Isithombe: I-Colourful Heirloom Tomato Display

Isabalele endaweni yokhuni, leli qoqo elinempilo likatamatisi we-heirloom linikeza idili elibukwayo elibungaza ukuhlukahluka okumangalisayo kokunethezeka kwemvelo. Utamatisi ngamunye uwukubonakaliswa okuyingqayizivele kohlu lozalo lwawo, olwakhiwe izizukulwane zezinqubo zokutshala ngokucophelela nokonga imbewu ezibeka kuqala ukunambitheka, ukuqina, kanye nesimilo kunokufana. Ilungiselelo alikona nje ukuhlobisa kuphela—liyinqolobane ephilayo yamagugu ezolimo, lapho zonke izithelo zixoxa ngenhlabathi, inkathi, nokuphatha.

Imibala ingeyokuqala eheha iso. Okubomvu okujulile, okucwebezelayo kuhlezi eduze kwamawolintshi avuthayo nokuphuzi okusagolide, imibala yawo ecwebezela ukuvuthwa nokufudumala. Phakathi kwazo kukhona utamatisi onemibala eluhlaza—omunye uphaphathekile futhi unokhilimu, amanye acebile futhi anjengehlathi—kanye nonsomi obabazekayo ophumela kumnyama, anezela ukujula nokugqama kuphalethi. Amatamatisi amaningi abonisa amaphethini ayinkimbinkimbi: izikhumba ezimabula ezishwibeka ngamathoni amaningi, izinhlobo ezinemigqa enemigqa egqamile yombala, nezindawo ezimachashaza ezibonisa ubunkimbinkimbi bofuzo ngaphakathi. Le mininingwane ebonakalayo ayimihle nje kuphela—iwumkhondo wemvelaphi katamatisi, ngalinye liwumkhiqizo wokuzalanisa ngokucophelela nangokukhetha kwemvelo.

Umumo nosayizi bayahluka kakhulu, okuqinisa itimu yefa. Amanye utamatisi ayindilinga ngokuphelele futhi abushelelezi, izikhumba zawo ziyanyakaza futhi ziyabenyezela ngaphansi kokukhanya. Ezinye zinezimbambo futhi zinezimbobo, zinemigoqo kanye nama-creases ezinikeza ikhwalithi eqoshiwe. Okumbalwa ku-squat futhi kuyisicaba, afana namathanga amancane, kuyilapho amanye emide noma emise okwepheya, amafomu awo abonisa izindlela zokupheka ezingase zikhuthaze. Lokhu kungahambi kahle kuwuphawu lwezinhlobo ze-heirloom, ezimelana ne-homogenization yezolimo zezimboni futhi esikhundleni salokho zamukele ama-quirks enza isithelo ngasinye sihluke.

Okwenezela entendeni yemvelo amatamatisi amaningana asanamathele eziqwini zawo, anamaqabunga amasha aluhlaza agoqeka ngesithelo. Lezi zinsalela zomvini zisikisela isivuno sakamuva, esivusa isipiliyoni sokukha utamatisi ngqo engadini—ukufudumala elangeni, iphunga elimnandi lomhlaba, nokugcwala ukunambitheka. Indawo yokhuni ngaphansi kwawo, enesimo sezulu eshintshashintshashintshayo, ithuthukisa ubuhle be-rustic futhi inikeza ingemuva elingokwemvelo elihambisana nemibala egqamile katamatisi.

Ndawonye, lezi zakhi zakha ukwakheka okumangalisayo kokubili okubukekayo nokuvusa amadlingozi. Ikhuluma ngokunotha kwezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, ubuciko bokulima, nokuxhumana okuseduze phakathi kwabantu nokudla abakutshalayo. Kubalimi bezingadi, abapheki, nanoma ubani okwazisa ukuphambana kobuhle nokondleka, lesi sithombe siwumkhosi walokho okushiwo ukukhula ngenhloso nokudla ngenjabulo. Imema isibukeli ukuba sime kancane, sithakasele, futhi mhlawumbe sicabange ukunambitheka kukatamatisi ngamunye—ubumnandi be-cherry esagolide, i-tang ye-beefsteak enemigqa, ukujula kweplamu elinsomi—nganye iyisimangaliso esincane semvelo nokukhuliswa.

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