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Ebusika obukhangayo baseVermont, indawo ebamba ukushisa yonyaka wonke kaBrenden McBrier igqama njengendawo echumayo yamakhiwane, imivini yekiwi, nezitshalo zikatamatisi. Yakhelwe ngo-2022 umphakathi ophilayo wamabomu we-Awakening Mountain, lesi sakhiwo esiyingqayizivele, esigqugquzelwe ukwakhiwa kwe-Earthship, sichaza kabusha ezolimo ezisimeme.
I-greenhouse engu-720-square-foot incike endundumeni enkulu eyenziwe ngosimende osekelwe esihlabathini, umhlaba, namathayi amadala njengodonga lwangemuva. Esebenza njengamabhethri ashisayo, la mathayi asiza ukugcina izinga lokushisa elingashintshi, enikeza indawo evumelana nesimo sezulu ezitshalweni ezihlukahlukene. Ukugxila kukaMcBrier kwezolimo okusimeme kanye ne-permaculture kukhanya ekukhetheni ngokucophelela izitshalo, okuhlanganisa iminti, i-nasturtiums, izihlahla ze-lime, i-kale, i-broccolini, namaklabishi amakhulu.
Indawo ephezulu, enweba indawo ebamba ukushisa ibe ngamamitha-skwele ayi-1,000, yethula izixazululo zokupholisa ezintsha. Abalandeli ku-loft bakhipha ukushisa, bakuthumele ngaphansi komhlaba ngamashubhu okupholisa ashisayo ngaphansi kwemibhede yasengadini, okuqinisekisa izinga lokushisa elinethezekile phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo. Nakuba uMcBrier ekhethe ukuphuma kumaphaneli elanga, ugcizelela amandla awo okwenezela ekukhiqizeni ukushisa okushisayo ngaphandle kwezinto zokubasa ezimbiwa phansi.
Uhambo lukaMcBrier, ukusuka kumdwebi wezwe e-Colorado ukuya esakhamuzi sase-Vermont esizinikezele ekuphileni okusimeme, lubonisa ukuzibophezela ekuxhumaneni kabusha noMhlaba. Ukudweba ugqozi oluvela ku-Earthships, uletha izimiso zabo ekwakhiweni kwe-greenhouse, ehlinzeka ngenye indlela ezakhiweni ezivamile ezidinga amandla.
Izinzuzo zezindlu zokugcina izithombo zobumba zidlulela ngale kokulawulwa kwezinga lokushisa. Lezi zakhiwo zivikela izitshalo ekulimaleni komoya futhi zingahlanganisa izinhlelo zokudonsa amanzi, ukubhekana nokukhathazeka ezindaweni ezithandwa yizikhukhula—okucatshangelwa kakhulu esimweni sezulu esishintshayo sase-Vermont.
UCymone Bedford, isakhamuzi saseVermont Earthship, ugqamisa ukusebenza kahle komklamo we-Earthship ekuthuthukiseni ukusetshenziswa kwamandla, okuvumela ukutshalwa kwezitshalo unyaka wonke. Njengoba i-Vermont ibhekene nezinselelo zemvelo, izixazululo ezivumelana nesimo sezulu njenge-greenhouse kaMcBrier zinikeza indlela eya kwezolimo esimeme ngaphandle kokwephula ibhange.
Izimiso zomshado we-Earthship nge-greenhouse design imele ukushintsha kwepharadigm kwezolimo ezisimeme. I-greenhouse kaMcBrier ikhombisa ukuthi izixazululo ezintsha, ezivumelana nesimo sezulu zingakuchaza kanjani kabusha ukukhiqizwa kokudla, zinikeze abalimi, izazi zezolimo namahlathi, nonjiniyela bezolimo ukuthi bamukele ikusasa elizinzile.