Mahada, Khuli na Nwando

Mahada, khuli na nwando ndi zwithu zwine zwa vha zwo sikiwa nga u thaba kha vhupo hune ha vha na bulasi. Naho hu na uri asi tshone tshiko tsha madi kha zwa u lima, fhedzi zwi ya dzhenelela kha u kona u sika mutsho kha vhupo hune ha vha hu tshi khou fanela ndimo.

Mahada Afrika Tshipembe

Musi atshi khou wa fhethu hune ha vha uri hu fhasi, husi dzi thavhani fhedzi, tshi ya vha hone na fhethu hune ha vha uri hu nntha-kha dzi pole ward dza latitude 35°N na 35°S – nzhisa ndi ya kha zwipida zwa vhubvaduvha na vhukovhela kha shango.
Afrika Tshipembe hu ya dudela na mutsho une wa vha uri u vhukati vhubvaduvha ha 35°S – zwine zwa ita uri fhethu hunzhi kha shango zwi ya konda uri hu vhe na mahada. Ndi kha dzi thavha dzine dza vha uri dzi nntha dzine dza wana mahada vhuria vhunwe na vhunwe. Mahada ndi zwithu zwine zwa vha uri azwo ngo khwatha nahone azwi lengi u fhela; tshone tshi tshisikiwa tshi vha tsho khwatha stratiform zwine zwi ya fhedza zwi tshi khou nisa mvula dzine dza vha nnzhi.
Mahada ane a vha uri o noka aya edela, zwa ita uri u kone u dadza na madamu zwa ita uri hu vhe na madi kha dzi mvula dza tshiimo. U tshi zwivhambedza na mvula, u dzhenelele ha mahada sa tshiko tsha madi kha zwa u fuwa ndi zwituku.
Vha Koue Bokkeveld tsini na Ceres dubo lwa Western Cape ndi hone fhethu huhulwane kha zwa u lima, hune ha vha na zwimela zwine zwa nga mitshelo ya deciduous na ndabula; hune mahada aya ita atshi wa tshifhinga tshituku kha dzi tsimu na hune vhathu vha limela hone.

Khuli

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Khuli, hu vha hu leyara yo khwathaho ya madi matuku fhethu hune ha sa tou rotholesa- kanzhi ndi fhethu hune ha vha uri hu fhasi. Khuli kanzhi i vhona hu tshilimo kanzhi lo no tsha fhedzi iya tuwa musi hu tshi vho da mufhiso wo kalulaho. I ya konda u wanala fhethu hune ha vha uri huna zwikwara, i vhonalesa fhethu hune havha uri ho tsa.
Khuli yo dala fhethu hune havha uri ho dzika Afrika Tshipembe, nga maaanda tshilimo na fhethu hune ha vha na mutsho wo linganelaho u fana na thungo ya tshipembe. Hafha KwaZulu-Natal Midlands ndi hone fhethu hune ha tou divhelwa khuli zwine zwa sia zwi tshi disa zwithu zwa nnthesa zwa ecology kha vundu. Khuli ya musi tshilimo tshi tshi kha di tou thoma yo divhiwa sa tshithu tshine tsha khou tshinyadza zwimela KwaZulu-Natal, khuli hei ai tendi kha zwimela zwine zwa nga sorghum, ngauri zwi ya vha na zwivhungu zwine ya da nazwo u fana na rust na ergot, zwine zwi ya kondelela arali ho tou thaba, hezwi zwivhungu zwi ya disa malwadze na vhutungu zwine zwa nga kwama na dzi kholomo dzine dza vha dzi tshi khou la mufhoho.
Nga hafha vho, khuli hu vha hu tshu khou pfi ndi ya vhudi kha muri wa muafukhada, muri une wa toda fhethu hune ha vha uri hu ya rothola. Hezwi zwa khuli u fanela u zwi sedza musi u tshi vho divha uri u khou ya u tavha tshimela tshifhio.

Nwando

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Ndi madi ane avha anga ndila ya marotha a madi ane aya vha hone kha zwisumiswa zwine zwa vha uri zwi nnda nga matsheloni, kanzhi fhedzi na nga madekwana. Haya madi aya vha hone zwi tshi khou bva na kha mustho une wavha hone, hezwi zwi vha zwi tshi khou vhidzwa dew point. Musi tshithu tsha swika hune tsha vha na mufhiso na hone ha swika hune tshithu tsha hone tsha vha fhasi ha dew point, hu ya kona u swika hune ha sikiwa nwando. Uri hu vhe na nwando hu fanela uvha ho tsha zwavhudi hu sina makole na vhusiku vhu sinaho muya.
Mwando uya vha hone kha zwipida zwinzhi zwa Afrika Tshipembe, na fhethu hune havha uri ho oma u fana na cool West na West Coast na zwipida zwa nga ngomu shangoni Afrika Tshipembe.
U vha hone ha nwando zwi ya disa u dala ha nwando kha zwimela na ndabula, soybeans na Swiss chard. Nwando une wa wela kha zwimela uya ita uri tshimela tshi thabe zwa vhudi nau kona ufha tshimela uri hu kone u takuwa malwadze.

Translated by Khalirendwe Nekhavhambe