DAAR is groenboontjies, lemoenpampoen- tjies, uie, botterskorsies, eiervrug en tamaties by die dosyne . . . bloedrooi en sappig.<\/p>\n
Japie van Zyl (82) se \u201ckinders\u201d l\u00ea hom na aan die hart \u2013 almal van hulle. Hulle vra nie veel nie \u2013 net die regte hoeveelheid son en water. En \u2019n bietjie liefde.<\/p>\n
By Van Zyl kry hulle soveel meer: hy skoffel, knip reg en gesels. Soms hard \u2013 veral as hulle nie mooi groei nie. Die tamaai tamatieboom in sy agtertuin by die Ons Tuiste Aftreeoord in Humansdorp, loop gereeld deur: die ashoop is sy voorland as hy nie groei nie. En as Van Zyl weer kyk, kreun die takke onder honderde boepens-tamaties.<\/p>\n
Klein en groot.<\/p>\n
Van Zyl, \u2019n oud koper- en ystermaker, glimlag: \u201cToe ons drie jaar gelede vanaf die dorp na die aftreeoord verhuis het, was die half-dooie boom \u2019n raaisel \u2013 ons het geen idee gehad watter tipe boom dit is nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaar probeer red, gaan ons beslis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Benewens die groenboontjies en komkommers wat Van Zyl by die boom geplant het, het hy hom getrou water gegee.<\/p>\n
En nou, drie jaar later, spog die boom met heerlike, sagte tamaties.<\/p>\n
Van Zyl het sedert die begin van die maand al nagenoeg 400 tamaties gepluk \u2013 en die boom blom steeds.<\/p>\n
Meer as genoeg vir sy daaglikse tamatie-slaai. Daar word ook liplekker tamatiekonfyt gemaak.<\/p>\n
Die tamaties wat hy nie gebruik nie, word aan mede-inwoners uitgedeel.<\/p>\n
\u201cHulle is altyd baie dankbaar vir die tamaties,\u201d lag Van Zyl wat twee kinders en drie kleinkinders het.<\/p>\n
Die liefde vir tuinmaak loop sedert \u2019n jong ouderdom dik in sy are.<\/p>\n
Benewens die tamaties, spog hy met \u2019n reuse lemoenpampoentjie wat die skaal op 3kg laat kreun het, \u2019n eiervrug van 2.5kg en \u2019n allemintige botterskorsie van 3kg.<\/p>\n
Daar is ook wortels, komkommers en blaarslaai.<\/p>\n
Dit is vir hom lekker om goed te kan gebruik wat uit sy eie tuin kom.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk is nog altyd lief daarvoor om in die tuin te werk. Of ek nou groente of blomme plant,\u201d s\u00ea Van Zyl wat tuinmaak vir enigiemand aanbeveel. \u201cDan is ek in my eie w\u00eareld en vergeet van enige probleme of stres.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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