Hoto: Sa'ar Zinariya a cikin filayen Hop na Yakima Valley

Hoton ya ɗauki wani wuri mai ban sha'awa na filin hop a cikin tsakiyar kwarin Yakima, Washington, a lokacin sa'ar zinare na yammacin yamma. Abun da ke ciki ya kasance babban darasi a cikin kyawawan dabi'a da daidaiton aikin gona, wanda ke nuna rayuwa mai daɗi da nagartaccen noma a bayan ɗayan manyan nau'ikan hop na duniya-Yakima Gold.

A gaban gaba, itacen inabi mai tsayi yana mamaye gefen dama na firam. Ganyensa mai zurfi ne, koren lafiyayye, faffaɗa da siket, tare da jijiyoyi da ake gani suna kama hasken rana. Tari na hop cones suna rataye da yawa, haskensu koren launi yana haskakawa a ƙarƙashin hasken zinare na rana. Kowane mazugi yana da ɗanɗano da rubutu, tare da ƙaƙƙarfan glandan lupulin suna kyalkyali da ƙarfi-yana ba da shawarar mai da resins masu ƙarfi waɗanda ke ba Yakima Gold sa hannun sa na fure da ƙamshin citrus. Ita kanta kurangar inabin tana jujjuya sama tare da trellis.

Ƙasar tsakiya tana bayyana yanayin juzu'i na filin hop: layuka akan layuka na tsire-tsire masu tsayi suna shimfiɗa kan tsaunuka masu birgima a hankali, suna samar da faifan faifai wanda ke jagorantar ido zuwa sararin sama. Dogayen katako—sandunan katako da aka haɗa ta wayoyi masu ɗorewa—suna tsaye tsayi da tsari, suna tallafawa girmar kurangar inabin. Hasken rana yana jefa inuwa mai tsayi tsakanin layuka, yana ƙara zurfi da bambanci ga wurin. Tsaunuka suna kwance a hankali, lauyoyinsu suna nuna yanayin kwarin da haɓaka fahimtar sikeli da nutsuwa.

Can nesa, kwarin Yakima yana buɗewa da muryoyin kore da zinariya. Tuddan suna cike da filaye masu yawa, layukansu suna dushewa cikin sararin sama. Falon yana da rawanin mara gajimare, sararin sama azure- wadataccen shuɗin gradient ɗin sa yana ba da cikakkiyar daidaituwa ga sautunan dumin ƙasa. Tsaftar sararin sama yana nuna busasshen yanayi mai kyau don noman hop, kuma rashin giragizai yana ba hasken rana damar wanka gabaɗayan shimfidar wuri a cikin haske na zinariya.

Wannan hoton ya fi liyafa na gani—gayyata ce ta azanci. Kusan mutum zai iya jin ƙamshin haske na hops, ya ji zafin rana akan fata, kuma ya ji tausasan tsatsawar ganye a cikin iska. Yana haifar da ainihin Yakima Zinariya: zafin ɗaci, ƙamshi mai ƙamshi, da zurfin alaƙa da al'adun noma na fasaha. Lamarin ya kasance cikin natsuwa da aiki tukuru, bikin da ke nuna falalar yanayi da fasahar dan Adam.

Hoton yana da alaƙa da: Hops in Beer Brewing: Yakima Gold