Hoto: Sussex Hop Fields

Hoton ya ɗauki kyawun maras lokaci na filin wasan turanci na gargajiya da aka kafa a cikin tsaunin tuddai na Sussex, wanda aka yi wa wanka da hasken zinare na hasken rana da yamma. A gaban gaba, hop bines suna hawa da kyau zuwa sama, ƙaƙƙarfan mai tushe da ke kewaye da igiya masu tsayi a kan dogayen sandunan katako. Hannun hop ɗin da kansu suna rataye cikin tarin yawa, koɗaɗɗen koren kore tare da alamun rawaya, ƙwanƙolinsu masu haɗe-haɗe suna yin lallausan lallausan lallausan launi, waɗanda ke gayyatar dubawa. Kowane mazugi yana da alama yana haskakawa yayin da hasken ya kama saman sa mai laushi, yana ba da shawara duka biyun ƙasƙanci da wadata, ɓoyayyun glandan lupulin waɗanda ke yin alƙawarin haɗaɗɗun dandano da ƙamshin da masu shayarwa suka ji da shi tsawon ƙarni. Manya-manyan ganye masu kaifi da ke kewaye da mazugi suna ƙara bambanta a cikin nau'i da launi, koren inuwarsu masu duhu suna ba da kyan gani ga ɓangarorin ɓangarorin da ke wakiltar ƙarshen aikin kakar.

Yayin da ido ke matsawa zuwa tsakiyar ƙasa, jeri-nauyi na trellises sun miƙe zuwa nesa, suna samar da tsarin rhythmic na layukan tsaye waɗanda ke tsara babban filin hop. Wannan latti na sanduna da wayoyi, ko da yake yana da sauƙi a ƙira, yana da mahimmanci don tallafawa saurin girma na tsire-tsire na hop, wanda zai iya hawa sama da ƙafa 20 a cikin kakar wasa ɗaya. Siffar layukan suna kai kallon ƙasa ta tsakiyar hanya, waƙar datti da manoma waɗanda suka yi tafiya sau da yawa sukan bi ta shuka. Wannan ma'anar tsari ta bambanta da kwayoyin halitta, kusan rashin jin daɗi na bines da kansu, waɗanda jijiyoyi sukan kai kuma suna murƙushewa ta kowace hanya, suna nuna ƙarfin ci gaba na shuka hop. Aure ne na basirar ɗan adam da kuzarin halitta, ma'auni ne wanda ya ayyana noman hop a Ingila ga tsararraki.

baya, filin yana mirgina a hankali zuwa cikin nesa, yana ba da damar yin la'akari da laushi na yankin Sussex. Yana zaune a tsakanin waɗannan tsaunuka akwai ƙauyen ƙauye, gungu na gidajen gida da wani babban coci yana tashi sama da kan bishiyar. Kasancewar ƙauyen ya ɗora hoton a cikin yanayin rayuwa, yana tunatar da mai kallo cewa noman hop ba kawai aikin noma ba ne har ma da al'adar al'ada da ke da alaƙa da yanayin rayuwar Ingilishi na karkara. Filayen da ke da nisa da shingen shinge suna haɗuwa cikin sararin sama ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba, suna haifar da hangen nesa na makiyaya wanda ke jin maras lokaci, wanda ba ya canzawa tsawon ƙarni sai dai kawai don kwanciyar hankali na dabarun noma na zamani wanda zai iya tallafawa yanzu.

Hasken rana na zinare da ke gudana a duk faɗin wurin yana wadatar kowane daki-daki. Yana wanke hops cikin ɗumi, yana mai da cones zuwa kusan jauhari masu haske waɗanda ke haskaka duhun ganyen ganye. Inuwa sun faɗi tsayi da taushi, suna jaddada rubutu da zurfi, yayin da iska mai laushi ke motsa bines, ƙirƙirar ƙungiyoyi masu dabara waɗanda ke ba da shawarar kwanciyar hankali da ƙarfi. Wannan hasken yana canza farfajiyar hop daga wurin noma kawai zuwa wurin girmamawa mai natsuwa, inda zagayowar yanayi da kulawar ɗan adam ke haɗuwa cikin jituwa.

Gabaɗaya, hoton ya ƙunshi ba kawai kyawun zahiri na filin hop ba har ma da ma'anarsa. Yana wakiltar ƙarni na al'adun gargajiya na Ingilishi, inda aka noma hops kamar Fuggle, Goldings, ko ƙarin nau'ikan zamani don ba da fifikon halayensu ga waɗanda ke jin daɗin gida da waje. Yana haifar da haƙuri da kulawa ga manoma waɗanda ke renon waɗannan tsire-tsire a cikin yanayi, da tsammanin girbi, da al'adun noma waɗanda suka dogara da irin waɗannan abubuwan. Fiye da hoton hoto, hoto ne na wuri da manufa, inda ƙasar kanta ke taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin aikin noma kamar kowace tudu, ganga, ko girke-girke.

Hoton yana da alaƙa da: Hops a cikin Beer Brewing: Sussex