Isithombe: I-Millennium Hop Field

Njengoba inweba kumhlaba wonke njenge-tapestry ephilayo, igceke le-hop libonisa umbono omangalisayo wama-Millennium hops ekuphakameni kwenkathi yawo yokukhula. Izintambo eziphakeme zimi zinde futhi ziyaziqhenya, amaqabunga awo aluhlaza aqinile nezigaxa ezihlangene kahle zikhula kahle ekugoneni kwelanga elifudumele lantambama. Ngaphambili, indawo yesehlakalo ibuswa isitshalo esisodwa, ubhini waso owugqinsi, onjengentambo ozungeza esibhakabhakeni eduze kwemigqa ye-trellis. I-node ngayinye ihlotshiswe ngamaqoqo ama-hop cones, aminyene futhi anenhlaka, ama-bracts awo anezingqimba acwebezelayo anemibala esagolide efiphele lapho ukukhanya kwelanga kungena khona ku-canopy. Umoya ohelezayo wenza amaqabunga anyakaze ngendlela enesigqi, ukunyakaza okuhambisana nephunga elimnandi elicishe lingezwakali—ingxube ekhanda likaphayini, amawolintshi, nomhlaba—okubonisa amagugu anephunga elimnandi avalelwe ngaphakathi kwezindlala ze-lupulin.

Indawo emaphakathi yembula isistimu ye-trellising eklanywe ngokucophelela, inethiwekhi yezintambo ezimile ezibambelele ngokuqinile emhlabathini futhi zisekelwa izigxobo eziqinile ezikhuphukela phezulu esibhakabhakeni. Lolu hlaka oluklanywe ngokucophelela luqondisa amabhina ukuya phezulu, aqinisekise ukuthi abamba ukukhanya kwelanga okuphezulu ngenkathi enza amaphasishi amade, anezikhala ezilinganayo ezivumela ukugeleza komoya kanye nokuvuna kalula. Kusukela kulo mbono, imigqa ibonakala ingapheli, ibuyela emuva ibheke emkhathizwe endaweni eseduze yokuqondanisa kwejiyomethri, umshado wesiyalo sezolimo namandla emvelo. Ukuphindwaphindwa kwamakholomu aluhlaza kudala isigqi esimangalisayo, njengokungathi insimu ngokwayo iyisonto elikhulu elinohlaza, nama-hop njengezinsika zawo ezingcwele.

Ngalé kwemigqa ehleliwe kukhona ingemuva lamagquma, athambekele ngenxa yebanga futhi abanjiswe inkungu ethambile yokushisa kwasehlobo. Umugqa wesihlahla emkhathizwe wenza uhlaka lwe-hop yard, uhlaza lwaso olujulile lunikeza umehluko kumathoni agqamile, alula amaqabunga e-hop. Ngenhla, isibhakabhaka siwumsebenzi wobuciko onyakazayo, iseyili ependwe ngemibala ye-azure futhi enamafu anyakazayo anyakaziswa igolide ngenxa yokushona kwelanga. Izinga lokukhanya kuleli hora lihlaba umxhwele ngokukhethekile, lihluza onqenqemeni lwamaqabunga nezigaxa, liphonsa amaphethini aminyene ethunzi nokucwebezela enhlabathini engezansi.

Umhlabathi ngokwawo, omnyama futhi uvundile, ubonakala unothile ngokuphila, wondliwe ngobuphathi obucophelela kanye neminyaka yokulinywa. Ukufudumala kwawo kuphumela phezulu, kuphethe isithembiso senala. Yonke imininingwane—kuyofika ekubenyeni okuncane kwamazolo ahlala emaqabungeni anomthunzi kanye nemithambo ethambile eqoshwe ensinini ngayinye ebanzi—kugcizelela ukubaluleka kwalesi sitshalo esichumayo. I-Millennium hop, eyaziwa ngokulingana kwayo kokubaba nephunga, lapha ikhombisa ubukhosi obugcwele bamandla ayo akhulayo, izinhlobonhlobo ezifuywe ukuze zibe namandla nokuba yinkimbinkimbi, manje ezithathwe emzuzwaneni wokuzola kokwelusa.

Isimo sesimo sesithombe siwukuvumelana, ukuchichima, nokulindela. Kunomqondo wokuthi imvelo nobuhlakani bomuntu busebenza ekhonsathini: ama-trellises nemigqa ebekwe abalimi abahlinzeka ngesakhiwo, kuyilapho amandla angenamkhawulo wezitshalo aletha ubungqabavu nobuhle basendle. Lena akuyona nje insimu yezitshalo, kodwa iseyili ephilayo ebungaza umjikelezo wokukhula, isithembiso sokuvuna, nobuciko bokwenza utshwala obusazofika. Kungumbono ongaphelelwa isikhathi wemvelaphi kabhiya, lapho isayensi, umsebenzi wezandla, nesigqi esinensayo sezinkathi zonyaka kuhlangana khona.

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