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Enhliziyweni yeCherry Orchard, isinyathelo esiyingqayizivele sichaza kabusha ikusasa lokulima kwemifino e-Ireland. U-Peadar Lynch, umphathi we-Cherry Orchard Community Garden, uye waphayona imodeli eguquguqukayo yokutshala imifino ephilayo futhi esimeme, okufakazela ukuthi ukutshala ukudla okunempilo endaweni kungaba yisixazululo kubuciko obunciphayo bokulima imifino ethengiswayo.
Kusukela namuhla, amapulazi angama-60 kuphela e-Ireland azinikele ekutshaleni imifino yasensimini, ngaphandle kokutshala amazambane. Lokhu kuncipha kubangela inselele enkulu ngesikhathi lapho ukubaluleka kokudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni empilweni yabantu neyeplanethi kubonakala kakhulu kunangaphambili. Ingadi ye-Cherry Orchard yase-Lynch igqama njengesibani sethemba, iphonsela inselelo inkambiso futhi ikhombisa amandla okuvuka kabusha kokukhiqizwa kwemifino yendawo.
I-Cherry Orchard Community Garden, eyasungulwa ngo-2010, yathola umfutho njengebhizinisi lezenhlalakahle ngo-2019 ngokwesekwa nguMkhandlu Wedolobha laseDublin. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ayiphumelelanga nje kuphela njengomthombo wokudla okunempilo emphakathini kodwa futhi isiphenduke iphrojekthi yokubonisa ezolimo ezisimeme. U-Lynch ugcizelela ukubaluleka kokukhula ngendlela ephilayo, nengadi esethelwe ukuzuza isitifiketi esigcwele sezinto eziphilayo ngoFebhuwari—ingqopha-mlando ebalulekile evula iminyango yamathuba abanzi.
Ngaphandle kwezici zezomnotho, i-Lynch ihlose ukukhombisa amandla onyaka wonke okutshalwa kwemifino. Ngokusebenzisa umquba oluhlaza njengobuckwheat kanye ne-phacelia phakathi nezinyanga zasebusika, ingadi ihlala isebenza, okunomthelela ekuvuneni okuqhubekayo. U-Lynch ubona le ndlela njengesixazululo esisebenzayo sezinhlelo zokusimama kwendawo ezweni lonke, ephikisana nomkhuba odlangile wokungenisa ngaphezu kwama-80% wezithelo nemifino.
Impumelelo yengadi yeCherry Orchard idlula umthelela wayo wezomnotho. Amavolontiya nabahlanganyeli abavela ezinhlelweni zokubekwa komsebenzi womphakathi bazibandakanya ngenkuthalo enqubweni yokulima, belwa nokuhlukaniswa kanye nokukhuthaza umuzwa wokuziqhenya. ULynch ubona indima yomlimi wasemadolobheni njengomsebenzi osebenzayo, ohlinzeka ngoqeqesho lokuphepha kokudla kanye nokugcinwa kwamarekhodi ezitifiketi zemvelo. Iphupho lakhe ukuthi lo mfuziselo wande kuzwelonke, uvuselele ukulima kwemifino endaweni futhi ukhuthaze ukusimama.
Ingadi ye-Peadar Lynch's Cherry Orchard iphuma njengeshintshile endaweni yezolimo yase-Ireland, ikhombisa ukuthi indlela eqhutshwa umphakathi yokulima imifino ingaba yisixazululo kanjani ekulimeni okudayiswayo. Njengoba sibhekene nesidingo esibalulekile sokudla okusimeme nokutholakala endaweni, izinhlelo ezifana nalezi zivula indlela yekusasa eliqhakazile, eliluhlaza kwezolimo.