Isithombe: Espalier Apple Tree on Brick Wall

Isithombe sithwebula isihlahla sama-apula esiqeqeshwe ngokucophelela esikhula ngokumelene nengemuva lodonga lwezitini ze-rustic. Ngokungafani nezibonelo ezilinganiswe ngokwedlulele noma eziqinile, lesi sihlahla sibonisa isimo semvelo kanye nemvelo, esenza ibhalansi phakathi kokubunjwa ngamabomu nokungahambi kahle kwemvelo kokukhula kokuphila. Amagatsha anwebeka ngaphandle kakhulukazi ngezigaba ezivundlile kodwa ngokuhlukahluka okucashile ngobude nama-engeli, okuboleka isihlahla uhlamvu olungokoqobo oluzizwa lulinywe futhi luphila.

Isiqu esimaphakathi salesi sihlahla siqinile futhi siqondile, sincipha kancane njengoba sikhuphuka. Kusuka kuwo, amagatsha asakazeka ngaphandle ngezikhathi ezingavamile, amanye aqondile, amanye agobe ngobumnene, enza iphethini ehlelekile kodwa athambekele ngokuhlukahluka kwemvelo. Amagxolo esiqu namagatsha abonakala enziwe ukwakheka futhi egugile, enezela ukujula nobuqiniso ebukhoneni besihlahla.

Amagatsha aluhlaza acwebezelayo ahlobisa amagatsha, akhe amahlamvu aminyene afihla kancane ukwakheka kwezitho ngaphansi. Amaqabunga anempilo futhi anempilo, izindawo zawo ezicwebezelayo kancane zibamba ukukhanya kwasemini futhi zinikeza umehluko ngokumelene namathoni afudumele, asemhlabeni odonga lwesitini ngemuva kwawo. Amahlamvu azwakala egcwele kodwa awafani, amanye amagatsha athwele uhlaza olujiyile kanti amanye avumela igatsha ukuthi lihlale libonakala.

Phakathi kwamaqabunga kukhona ama-apula akhanyayo, avuthiwe. Isithelo sicwebezela emithunzini ebomvu enamathoni aphuzi acashile, izikhumba zawo zibushelelezi futhi ziqinile. Ama-apula ayahluka kancane ngobukhulu nangesimo—amanye alenga eduze kwesiqu, amanye aphumula ngaphandle kwamagatsha—okunezela embonweni wemvelo. Umumo wabo oyindilinga kanye nemibala efudumele igqama ngokugqamile ngokumelene nakho kokubili okuluhlaza okumnyama kwamaqabunga kanye nokubomvu okuthulisiwe nokunsundu odongeni lwezitini.

Phansi kodonga, umugqa omncane wemibhede yasengadini uthambisa isimo ngokuqhubekayo. Izitshalo eziqhakaza izimbali ezincane, okuhlanganisa izimbali eziphuzi ezijabulayo kanye nama-daisies ambalwa ahlakazekile, zikhula eduze kweziqephu zekhava yomhlabathi, zihlanganise i-espalier endaweni enkudlwana yengadi. Ngaphansi kwalokho, ukunwebeka okusikwe kahle kotshani obuluhlaza obukhanyayo kugcwalisa ingaphambili, kugcizelela ukunakekelwa nokuhleleka kwesikhala ngenkathi sisavumela isihlahla se-espalier ukuthi sihlale siyisisekelo.

Udonga lwezitini ngokwalo luhlinzeka ngokuhlukile okukhangayo, amabhulokhi alo anesimo sezulu, ansundu ngokubomvu ahlanganiswe nemigqa yodaka egqamisa ubudala nokuqina. Imigqa eqondile, yejiyomethri ye-masonry ihlanganisa ukungahambi kahle kwemvelo kwesihlahla se-espalier, egcizelela umzamo womuntu wokuqondisa ukukhula kwemvelo kufomu lobuciko.

Sekukonke, isithombe sidlulisa kokubili ubuhle nokuvumelana. Ibungaza ubuciko be-horticultural bokuqeqeshwa kwe-espalier ngenkathi ivumela isihlahla ukuthi sigcine ikhwalithi eyiqiniso, engaphelele. Inhlanganisela yama-apula aqhakazile, amahlamvu amasha aluhlaza, izitini zomhlaba, nezimbali zasengadini ezimibalabala kukhiqiza indawo engadini elinganiselayo futhi ezolile—umfanekiso wobuhle obutshaliwe obuzwakala bungaphelelwa isikhathi futhi buhle.

Isithombe sihlobene: Izinhlobo eziphezulu zama-apula nezihlahla okufanele zikhule engadini yakho