Fhethu hune havha hu tshi khou limiwa

© Francois Viljoen Wineland
Here weeds are removed and soil leveled with a simple mulch finisher dragged behind a tractor.
Hezwi zwi amba fhethu hune havha hu tshi khou limiwa hu tshi khou itelwa uri hu kone u ṱavhiwa zwimela. Zwi ṱanganelana na u kulumaga hoṱhe hune ha khou fanela u ṱavhiwa na u bvisa zwoṱhe zwine zwa sa vhe zwavhuḓi na maṱanga. Musi u tshi fhedza u lima u fanela u dzhenisa manyoro kha mavu. U langa mavu zwi fanela u tou dzudzanyiwa u itela usa vhaisa tshivhumbeo tsha mavu.
Zwitevhelaho ndi zwine zwa itwa nga murahu ha musi ho no limiwa:
U fanela u bvisa zwithu zwi sinaho mushumo ngauri na tsheṋe nayo ivha i tshi khou shumisa maḓi ane avha afhasi. Midzi ya tsheṋe minzhi iya tsa u swika kha 15-40 cm. Nazwine wa vha wo zwiṱavha wa wana na zwone zwo swika henefho.
U fanela u rwa maḓiga ane avha o itwa nga zwiṅwe zwimela zwo fhiraho. Ngauri arali haya maḓinga aya ita uri zwiṅwe zwimela zwi sa hule zwavhuḓi. Hu sa dzhene na muya.
U lavhelesa maḓi ane avha uri a nga fhasi: maḓi ha koni u tou u fema zwavhuḓi rali hune avha hone hu songo kuvhatedzea na hone u lima zwi ya thusa kha u langa maḓi.
U lima zwithusa kha u dzudzanya hune ha khou ḓo ṱavhiwa hone mbeu.
U lima zwi athusa na kha mavu, tsheṋe na manyoro uri hu kone uvha na zwiḽiwa, zwi dovha zwa kwashekanyiwa hu tshi khou itela uri hu vhe na manyoro.
U disa mufhe wavhuḓi kha miri, milapfu kana yo khwaṱhaho.

Translated by Khalirendwe Nekhavhambe