Umlimi oyimfundamakhwela waseCoffin Bay eNhlonhlweni yase-Eyre eNingizimu ye-Australia manje usenerekhodi elisemthethweni lokutshala ugaliki wezindlovu e-Australia.
“Futhi minyaka yonke ngikhetha izitshalo ezingu-20% eziphezulu engizozitshala futhi ziqala ukufinyelela engikuthatha njengosayizi werekhodi lase-Australia.”
I-garlic kaMnu. Thompson yendlovu yayinesisindo esingu-1092g, cishe ngo-100g ngaphansi kwerekhodi lomhlaba.
“Ngangidinga imantshi ukuze isayine, futhi kwakufanele ikalwe esikalini esisemthethweni, futhi isikhulu siyikala esikalini seposi,” kusho uMnu. Thompson.
Umlimi waseTasmania uRoger Bignell akayena umuntu ongaziwa ekutshaleni imifino emikhulu.Okokuqala kwakukhona izaqathe, bese kuba amatheniphu, anesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-18.3.
Nakuba lokhu kungase kubonakale kuyinqubo elula, kungase kuphazamise abalimi.
"Kufanele nginqume iziqu ngamasentimitha amabili ukusuka kuma-clove futhi izimpande akufanele zibe zinde kune-6mm," kuchaza uThompson.
“Ngangilokhu ngicabanga, ‘O, uma ngenza okuthile okungalungile, mhlawumbe angifaneleki,’ ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi nginerekhodi futhi ngifuna ngempela libe nenani.”
Igaliki kaMnu. Thompson ibhalwe ngokusemthethweni yi-Australian Giant Pumpkin and Vegetable Supporters Group (AGPVS).
I-AGPVS iyindikimba yezitifiketi eqaphela futhi ilandelele amarekhodi emifino nezithelo zase-Australia ahlanganisa isisindo, ubude, isiqu kanye nesivuno ngesitshalo ngasinye.
Nakuba izaqathe kanye ne-squash kuyiziphathi-rekhodi ezidumile, i-elephant garlic ayinakho okuningi ezincwadini zokurekhoda zase-Australia.
UPaul Latham, umxhumanisi we-AGPVS, uthe i-garlic kaMnu.
“Kwakunenye eyayingalinywa ngaphambili lapha e-Australia, cishe amagremu angu-800, futhi sayisebenzisela ukuqopha umlando lapha.
"Uze kithi ne-garlic yendlovu, ngakho-ke manje useqophe umlando e-Australia, okuyinto enhle, ne-garlic enkulu," kusho uMnu. Latham.
“Sicabanga ukuthi zonke lezi zinto eziyinqaba nezimangalisayo kufanele zibhalwe phansi…uma kuyisitshalo sokuqala, uma othile esitshale phesheya kwezilwandle, sizokuqhathanisa nendlela esikalwa ngayo futhi sikalwe lapho ukuze usisize senze irekhodi lesisindo esiqondiwe.”
UMnu Latham uthe yize ukukhiqizwa kukagalikhi wase-Australia bekunesizotha, manje sekusezingeni eliphezulu futhi siningi indawo yokuncintisana.
“Nginerekhodi likabhekilanga omude kunawo wonke e-Australia, kodwa ngihlale nginethemba lokuthi kukhona ozolihlula ngoba ngingaphinde ngizame ukulishaya futhi.”
"Ngizizwa sengathi nginethuba lonke... ngizoqhubeka nokwenza engikwenzayo, ngibanike indawo eyanele nothando olwanele ngesikhathi sokukhula futhi ngicabanga ukuthi singakhula."
Sibona abantu base-Aboriginal nabase-Torres Strait Islander njengabantu bokuqala base-Australia kanye nabanakekeli bendabuko bezwe esihlala kulo, esifundayo nesisebenza kulo.
Le sevisi ingase ihlanganise izinto ze-Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN kanye ne-BBC World Service okunamalungelo okukopisha kuyo futhi okungenzeka kungenziwa kabusha.