Enkabeni ye-Utena, abalimi baseLithuania u-Irma no-Egidijus Kucinskas baguqule indawo yabo engamahektha ayi-6 yaba ipharadesi elichumayo lezolimo. Ukuhlanganisa amashumi eminyaka okuhlangenwe nakho kwase-UK nokuzibophezela ekulimeni okuphilayo, batshala izitshalo ezihlukahlukene ezihlaba umxhwele, kusukela kuma-strawberries asekuqaleni kuya kumathanga avuthwa sekwephuzile.
Ezindlini zabo zokugcina izithombo, amaKucinska aqala isikhathi sokukhula ngezithombo ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa upelepele, ukhukhamba, utamatisi nama-eggplant. Ukusebenzisa i-universal peat substrate nokuyicebisa nge-seaweed extract kanye nomanyolo we-organic, baqinisekisa ukukhula okunamandla nokumuncwa kwezakhi ezitshalweni.
Lapho kufika intwasahlobo, amashalofu abamba ukushisa ahlotshiswe ngezitshalo ezintsha ezithembisayo, okubonisa ukuthi kunensada yesivuno esizayo. Ukusetshenziswa kwemibhede ephakanyisiwe kanye nezinhlelo zokuchelela nge-drip kuthuthukisa ukusetshenziswa kwendawo namanzi, kukhuthaze izindlela zokulima eziphumelelayo neziqhubekayo.
Ngalé kwezindawo zokugcina izithombo, amasimu agcwele amasimu ezithelo, izihlahla zamaberry kanye nemigqa yemifino. Lapha ama-Kucinskas athambekela amakhabe namakhabe awo, esebenzisa amasu amasha okuxhunyelelwa ukuze athuthukise umkhiqizo kanye nokusimama. Ngokuxhunyelelwa izinhlobo zamakhabe eziqwini eziqinile, athuthukisa ukumuncwa kwezakhi futhi andise ukumelana nezingcindezi zemvelo, okuholela ezithelweni ezinkulu, ezinoshukela.
Uma kufika isikhathi sokuvuna, amasimu awukhanvasi ogqamile wemibala nama-flavour, okufakazela ukuzibophezela kukaKucinskas kwikhwalithi nokusimama. Kusukela kumasitrobheni empova ngesandla kuya ekwenzeni izinto zokulondoloza imvelo, zonke izinyathelo zenqubo yokulima zifakwa ngokunakekela nangobuchwepheshe.
Ezimakethe ezimatasa zaseVilnius, abathengi balindele ngabomvu ukufika komkhiqizo wakwaKucinskas, bazi ukuthi basekela ipulazi lomkhaya elizinikele emvelweni nasenhlalakahleni yomphakathi. Ngazo zonke izinto ezithengwayo, abagcini nje ngokujabulela ukunambitheka komkhiqizo omusha, wasendaweni, kodwa futhi basiza ekulondolozeni imikhuba yokulima evamile futhi bakhuthaze ezolimo ezisimeme.
U-Irma no-Egidijus Kucinskas benza samuntu umoya wokusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nentuthuko esimeme kwezolimo zesimanje. Ngokuzibophezela kwabo ekulimeni okuphilayo, ukuhlukahluka kwezitshalo kanye nokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu, baye badala indawo echumayo yezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo enhliziyweni ye-Utena. Indaba yabo isebenza njengesikhuthazo kubalimi emhlabeni wonke, ikhombisa ukuthi ngokwamukela isiko nokuqamba izinto ezintsha, singakha ikusasa eliqinile nelizinzile lezizukulwane ezizayo.