Chii icho Chikamu?

Who Knew a Garden Patch Angave Nhoroondo Yakawanda

Kana iwe uri fan of Eastenders, vekare Ealing Comedies kana mamwe maBritish emitambo yevanhu vese vanoita basa muzana remakore rechi20, zvimwe wakamboona imwe codger yakare iri kutarisira chiduku chiduku chemiti kana kuva nechinoputika chekudya mumunda wakadururirwa nenzira yakati kubva kumusha kwake kana kumaruwa ake.

Shanduro yekukurukurirana inogona kuita chimwe chinhu chakadai:

"Ari kupi Arthur? Handina kumuona zuva rose."

"Oo, ari pasi achiita basa iri."

MuChirungu chemazuva ose, mugove unongoreva chete kuenzaniswa kwechimwe chinhu chechimwe chinhu. Asi muchiBrithani Chinyorwa, shoko rakagoverwa rinoreva zvakananga nezvakaitika kare.

Zvako Zvishoma Zvishoma zveBrithani

Zvikamu zviduku zvevhu zvinokwererwa kuvanhu veko kuitira kuti vagone kukura michero yavo, miriwo, uye maruva. Nhoroondo yezvikamu zvinodzokera kumashure kweAnglo-Saxon nguva uye dzichiri kuyerwa mumutauro weAnglo-Saxon wematanda kana matanda . Chikamu chemasvingo gumi kana matanda anenge anenge mamita mazana mashanu kana 300 square yards.

Nyika yacho inogona kuva yekambani yemunharaunda, nevakuru vechechi kana masangano ekugoverana, kana kuti inogona kuva yeimba yega yega. Mariji yegore negore ingangodaro yakaita £ 8 pagore kusvika kusvika pa £ 125 uye mari zhinji inoshandiswa kwenguva refu.

Kutanga Kwezvikamu

Iyo pfungwa inotangira kubva kumakore apakati apo misha yakawanda yakanga ine nyika yakafanana apo varombo vemo vanogona kudya mhuka kana kusimudza mbeu shoma nokuda kwezvido zvavo zvekugara.

Mumakore ekuma1500, nyika iyi yakajairika yakatanga kuvharwa nevaridzi venyika. Zvishoma nezvishoma, sezvo nyika yakawanda uye yakawanda yakavharwa uye sangano rikava rakanyanya kufambira mberi, vanhu vakatamira kumaguta nemataundi uye matambudziko evarombo vemaguta akawedzerwa.

Muzana remakore rechi19, kuedza kumwe kugadzirisa dambudziko iri kwaive kupiwa kwevashandi dzimba dzedzimba dzakakura zvakakwana mumunda kuti dzikure kudya kwega.

Zvechokwadi, pamiganhu yemamwe maguta, unogona kunge uchiwana makamuri madiki ematare ane mashizha akareba zvikuru-masara kubva panguva iyoyo.

Pakazosvika pakati pemakore ekuma1900, mukusavapo kwemhando yehupenyu hwehupfumi uye dambudziko riri kukura reurombo hwemaguta nekushaya zvokudya zvinovaka muviri, mutambo wemitemo wakapiwa unoda hurumende dzekugara kuchengetedza nzvimbo yezvikamu.

Kucherera Kukunda

KuVa Victori do-gooders, zvikamu zvaiva nzira yezvipi zvingave zvakagadziriswa zvinoratidzika se "varombo vasina ruzivo" kuti vashandise kushandisa nguva yavo kubva kumahesheni uye "dhimoni kunwa." Gare gare, panguva yeHondo Yenyika I, apo maGermany akavharwa zvikuru, kugoverwa kwave kwakakurumbira kwatiri zvekudikanwa. Uye, pakuguma kweHondo Yenyika Yenyika Yese, zvikamu zvakaitwa kuti zviwanikwe kune "varombo vanoshanda" uye kudzokera kumashandiro.

Sangano rekugovera rakadzoka zvakare mukurumbira munguva yeHondo Yenyika II apo mushandirapamwe unozivikanwa seKutsvaga Kwekukunda wakakurudzira munhu wose kukura kudya kuti adye ivo pachavo uye rudzi.

Zvikamu zveNhasi

Kana iwe uchifamba muBrithani nechitima, iwe kazhinji unoona masimi akagoverwa muzvikamu pamwe nemugwagwa. Vanoratidzika semapurazi emakoro maduku, kazhinji ane ramshackle sheds, maturaji kana kunyange maduku maduku.

Pakukwirira kwechikamu chekugovera kuma1900 nekutanga kwezana remakore rechi20, makambani emigwagwa akapa vashandi vadzo zvikamu pamatongo pasi pezvitima zvitsva uye kudengesa. Zvizhinji zvezvazvo zviripo nhasi uye zvichiri kushandiswa.

Zvimwe zvikamu, zvakagadzirwa kana zvakachengetedzwa nehurumende dzepamunharaunda kana Chechi yeEngland , inogona kuwanikwa pedyo nedare remakurukota uye kumativi emataundi maduku. Kamwezve, sekukura kwako pachako kwave kwakakurumbira, vanhu vomuguta uye vagari vanogara mumaguta vanobatanidza mapepa okurindira kuti vaise maoko avo pazvivako zviduku zvevhu - izvo zvisingabviri sezvirevo zve hens meno.

Bhuku reBritain reZimbabwe Allotment Society rine mamwe mashoko pamusoro pezvikamu, nhoroondo yavo, uye basa ravo nhasi.

Uye zvikamu zvakanga zvisiri zveBritish chete. MuU.SA, munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, vaizivikanwa sekukunda minda.

Iwe unogonazve kushanyira America yekare uye yekupedzisira yakasara yeHondo Yenyika II yezvikamu, Fenway Victory Gardens, yechinomwe acre plot pakati peBoston inodyarwa nevarimi vemazana 500.