Isithombe: I-Serebrianka Hop Harvest

Njengoba ligcwele ubumnyama obusagolide ntambama ekwindla, igceke le-hop linwebeka ngokungapheli emkhathizwe, imigqa yalo emide emide njengamakholomu esonto lombhishobhi eluhlaza. Izinhlobonhlobo ze-Serebrianka, namabhayini ayo aluhlaza, agcwele amakhoni, abusa indawo, amaqabunga awo aminyene asindayo ngesithembiso senkathi yokuphuza. Ngaphambili, isisebenzi esigqoke ihembe eliphelelwe ilanga nesigqoko sotshani sehlisa amehlo aso ekhoneni elisanda kuvunwa, izandla zaso zihamba ngesigqi esiprakthiza esikhuluma ngeminyaka eyachithwa kulo mkhuba ofanayo. Ufaka isivuno esinephunga elimnandi kubhasikidi olukiweyo kakade ogcwele izigaxa eziluhlaza okotshani, ukuthungwa kwe-hop ngayinye ehlukile futhi ephila ngaphansi kokukhanya okufudumele.

Eduze, abangane bakhe behla kancane emigqeni, ngamunye egxile emsebenzini ofanayo wokucophelela. Ukuma kwazo kuyahlukahluka—enye ifinyelela phezulu ukuze ikhiphe izigaxa ezivinini eziphakeme, enye isebenze eduze nomhlabathi lapho amaqoqo ehlangana khona ethunzini. Ndawonye, ukunyakaza kwabo kwakha uhlobo lokuchotshozwa, oluhamba kancane futhi lwamabomu, kodwa olusebenza kahle. Lokhu kuwumsebenzi ofakwe ukubekezela, lapho ijubane lingelesibili ekunakekeleni, nalapho yonke ikhoni ekhethiwe inikela ekuthembekeni komkhiqizo wokugcina. Isigqi somsebenzi wabo sihambisana nokuphikelela okuthulile kwamabhina ngokwawo, akhuphuke kancane kancane phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo, esekelwa izintambo eziqinile futhi eqondiswa ama-trellises.

Indawo emaphakathi iveza ijiyomethri ephindaphindayo ye-hop yard, imigqa eqondile yamabhina ehlehlela ebangeni aze afiphale ngokumelene nokuhlehliswa okuthambile kwamagquma. Umugqa ngamunye ubonakala njengendlela yokuchichima okuluhlaza, okulinganayo kodwa okugcwele ukuhlukahluka ngakunye kokukhula. Ama-trellises aphakama njengabalindi, kokubili asebenzayo futhi amahle, afaka izisebenzi endaweni enkulu yezolimo ezizwa ingaphelelwa isikhathi. Ukuhlelwa ngokucophelela kwezitshalo, ukulingana phakathi kokuhleleka komuntu nokukhula okungokwemvelo, kukhuluma nesiko lesikhathi eside lokutshalwa kwe-hop—umshado wokuhlela ngokucophelela namandla angalawuleki esimo sezulu, inhlabathi, nezinkathi zonyaka.

Ngalé kwegceke le-hop, ingemuva lithambisa libe amagquma amnyama ashaywe ngokukhanya kwe-amber. Isibhakabhaka esingenhla sicacile, amathoni aso aphaphathekile anikeza ukuhluka okuzolile kokuluhlaza okukhazimulayo ngezansi. Amagquma akha imbeleko ethambile endaweni yesehlakalo, ebeka phansi igceke le-hop endaweni ebanzi futhi ebonisa imijikelezo yemvelo ebusa lesi sivuno. Ukungabikho kwamafu kunezela ekuthuleni, njengokungathi usuku ngokwalo lumile ukuze lubone umvuthwandaba wenkathi yokukhula.

Ukukhanyisa kuphakathi kwemizwa, kudonsela yonke into ngokukhazimula okusagolide okuthambile okugcizelela kokubili imininingwane yenyama kanye nomoya wokuhlonipha. Ibamba imiphetho emihle yama-hop cones, ikhanyisa ama-bracts awo anengqimba futhi ikhomba ku-lupulin ngaphakathi. Igeza izisebenzi ngemfudumalo, ithambise imigqa yezingubo nobuso bazo, iphakamise umshikashika wazo ube okuthile okucishe kube okuwumkhosi. Ukuhlangana kokukhanya nesithunzi emigqeni kudala ukujula nokuthungwa, kugqamisa ubukhulu bokuvuna kuyilapho kugcina ukusondelana ngemininingwane.

Isigcawu sisonke sidlulisa ukuzola, kodwa futhi sishaya ngamandla ngokubaluleka. Lesi akusona nje isikhathi sokwelusa esimiswe yiqhwa ngesikhathi kodwa isigaba esibucayi emjikelezweni wokuphila wokuphisa. Ikhoni ngayinye ehlutshiwe ithwala phakathi kwayo amafutha abalulekile nama-resin azochaza iphunga, ukunambitheka, kanye nohlobo lukabhiya oluthelwa engilazini engamamayela kude nale nsimu. Ukunakekelwa kwezisebenzi, ukuhleleka kwama-trellises, ukuvunda kwezwe, nokubekezela kokuvunwa konke kuyahlangana ngalesi sikhathi, kukhumbuza umbukeli ukuthi ubhiya ungaphezu kwesiphuzo—uwukuhluzwa kwezinkathi zonyaka, indawo ezungezile, nokuzinikela komuntu.

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