Hoto: Fresh Huell Melon Hops

Hoton yana ɗaukar hoto mai haske na gudummawar da aka fi biki na yanayi ga fasahar noma: hop cone, a cikin mafi kyawun yanayi kuma mafi fa'ida. Tari na Huell Melon hops suna rataye da ƙarfi daga ƙaƙƙarfan bine ɗin su, furanni masu siffar mazugi an lulluɓe su tare da ƙwanƙwasa masu ruɓawa waɗanda ke haskakawa tare da koren haske mai kyau. Kowane mazugi ya bayyana kusan na gine-gine a daidaicinsa, sikelinsa a tsanake da daidaitacce, gefunansu masu laushi suna murzawa waje kaɗan kamar suna nuni ga sirrin ƙamshi a ciki. A cikin zuciyar kowace ƙwayar cuta, gaibu amma tana da ƙarfi, tana kwance ginshiƙan lupulin—kananan tafki na resin zinare inda mahimman mai da acid ɗin ke zama, waɗanda aka ƙaddara don siffata ɗaci, ɗanɗano, da ƙamshin giya. A cikin wannan ra'ayi na kusa, cones da kansu sun zama abubuwa masu ban sha'awa, ba kawai kayan abinci ba amma kayan ado na halitta waɗanda damar da za a iya buɗewa da hannun mai sana'a.

Ganyen tsiron suna tsara wurin, faffadan su, sifofin lobed na dabino suna ba da bambanci a cikin rubutu da tsari. Jijiyoyin kowace ganye suna furtawa, suna magana da ƙarfin tsiron da girmar da take yi yayin da take sama sama, tana kaiwa sama don neman haske. Hoton bine kanta-mai sassauƙa amma an ƙaddara-yana murƙushewa yana murƙushewa tare da kusan kyawun sassaka, jijiyoyin sa suna zagaye da goyan bayan da ba a gani a hankali a hankali. Wadannan abubuwa tare suna haifar da hoto ba kawai na amfanin gona ba, amma na tsarin rayuwa, wanda ke bunƙasa a cikin ƙasa mai albarka da kuma ƙarƙashin noma a hankali. Filin hop, ko da yake ya rikiɗe a bayan fage zuwa wani laushi mai laushi na kore, yana nufin a wurin: fili mai faɗin inda jere akan jeri na waɗannan tsire-tsire ke hawa dogayen tudu, suna murzawa a hankali cikin iska, iska mai kauri tare da kamshin turarensu.

Hasken hoton yana da laushi kuma yana bazuwa, kamar an kama shi a ƙarƙashin sararin sama mai taushin gajimare ko a cikin hasken da aka tace da sanyin safiya. Wannan yana haifar da yanayi mai natsuwa, yana barin nau'ikan cones da launuka su haskaka ba tare da raba hankali ba. Sassan, kusan raɓa na cones yana ƙaruwa ta wannan hasken, yana gayyatar mai kallo ya yi tunanin yadda yatsu ke gudana a kan sikelinsu na takarda ko murƙushe su da sauƙi don sakin ƙamshinsu. Wannan ƙamshin da aka yi hasashe ya bambanta ga Huell Melon, nau'in hop iri-iri waɗanda masu shayarwa ke ƙauna don bayanin martabar sa na gaba. Halinsa ba Pine ko Citrus ya mamaye shi ba, kamar yadda yake tare da yawancin hops na gargajiya, amma ta kyawawan bayanan guna na honeydew, cikakke strawberry, da ƙwaƙƙwaran wurare masu zafi, yana mai da shi ƙaunataccen masu sana'a na zamani waɗanda ke neman tura iyakokin ɗanɗano a cikin sabbin kwatance.

Abin da wannan hoton ke magana, bayan dalla-dalla na botanical, shine yalwa da alkawari. Cones sun bayyana a shirye don girbi, sun kumbura da mai, ainihin kasancewarsu gayyata don tunanin giya da za su taimaka ƙirƙirar. Kusan mutum zai iya bin diddigin tafiyarsu gaba: daga bine zuwa busasshen kiln, daga buhun ajiya zuwa tukwane, daga tanki na fermentation zuwa gilashi. Ganyen kore yana nuna kuzari da lafiya, yana ƙarfafa haɗin kai tsakanin duniyar halitta da fasaha na ƙarshe na ƙira. Abin tunatarwa ne cewa kowane pint na giya yana farawa ba a cikin gidan girki ba amma a cikin filin, inda tsire-tsire irin waɗannan suna tsiro a ƙarƙashin rana da ruwan sama, suna kula da haƙuri har sai sun isa wannan lokacin cikakke.

Hakanan akwai girmamawa cikin nutsuwa game da yadda hoton ya tsara batunsa, kwanciyar hankali wanda ke nuna girmamawar masu shayarwa da masu shayarwa. Don kallon waɗannan mazugi shine ganin fiye da kayan aikin gona; shi ne ya hango ainihin dandanon kansa, an tattara shi cikin kunshin kore mai tawali'u. Halin yana da kyau kuma yana da kyan gani, i, amma kuma yana yin biki, kamar dai an kama shuka a kololuwarta, ba ta dawwama a tsayin iko. Ana gayyatar mai kallo ba kawai don gani ba amma don tunanin-don jin resin tsakanin yatsunsu, don jin ƙanshin guna-kamar guna mai tasowa daga lupulin da aka murƙushe, kuma a ƙarshe, don ɗanɗana yadda waɗannan abubuwan dandano ke bayyana a cikin giya da aka gama.

Wannan lokacin, wanda aka daskare a cikin lokaci, shaida ce ga rawar da hop ke takawa a matsayin noman noma da kuma gidan kayan gargajiya. Yana magana akan noma a hankali da kyawawan dabi'u, amma kuma na kere-kere da sana'a, gada tsakanin noma da fasaha. A cikin ƙwanƙolin kore na Huell Melon, ba mu ga ɗanyen giya kawai ba, amma rayayyun ruhin sa mai ƙamshi, lush da yalwar gaske, yana jiran ya canza sauƙi mai sauƙi zuwa wani abu na ban mamaki.

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