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I ka 1918, kahi ʻōpio, ua kākau ʻo Quentin Wright i kāna puke pai e kanu ana lākou i kaʻuala i ka wā i hiki mai ai ka lono ua pau ke Kaua Honua Mua, no laila ua kū lākou no kahi inu hoʻolauleʻa. He manawa nō ia i luli ai ka maʻi ahulau nui loa i ka honua a ua lilo nā ola o 9,000 Kiwis. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi kenekulia ma hope a ma lalo o nā maka kiaʻi o New Zealand's Southern Alps, e noho ana nā hanauna ʻehā o ka ʻohana Wright ma Sheffield. ʻO Stuart lāua ʻo Simon Wright mahiʻai mahiʻai a mahi loea i ka hipa e hoʻopau ana i kā lāua 330ha, a me ka ulu ʻuala. A ʻo lākou pū kekahi, ke hana pū nei me ka hāʻule o ke ahulau o ka honua.
Nā kumu kumu uala
ʻO nāʻuala he mea kanu maʻemaʻe loa. Hoʻomeheu ʻia nā mea kanu manuahi, maoli-i-ʻano (kahi ʻāpana o ka tuber i ulu ʻia i loko o nā tubers he nui ma ke ʻano he hanauna ʻole). Hele lākou i ke kula a hoʻonui ʻia i nā hanauna hoʻokahi a ʻelua. Kanu ʻo Annat Farms i nā mea kanu mai nā hanauna ʻelua a ʻekolu paha i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa a hele nā ʻōnaehana āpau a hiki i Nowemapa. Hōʻiliʻili ʻia kā lākou hua mea hoʻolilo ma ka hopena o Pepeluali, me ka hua hua nui (20-25ha) i hoʻopau ʻia e ʻApelila, a ma ia manawa ua helu ʻia lākou no ka nui, lawe ʻia nā kīnā, a laila mālama. ʻO ke ʻano o kēia kaʻina hana he hiki ʻole i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻano ke hiki koke.
Noho ma kahi o 330 mau mika ma luna aʻe o ka ʻilikai, Sheffield a me Methven kokoke kahi ulu ulu no ka mea heʻuʻuku ka nui o ka makaʻu (ma mua o kēlā mau ʻāina i lalo) e pā ana i kā lākou mau ʻUala (mahalo i ka makani mau o ka makani komohana ʻākau). I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻike wale lākou i ka blight i kekahi mau manawa (kahi mea a Stuart e waiho ai i lalo i ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa), a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kā lākou aphids ma mua o nā mea kanu ʻuala.
A ʻoiai e hilinaʻi ana i ka ua e kōkua ana me nā hua maikaʻi, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka papahana hoʻohawai wai o Central Plains Water (CPW) i kahi ala e hoʻopaʻa pono ai iā lākou iho e kūʻē i ke aniau - a he mea kupaianaha ka ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka makahiki i hala ko lākou hōʻiliʻili maikaʻi loa ʻana, a ʻae ʻia lākou e lālā i loko o ke kālika (e ka hoʻolimalima ʻāina ʻana iā Marlborough Garlic) a hana i nā pī no Wattie's. Ua hana kūpono kēia i kahi hoʻohana kūpono, pālua o ko lākou ʻāina.
ʻO ka mākeke hōʻeuʻeu o kaʻuala, ʻāpana a me nā pāwi
ʻO kēlā me kēia mākeke ʻuala - ka hua, ka mea hou a me ka hana (nā kīʻaha a me nā ʻūlū) - koi i nā ʻuala ʻokoʻa, i ulu ʻia, mālama ʻia a kūʻai aku ʻia ʻokoʻa. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻaʻole e ulu kahi ʻuala ʻai maikaʻi (no ka mākeke hou) no kahi ʻuala. No laila i ka ʻanoʻano hua, ke kaulike nei lākou i kā lākou hana me nā mea kalepa nona nā ʻano ʻokoʻa. Akā ʻo ka ʻuala kahi mākeke loli a pono e pili paʻa me nā keʻena hana e lawe aku i waho. Nānā ʻo Annat Farms i ka hua a me nā mākeke hou, a hoʻolako lākou i nā mea ulu nui me nā mea a lākou e hana ai.
Kuhi ʻia nā Pakipika Hema a me nā pilikia pandemia
I Fiji, he mea maʻamau ka ʻuala ke kumu kumu no nā meaʻai maʻamau a ka ʻohana. ʻO Rocket kahi ʻano ʻuala i kūpono i kēlā mākeke, a ke alakaʻi ʻia nei i ka nui i nā supermarkets o Fiji e kū i kēlā noi. Kanu ʻia ia a ʻohi ʻia i ka hopena o Pepeluali a i ʻole kakahiaka Malaki paha no laila aia i waho o ka puka ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā lākou ʻohi nui. Akā ʻo kā lākou mea nui i kēia manawa ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19.
E noʻonoʻo, ua pio koke ka ʻoihana lawelawe ʻoihana meaʻai holoʻokoʻa ʻo New Zealand. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻoihana ʻuala i pili loa i kēlā ʻāpana, kū koke hoʻi ia. ʻO kahi makahiki holoʻokoʻa o ka hana honua e kahe ana e kū i kēlā koi e wili ana i kahi kū ʻōpū. Ma hea e hele ai ka mea hoʻonui? ʻO ka mea iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea kanu hemisphere ʻākau ʻo ia ka huahana e kūʻai ʻia ana i ka hōʻiliʻili o ka makahiki i hala, a ʻo kā lākou hōʻiliʻili hou aʻe aia i ka honua me kahi ala ʻole e hōʻemi i kona nui. ʻO ka manaʻo o nā mea ulu o ka hemisphere ʻĀkau me ke koena o nā huahana e nānā nei e hoʻohuli i ka huahana i nā wahi a lākou e hiki ai, e like me New Zealand. Kau ʻia ka puʻe ma New Zealand no ka mea ʻo ka Australia ko mākou mākeke nui loa, a ke loaʻa nei iā lākou ka helu like. Aia ka nui o ka huahana hou a me ka huahana i ka mālama ʻana, akā ma ka liʻiliʻi ma aneʻi i ka heʻe hema o ka honua i hiki i nā mea ulu e like me Annat Farms ke hoʻoholo i mua o ka pā ʻana o kā lākou kanu hou ʻana i ka honua.
Ke nānā nei me ka akahele
ʻO nā hua, nā ʻuala, nā holoholona, nā mea kanu: he pōʻai nui ia no Annat Farms ʻaʻole e kū wale; kahi hana juggling e pono ai ka hoʻoponopono mau. ʻOiai ʻae ʻia e hoʻomau i ka ʻoihana i ka wā o ka laka, manaʻo lākou aia ma waena o kēia manawa a me Kalikimaka ke ʻano maoli o ke kanu ʻana ma ke ʻano he hōʻike holoʻokoʻa. No kēlā kumu ke hana nei lākou i kahi alahele i ka budgeting a me nā hana aelike, a pono ka hoʻopaʻi, ka hoʻokele a me ka hoihoi e kaohi i kā lākou ʻike, wahi a Stuart. Ke nānā pono nei i nā mākeke kūloko a kūwaho hoʻi (no ka mea e hiki mai ana paha) he mea nui ia, akā i ka hopena o ka lā ke hana nei lākou i kā lākou hana mau, hana wale lākou i nā mea ke pono.