After returning he put up simple three-meter high enclosures and began planting vegetables. Unexpectedly, the next year a typhoon completely destroyed the facilities. All he could do was to rebuild them a couple at a time, this time using stronger steel frames, spending about NT $ 2 million for the whole process from start to finish.
2003 年他利用休假到台南農改場進修「設施栽培」課程，回來後就蓋了 3 米高的簡易棚架，改種蔬菜；不料第二年颱風來襲，設施全被吹倒，只好分批改建，改用較堅固的鋼骨，前後花了約 200 萬元。