised cattle and sold milk, and built a cottage in the dry land. So far, a family of five still lives in the forest.