#RegenerativeAgriculture #GreenhouseFarming #OrganicVegetables #SustainableFarming #InnovativeAgriculture #CoverCrops #SoilHealth #NaturalPestControl #ChickensInAgriculture #БлизкатаФерма
I-“Близката Ферма” (Vala Ipulazi) enkabeni yendawo yasemaphandleni yase-Sofia ime njengesibani sokulima kabusha okuphilayo. Isungulwe ngu-Ivelin Tonchev kanye nonkosikazi wakhe uSiana, leli pulazi elincane eliphethwe umndeni selisungule izindlela zezolimo ezivuselelayo kule minyaka emine edlule, elihlanganisa amahektha angu-7.5, okuhlanganisa namahektha ama-2 esikhala esibamba ukushisa. Engqungqutheleni yakamuva ehlelwe yi-Bulgarian Association of Organic Farmers, u-Tonchev, oneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 yesipiliyoni sezolimo, wabelane ngemininingwane mayelana nezinqubo zabo zokuzivuselela.
Uhambo lwaqala ngenhlabathi edinga ukuvuselelwa. U-Tonchev ulandisa ngezinselele zokuqala zokubhekana nomhlabathi ohlangene nokulahlekelwa kwezinto eziphilayo. Ukubhekana nalokhu, ekuqaleni waphendukela kumquba, ehlanganisa nenani elikhulu elitholakala endaweni yokulungisa imfucuza yendawo. Yize isebenza kahle, le ndlela yabhekana nesithikamezo lapho ukutholakala komquba kuncipha, okuholele ekutheni i-Tonchev ihlole izindlela zokutshala izitshalo ezikhavayo, okufakazela ukuthi ingenye yenhlanhla.
Ehlobo, izindawo zokugcina izithombo "zokuphumula" ezitshalweni eziyinhloko, zibamba izitshalo zokumboza kusukela ngoMeyi kuya kuJulayi. Lezi zitshalo zokumboza, ezikhethwe ngokucophelela ngokusekelwe ekutholakaleni kwenkathi ethile kanye nokutshalwa kwemifino okulandelayo, ziqoqa ngokushesha i-biomass, esebenza njengesichibiyelo semvelo senhlabathi. Ukuhlanganiswa kwalezi zitshalo zokumboza kusiza ukulwa nokucinana kwenhlabathi, kunikeze indawo ephumelelayo yama-microorganisms. I-Tonchev igcizelela ukuguquguquka okuhlinzekwa yile ndlela, evumela ukwelashwa okuhlosiwe kwezindawo ezithile kunokuba kusetshenziswe izitshalo zokumboza kuyo yonke indlu ebamba ukushisa ngesikhathi esisodwa.
Uma ingekho imishini esindayo, i-Tonchev incike ethuluzini elidala lesiFulentshi elibizwa ngokuthi “i-grelinette” ukuze lilwe nokucinana kwenhlabathi. Izitshalo zokumboza zithatha indawo yesidingo somquba omningi, okunomthelela ngempumelelo empilweni yenhlabathi. Ukwengeza, ngezikhathi ezithile umboza imibhede ngefilimu ye-silage, ekhuthaza indawo enothile nge-microorganism ediliza ngempumelelo i-biomass yesitshalo sekhava.
Isici esibalulekile sokulawula ukhula sihilela ukunemba kwesikhathi. Isebenzisa igeja elisebenza ngegesi elihambisana nobubanzi bemibhede, i-Tonchev iphazamisa kancane izicubu zokhula, ilulawule ngokuphumelelayo ngaphandle kokusebenzisa imithi yokubulala ukhula. Le ndlela yokucophelela idinga ukuhlolwa ngokucophelela kwezigaba zokukhula kwezitshalo.
Izinkukhu zidlala indima ebalulekile “ezenzweni zokuvuselela ze-“Близката Ферма”. Ihhoko lezinkukhu elingumahamba nendlwana lingeniswa ezindlini zokugcina izithombo ngemva kokuvuna, okuvumela izinyoni ukuba zidle izitshalo ezisele, zivundise umhlabathi ngobulongwe bazo. Lo mkhuba awugcini nje ukuhlanza indlu ebamba ukushisa ezimila ezisele kodwa futhi uqinisekisa ukutholakala kwamaqanda amasha njalo.
I-"Близката Ферма" ikhombisa indlela ephelele yokulima kabusha ekukhiqizeni imifino ebamba ukushisa. Kusukela ekuvuseleleni umhlabathi osuphelile kuya ekuhlanganiseni izitshalo zokumboza, ukulawula ukhula okunembayo, kanye nokusebenzisa izinkukhu ekuvundiseni kwemvelo, leli pulazi liwubufakazi bezinqubo zokulima ezisimeme nezintsha.