Kuo Ching-po and his family grow bamboo shoots in addition to plums. When the shoots emerge, they cover them with wood shavings to protect them from overexposure to the sun, which would turn them fibrous and bitter.
除了梅園外，種竹筍的郭清波一家人，在竹筍要冒出的時候，必須覆蓋木屑，避免照到陽光，才能保持竹筍鮮嫩不苦。