Hoto: Golden Hop Field Landscape

Lamarin ya bayyana a cikin faffadan gonakin gonaki, inda yanayin yanayi da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun mutane suka haɗu don ƙirƙirar ɗaya daga cikin mahimman wuraren noma: filin hop mai bunƙasa. Karkashin hasken hasken rana na zinare, da alama filin gaba dayan filin yana kyalkyali da kuzari, kowane bine na hop yana tsaye tsayi da tsayin daka yayin da yake mikewa sama tare da madogararsa. A gaban gaba, tsire-tsire na hop sun mamaye, bines ɗin su an naɗe su a kusa da igiyoyin da ke tashi tsaye, layukan da ba su karkata ba zuwa sama. Ganyen suna da yawa kuma suna da yawa, masu faɗi kuma suna da zurfin jijiya, suna haifar da ƙaƙƙarfan alfarwa na kore wanda ke kama haske a cikin rawan inuwa da haske. Daga cikin wannan rufin hop cones da kansu, gungu masu ɗorewa na kore mai ɗorewa, ƙwanƙolin su na kumbura da lupulin, yana nuna cewa girbi ya kusa. Ƙanƙarar da suke yi a cikin iska mai ɗumi yana haifar da rayuwa a filin, kamar dai tsire-tsire suna yin noma a hankali tare da yanayin girma da girbi maras lokaci.

Motsawa cikin tsakiyar ƙasa, tsari da lissafi na filin hop sun bayyana kansu a sarari. Jere bayan jeri na tsire-tsire da aka kula da su a hankali ya miƙe zuwa sararin sama, daidaitawarsu yana yin layi ɗaya na ginshiƙai na ganye waɗanda ke magana akan daidaito da aikin noma. Kowane bine ana datse, ana jagoranta, kuma ana horar da shi da kulawa, yana tabbatar da cewa haske da iska suna gudana cikin yardar rai ta cikin tsire-tsire yayin da ake ƙara yawan amfanin gonaki. Kurangar inabin da suka haɗa kai sun zama rayayye mai rai, shaida ga duka juriya na hop da kulawar manomi. Ƙasar da ke ƙarƙashin ƙasa tana da kyau, sautin sautinta yana nuna alamar haihuwa da kuma alkawarin wani girbi mai nasara. Akwai jituwa a nan tsakanin jin daɗin yanayi da tsarin aikin noma, haɗin gwiwar da aka inganta akan tsararru na girma.

nesa, filin yana yin laushi zuwa tsaunuka masu birgima waɗanda ke wanka da hasken la'asar, ƙarancin rashin jin daɗinsu yana haifar da kyakkyawan yanayi. Tsarkake a cikinsu akwai wani sito mai yanayin yanayi, katakon katako ya shuɗe saboda shekarun rana da ruwan sama amma har yanzu suna da ƙarfi, har yanzu suna tsaye a matsayin majiɓincin al'ada. Wannan rumbun, da wataƙila ana amfani da shi don adana hops ɗin da aka girbe ko kayan gidaje, yana ɗaure wurin da yanayin ci gaba—alama ta rayuwar ƙauye da ta goyi bayan yin girbi shekaru aru-aru. Hasken sararin sama ya wuce, yana da hazaka tare da hasken ƙarshen lokacin rani, abin tunatarwa cewa waɗannan filayen ba su keɓanta ba amma a matsayin wani yanki na faffadan faffadan gonaki, tsaunuka, da sararin sama.

Yanayin hoton yana da yawa da nutsuwa. Hasken zinari na rana ta la'asar yana wanke komai a cikin annuri mai dumi, yana nuna yanayin ganye, mazugi, da itace, da kuma fitar da dogayen inuwa da ke nuna tsayin daka. Iskar ta kusa zama mai iya gani a cikin wadatarta—mai ƙamshi da ƙamshi na ripening hops, sabo da ƙamshin ƙasa da ciyayi, yana motsawa a hankali ta hanyar iskar da ke ratsa mashigin kore. Muhalli ne da mutum zai iya tunanin yadda kudan zuma ke yi, da sarewar ganye, da kuma jin gamsuwar mai noman da ke nazarin aikin da ake yi a kakar wasa ta gaba.

Fiye da filin kawai, wannan yanayin yana wakiltar ginshiƙan shayarwa da kansa. Wadannan hops, waɗanda aka noma da irin wannan kulawa, ba da daɗewa ba za a girbe su, a bushe, a tattara su, za su zama ruhin giya marasa adadi - suna ba da ɗaci don daidaita zaƙi, ƙamshi don jawo hankali, da dandano masu ma'anar salo duka. Gidan hop, tare da tsari da ƙarfinsa, ya ƙunshi duka kimiyya da fasaha: tsarin ƙasa da sa'o'in hasken rana, dabarun dasa da jadawalin girbi, duk suna haɗuwa don samar da mafi kyawun bayanin shuka. Rumbun da ke nesa, manyan tarkace masu tsayi, ƙwanƙolin da ke haskakawa cikin haske—duk tare suna haifar da ba kawai hangen nesa na yalwar noma ba amma hoton al'ada, haƙuri, da kuma alkawarin kawo sauyi.

Wannan lokacin, wanda aka kama a ƙarƙashin sararin samaniyar zinariya, yana jin maras lokaci. Hoton tsari ne wanda ya bayyana yanayi bayan yanayi, shekara bayan shekara, duk da haka yana ɗaukar sabon salo na rayuwa. A cikin wadannan layuka na hops, mutum yana ganin ba kawai falalar halin yanzu ba amma tsammanin abin da ke zuwa har yanzu: girbi, girbi, girbi, gilashin da aka ɗaga don bikin sana'ar da aka fara a nan, a cikin filayen irin wannan, inda koren bines ya kai ga rana kuma makomar giya ta yi shuru.

Hoton yana da alaƙa da: Hops a cikin Brewing: Huell Melon