ʻOiai e uhi ana ka hau i nā mea a pau ma Harvest Farm Greenhouses ma Whately, ke hoʻomaka nei nā hōʻailona o ka pūnāwai e nānā i waho o ka lepo - i loko o kā lākou hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo wela. Maanei, kanu ʻia ka pūʻulu mua o nā hua i Ianuali.
"Hoʻomaka mākou i nā mea mua, e like me ke kāpeti a me ka kale," wahi a ka mea nona ʻo David Wojciechowski. I ka manawa e nui ai kēia mau hua kanu kanu - a i ʻole "hoʻomaka" - e kūʻai ʻia a hoʻololi ʻia i waho (ma lalo paha o ka uhi lālani a i ʻole ka pale anuanu ʻē aʻe), "ʻo ia ka manawa e neʻe ai mākou i nā tōmato, pepa a me ka eggplant," ʻo ia. wahi a.
Ua ʻike ʻo Wojciechowski i ke kāhea ʻana o kona ola mai kona nānā ʻana i kahi lima o nā hua piʻi i hāʻawi ʻia e kona makuakāne iā ia e opuu a hiki i ka lewa. "A laila ua lilo koʻu ola ʻōpio a pau i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻiliʻili i kahi waiwai liʻiliʻi i hiki iaʻu ke kūʻai aku i kahi mahiʻai," wahi āna.
I ka hopena o 1970s ua hiki iā ia ke kūʻai aku i 20 mau ʻeka a hoʻomaka i ka Harvest Farm of Whately me ka hoaaloha a me ka hoa ʻoihana ʻo Gary Gemme. Ua ʻike ka mahiʻai i kāna niche e ulu ana i nā hua mai kā lākou mau mahina ʻai a hoʻomaka i kā lākou hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo no kahi mākeke kūʻai nui.
Ma o ia mau mea a pau, ua huki mau ʻia ʻo Wojciechowski i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo. "He kanaka maoli wau ma laila," wahi āna. "He mea maʻalahi loa ia iaʻu. No laila, i ka piha ʻana o koʻu makahiki he 65 i kekahi mau makahiki i hala, ua ʻōlelo au, 'Ua lawa au i kēia ua, makani a me ka wela wela,' a hoʻokau i koʻu manaʻo piha i kēlā ʻāpana o ka ʻoihana.
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