Kukula ku Netherlands, Mark Hommes adaleredwa pa ulimi wamaluwa komanso chikondi cha Dutch iris. Pakali pano mwiniwake wa Castle Hayne Farms, Mark nthawi zonse ankadziwa kuti adzakhala mlimi wamaluwa wamalonda, kuphunzira zamalonda kuchokera kwa abambo ake, koma zomwe sanazindikire ndi kuchuluka kwa mbiri yakale yomwe munda wake ndi banja lake zidzanyamula. ku Castle Hayne, North Carolina.
Banja la Mark linamulera pa famu ya babu ku Netherlands kumene anaphunzirapo za ntchito yolima mbewu. Mpaka pamene bambo ake a Mark anayambitsa bizinesi yogulitsa katundu ku United States, Mark anaganiza zopitako ndipo anayamba kukonda malowo. Mark anati: “Atate ndi amalume anga anagula famuyo, yomwe poyamba inkatchedwa Coastal Bulb Farm, mu 1978, ndipo pamene ine ndi mnzanga tinaganiza zopita kukaona malowo mu 1989, tonsefe tinakonda malowo komanso mwayi woti tinapatsidwa. Pano." Mark ndi bwenzi lake anakhala eni ake a famuyo mu 2004 ndipo aikulitsa mpaka maekala 7.5 kuphatikiza maekala anayi a malo obiriwira obiriwira.
Mitundu ya iris
"Dutch iris nthawi zonse yakhala mbewu yathu yapadera komanso yofunika kwambiri ku Castle Hayne Farms," adatero Mark, "inachokera ku cholowa cha banja langa ku Netherlands ndipo imamera bwino kuno m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya North Carolina chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa dzuwa tsiku lililonse, madzi ndi kutentha kwamadzulo.” Malinga ndi Mark, mitundu yambiri ya iris yomwe imabzalidwa masiku ano idachokera ku famu ya mabanja awo ku Netherlands. "Ndilo duwa lomwe ndimakonda kwambiri kumera chifukwa lili m'magazi mwanga," adatero, "tikupitiriza cholowa chabanja chopanga mitundu yatsopano, ndipo pakali pano tikukonzekera imodzi yomwe idzatchulidwe dzina la mwana wanga wamkazi." Kuphatikiza pa Dutch iris, famuyi imamera maluwa ena osiyanasiyana, monga maluwa, snapdragons, peonies ndi mpendadzuwa komanso CBD ndi masamba owonjezera, monga sikwashi, biringanya ndi zukini.
Tsiku lodziwika bwino pafamuyo limayamba molawirira 6:30 am ndi antchito akukolola maluwa m'malo obiriwira, kuyala phula ndi dothi lothirira kuti akhale ndi thanzi labwino. “Anthu ambiri samazindikira kuti kuwonjezera pa kuonetsetsa kuti madzi okwanira akuperekedwa, kusunga dothi lathanzi n’kofunika kwambiri kuti maluwa anu akhale abwino,” anatero Mark, “chifukwa chakuti nthaka yabwino kwambiri imathandiza kuyamwa ndi kuchotsa madzi ochuluka m’malo mwake. koma mtundu wa mbewu zako umatsimikiziridwa ndi yemwe ali kumapeto kwa payipi. Mark alinso ndi udindo wokonza ndondomeko zobzala, kukwaniritsa madongosolo, malonda ndi malonda a famuyo. “Zili ngati kusamalira khanda maola 24 patsiku, masiku 7 pamlungu, popanda kupuma,” iye akutero, “simungachilole kuti chigwere ndipo ndi bizinesi yovutitsa maganizo chifukwa maluŵa ayenera kugulitsidwa mofulumira kwambiri, pasanathe masiku asanu. kukolola, kapena kutayidwa.” Ngakhale kuti tsiku ndi tsiku amakhala ndi nkhawa, Mark ananena kuti palibe chinthu chonyadira kwambiri kuposa kulowa m’nthaka yobiriwira n’kuona mbewu zokongola zimene zakonzekera kukolola.
Carolina Bouquet
Chinthu chimodzi chapadera choperekedwa ndi Castle Hayne Farms ndi Carolina Bouquet. "Duwali limakhala ndi maluwa osiyanasiyana omwe ali munyengo, motero amasintha kuchokera ku nyengo ina kupita ku ina," adatero Mark, "onse amapangidwa ndi manja ndipo timawapanga tokha kuti awonetsere ulimi wamaluwa wamakono ku Carolina. .”
Ogulitsa
Zogulitsa zochokera ku Castle Hayne Farms zingapezeke ku Riverfront Farmers Market kumzinda wa Wilmington, Carolina Beach Farmers Market, Wrightsville Beach Farmers Market ndi Oak Island Farmers Market. Maluwa amaluwa ochokera pafamu atha kupezekanso m'maketani ogulitsa kudera lonselo, kuphatikiza Whole Foods, Fresh Market ndi Lidl. Maluwa awo amatha kudziwika ndi manja okhala ndi logo ya Dutch Iris ndi Goodness Grows.
Ngakhale kuti nthawi zikusintha ndipo tsogolo silikudziwika, Mark akudziwa zomwe famu yake ipitiliza kuchita. “M’tsogolomu, tidzapitiriza kulima maluwa okongola, apamwamba komanso kusamalira anthu a m’dera lathu,” iye anatero. Ngati mukufuna kudziwa zambiri za mbiri ya malo a Castle Hayne Farms, onani buku lakuti “Tar Heels and Wooden Shoes” lolemba Charles W. Riesz Jr. Dutch iris.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri:
Mafamu a Castle Haynes
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