Isithombe: Ipulazi lendabuko laseSussex Hop

Isithombe sivela njengekhasi elivela emlandweni omude nonezitezi wokutshalwa kwe-hop emaphandleni aseNgilandi, isimo esicwile embonini yokuzola nenokuthula. Enkabeni yesehlakalo kukhona ubhasikidi owenziwe ngentambo, ogcwele izigaxa ze-hop ezisanda kuvunwa. Izinhlobo zazo eziluhlaza ezigqamile zibonakala zikhanya kancane ngaphansi kokukhanya kwemini okuthambile, okusakazekile okuhluza yonke indawo, isigaxa ngasinye siqoqwe ngokucophelela futhi sihlanganiswe ndawonye, sithembisa inala yamafutha emvelo kanye nezinsalela ezibalulekile kubuciko bomshini wokuphisa utshwala. Ama-papery bracts ama-cones abamba ukukhanya kahle, akhomba ingaphakathi eline-lupulin elinesithembiso sokubaba, iphunga, nokuba yinkimbinkimbi kobhiya ozayo. Lo bhasikidi othobekile, ohlezi ngokulinganayo enhlabathini enyathelwe kahle phakathi kwemigqa ecocekile yamabhobho aphakeme, uhlanganisa kokubili isiko kanye nezinsiza, umkhumbi olula oxhumanisa ukusebenza kwensimu ngqo neketela lokuphisa.

Eceleni kwalo bhasikidi kunomphongolo we-oki osuqinile, izinti zawo zinezimpawu ezicashile zeminyaka, uma kungengamashumi eminyaka, zisetshenziswa. Umphongolo ungaphezu kwento esetshenziswayo—uwuphawu lokuqhubeka phakathi kwezolimo nomsebenzi wezandla, isixhumanisi phakathi kwesivuno esingavuthiwe nesiphuzo esicolisisiwe. Okhunini lwawo olugugile kuqoshwe indaba yenqwaba yamaphisi adlule, ukukhuthazela okunokuthula kwethuluzi eliye laba elibaluleke kakhulu ekulivuseni njengamahops ngokwawo. Ukuba khona kwayo ensimini kusiza njengesikhumbuzo somjikelezo wokusebenza nomvuzo: ngokushesha izigaxa zizomiswa, zicutshungulwe, futhi zigcinwe, ezinye zihloselwe ukuvutshelwa eduze kwe-malt ne-yeast, ezinye mhlawumbe zipakishwe ukuze zisetshenziswe esikhathini esizayo. Kulo mzuzu, umgqomo umelela kokubili ukulungela nokubekezela, ibhuloho phakathi kokushesha kokuvuna kanye nomsebenzi omude wokwenza utshwala nokuvuthwa.

Indawo emaphakathi nengemuva inwebeka ibe ngama-trellises aqondaniswe ngokucophelela, ikhethini ngalinye elisekelayo eliluhlaza lamabhina e-hop likhuphukela esibhakabhakeni. Imigqa yazo enesigqi idonsela iso kude, idale umuzwa wokuhleleka obekwe phezu kobuningi bemvelo. Ubukhulu bokulima budlulisa ukubaluleka kwalesi sitshalo hhayi kuphela kubaphisi botshwala bendawo kodwa nasekwazisweni kwesifunda ngokwaso. Indawo yasemaphandleni yaseSussex, igingqika kancane ibheke emagqumeni akude, ihlinzeka ngeseyili ephelele yaleli siko lezolimo. Nokho indawo, inhle njengoba injalo, inezinselelo ezingokwemvelo. Ukwehluka okucashile ekubunjweni kwenhlabathi, amaphakethe omswakamo, ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, kanye nosongo olungapheli lwezinambuzane eziwuhlupho kukhumbuza umlimi ukuthi ukulima ama-hop akudingi nje inkuthalo kuphela kodwa nokuzivumelanisa nezimo. Isizini ngayinye, umugqa ngamunye, i-bine ngayinye kufanele inakekelwe ngengxube yesayensi, intuition, nolwazi ukuze kuhuqwe kuwo ama-cones amahle kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka.

Ukukhanya kwendawo yesehlakalo kunomthelela omkhulu esimweni saso. Ithambile, ithulisiwe, futhi ihlakazwe yilokho okubonakala sengathi isibhakabhaka esigcwele amafu, isusa ubukhali bokubenyezela kwasemini futhi esikhundleni sako ibeke ukuzola okucabangelayo, okucishe kube okokwelusa. Izithunzi ziwela kancane emigqeni, zigqamisa ukwakheka ngaphandle kwemininingwane esithekile, ogcizelela ukucwebezela kwamahlamvu kuyilapho kuvumela okuluhlaza okotshani kwamakhoni ukuthi kugqame ngokugqama okucashile. Lokhu kukhanya kwemvelo kugcizelela isigqi esijikelezayo sempilo yokulima, umsebenzi wansuku zonke oqala futhi ophele ngokuvumelana nokudlula kwelanga esibhakabhakeni.

Ingqikithi yokwakheka kwesithombe ixhumana kakhulu kunomshini wokulima kwe-hop—idlulisa umoya wayo. Kukhona inhlonipho ngenqubo ebonakala kuyo yonke into, kusukela ekubekweni ngokucophelela kukabhasikidi kuya ekubeni khona okuqinile, okuthembekile komgqomo. Lesi akusona isivuno sezimboni noma esiphuthumayo; isekelwe ekubekezela, olwazini, nangokwesiko. Umkhathi ungowokulinganisela: ubuhle obuthulile bendawo yasemaphandleni yaseNgilandi buqhathaniswa nomsebenzi ongathandeki kodwa obalulekile wokulima, ubuthakathaka bezigaxa okuhlangatshezwana nokuqina okungapheli kokhuni nomhlabathi.

Empeleni, isithombe sithwebula umzuzwana wokuzola ezimpambanweni zemvelo kanye nobuciko, ukuphumula okuhlonipha i-hop cone hhayi nje njengomkhiqizo wezolimo kodwa njengetshe legumbi elibalulekile lefa lokuphisa. Lapha, phakathi kwemigqa yamabhina akhuphukayo nangaphansi kokukhanya okuqinile kokukhanya okuthambile, kulele amandla aluhlaza ama-ales afakwe umlingiswa ohlukile we-Sussex—owumhlaba, onephunga elimnandi, futhi oboshelwe ngokujulile ezweni eliphuma kulo.

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