Ke ulu nei ma Netherlands, ua hānai ʻia ʻo Mark Hommes ma ka horticulture a me ke aloha i ka iris Dutch. ʻO ka mea nona ka hale ʻo Castle Hayne Farms i kēia manawa, ʻike mau ʻo Mark e lilo ʻo ia i mea kanu pua puaʻa, e aʻo ana i ke kālepa mai kona makuakāne, akā ʻo ka mea āna i ʻike ʻole ai ʻo ia ka nui o ka moʻolelo waiwai a kāna ʻāina mahiʻai a me kāna hoʻoilina ʻohana. ma Castle Hayne, North Carolina.
Na ka ʻohana o Mark i hānai iā ia ma kahi mahiʻai ʻōpuʻu ma Netherlands kahi i aʻo ai ʻo ia i ka ʻike a me waho o ka ʻoihana horticulture. ʻAʻole a hiki i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka makuakāne o Mark i kahi ʻoihana hoʻoili i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hoʻoholo ai ʻo Mark e kipa a aloha i ka ʻāina. "Ua kūʻai koʻu makuakāne a me koʻu ʻanakala i ka mahiʻai, i kapa ʻia ʻo Coastal Bulb Farm, i ka makahiki 1978," wahi a Mark, "a i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai māua me koʻu hoaaloha e kipa i ka makahiki 1989, aloha mākou i ka ʻāina a me ka nui o nā manawa i hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou. maanei.” Ua lilo ʻo Mark a me kāna hoa i mau mea nona ka mahiʻai ma 2004 a ua hoʻonui iā ia i 7.5 ʻeka a me ʻehā mau ʻeka o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo kalepa.
ʻO nā ʻano Iris
"ʻO Dutch iris ko mākou meaʻai kūikawā a me kā mākou mea kanu nui ma Castle Hayne Farms," wahi a Mark, "no ka hoʻoilina o koʻu ʻohana ma Netherlands a ua ulu maikaʻi ma kahakai o North Carolina ma muli o ka nui o ka lā i kēlā me kēia lā. ka wai a me ke anuanu o ke ahiahi. Wahi a Mark, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻano iris Dutch i ulu ʻia i kēia lā mai kāna ʻohana mahiʻai ma Netherlands. "ʻO kaʻu pua punahele kaʻu e ulu ai no ka mea aia i loko o koʻu koko," wahi āna, "ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻoilina ʻohana o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano hou, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke hana nei mākou i kahi pua e kapa ʻia ma muli o kaʻu kaikamahine." Ma waho aʻe o ka iris Dutch, ulu ka mahiʻai i nā ʻano pua ʻē aʻe, e like me nā lillies, snapdragons, peonies a me nā sunflowers a me CBD a me nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo, e like me ka squash, eggplant a me zucchini.
Hoʻomaka ka lā maʻamau o ka mahiʻai ma ka hola 6:30 am me ka ʻohi ʻana o nā pua i nā pua i loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ka waiho ʻana i ka tarp a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka lepo no ka mālama pono ʻana. "ʻAʻole i ʻike ka nui o nā poʻe ma waho o ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka nui o ka wai i hāʻawi ʻia, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino o ka lepo he mea nui ia i ka maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa o kāu mau pua," wahi a Mark, "no ka mea, kōkua ka lepo kiʻekiʻe e hoʻomoʻi a hoʻoneʻe i ka wai nui. akā, ʻo ka maikaʻi o kāu hua e hoʻoholo ʻia e ka mea ma ka hope o ka hose. ʻO Mark ke kuleana no ke kanu ʻana i nā papa manawa, hoʻokō kauoha, kūʻai aku a kūʻai aku no ka mahiʻai. "Ua like ia me ka mālama ʻana i kahi pēpē 24 mau hola o ka lā, 7 mau lā o ka pule, me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaha," wahi āna, "ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻae iā ia e paheʻe a he ʻoihana koʻikoʻi ia no ka mea e kūʻai koke ʻia nā pua, i loko o nā lā ʻelima ʻohi ʻai, a i ʻole e kiola ʻia lākou. ʻOiai ʻo ke koʻikoʻi o kēlā me kēia lā, ʻōlelo ʻo Mark ʻaʻohe haʻaheo nui aʻe ma mua o ka hele ʻana i loko o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻike i kahi hua nani i mākaukau no ka ʻohi ʻana.
ʻO Carolina Bouquet
ʻO kekahi huahana kūʻokoʻa i hōʻike ʻia e Castle Hayne Farms ʻo kā lākou Carolina Bouquet. "Hōʻike kēia bouquet i nā ʻano pua like ʻole i ke kau, no laila e hoʻololi ʻia mai kahi kau a hiki i ka wā aʻe," wahi a Mark, "ua hana lima ʻia lākou a hāʻawi mākou i kā mākou hoʻolālā ponoʻī i hōʻike i ka horticulture o kēia manawa ma ka Carolina's. .”
Nā mea kūʻai
Hiki ke loaʻa nā huahana mai Castle Hayne Farms ma ka Riverfront Farmers Market ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Wilmington, ka Carolina Beach Farmers Market, Wrightsville Beach Farmers Market a me ka Oak Island Farmers Market. Hiki ke loaʻa nā pua pua mai ka mahiʻai ma nā kaulahao kūʻai ma ka mokuʻāina, me nā Whole Foods, ka Fresh Market a me Lidl. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ko lākou mau pua e ka lima me kahi hōʻailona Dutch Iris a me Goodness Grows.
ʻOiai ke loli nei nā manawa a maopopo ʻole ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻike maopopo ʻo Mark i ka mea e hoʻomau ai kāna mahiʻai. "I ka wā e hiki mai ana, e hoʻomau mākou i ka ulu ʻana i nā pua nani, kiʻekiʻe a mālama i ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina," wahi āna. Inā makemake ʻoe e aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ka moʻolelo o ka ʻāina ʻo Castle Hayne Farms, e nānā i ka puke “Tar Heels and Wooden Shoes” na Charles W. Riesz Jr. iris Dutch.
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