Ulimi wa pa Khonde
A garden on every balcony.
Khonde ndi limodzi mwa malo abwino kwambiri olimirapo. Malo ndi ochepa, koma kulamulira ndi kwathunthu: inu mumasankha dothi, mbali ya kuwala ndi yokhazikika, ndipo mbewu zili pafupi tsiku lililonse. Kaya muli ndi khonde laling'ono la mpanda umodzi kapena khonde lalikulu la padenga, mfundo zofunika zomwezo zimagwiranso ntchito.
Chisankho chofunika kwambiri chimabwera musanagule mtsuko umodzi womwe: kodi khonde lanu liyang'ana kuti? Khonde loyang'ana kumwera ndi malo abwino kwambiri olimira matimati ndi tsabola. Khonde loyang'ana kumpoto silotayika, ndi munda wa masamba a saladi okhawo. Kufanitsa mbewu ndi mmene khonde lanu liyang'anira ndiye maziko a zonse zina.
Chisankho chachiwiri ndi mitsuko. Mitsuko ya pa mpanda ndi mabokosi a pawindo zimakulitsa malo anu olimira osakhudza pansi. Ma trellis, ma paneli a matumba, ndi mitsuko yokwezeka zimapititsa patsogolo, kusandutsa khoma lopanda kanthu kukhala malo obala. Musanaunjike mitsuko yolemera ya dothi, werengani buku la chitetezo cha mphepo ndi kulemera, mavuto onsewa amatha kuthetsedwa, koma onse amapeza alimi atsopano a pa khonde mosayembekezereka.
Yang'anani mabuku omwe ali pansipa kapena pitani molunjika ku wopeza mbewu kuti musefe mitundu yoposa 120 yotsimikizika pa khonde malinga ndi dzuwa, kukula kwa mtsuko, ndi nyengo.