Ka kōrero anō hoki mō ngā tipu me te māra… he aha koe e aroha ana ki a rātou, engari kāore i te tino mōhio ki te tīmatanga i tōu ake māra? Mēnā ko tēnei pea, ko tētahi o ēnei kete whakaputanga kōhau he mea tino tika pea mōu! He tipu hōu, he huawhenua anō hoki ka tipu tika ki tōu kāinga ki te haumaru, ki te māmā hoki me te kete hōu. Ki tēnei aratohu ka tirohia e mātou tōku kete whakaputanga kōhau e aroha ana ahau, me ngā painga ka hua ai te whakamahi i ēnei mō ōu mahi māra! Tīmata tātou ki te tere!
Ko Xerofy Urban Gardens, e whakarato ana i ngā tāone tāone kauta, e āwhina ana i a koe ki te whanake i ōu whānau mātua katoa. Ko te kete tirotiro hua he aha atu ki te whanake i ōu ake huarākau me ngā rākau ki ōu kāinga kaua ko te whakaputu i te nui o te moni ki tētahi mātātā rānui, ki te taputapu mātātā rānei. Ki te taraka, ētahi hua me te wai kua tū koe! Ka whiwhi koe i te kete katoa hei timata i tōu haerenga ki te mātātā. Kaore he oneone e hiahiatia ana, nō reira he tōtika ana mō ngā kainoho i ngā tāone iti me ngā whare iti. Ka ako hoki koe i te mōhio nui ki te ao i te whānui, ā, ka tūhono koe ki te kite i ngā rākau e tipu ana!
Ki te āe, kei te hiahia kē pea koe ki te noho tahi me ngā herepi me ngā huawhenua? Ki te tāonga whakatō, ka taea e koe te whakatutuki i tēnei. Kōwhirihia ngā ngota e hiahia ana koe ki te whakatō, ka taea e koe te whakatō i tētahi whakarewa o ngā herepi me ngā huawhenua hou mai i te kōpae o tōu taiapa. Whakaahua tō kiriata basil ki tōu pātītī, te coriander kei reira anō hoki, rite ki te whakauru ina kei te kai koe! Kāore anō kaua ko te reka, engari ko ngā waiwai hoki he waiwai whakapakari! Kei te hiahia koe ki te kai i ngā kai hauora, ā, kei te mōhio hoki koe ka tipu ake i tōu ake anō ngota kai!

Kei te hiahia koe ki te tīmata i tētahi kaupapa iti nei hei whakapakari i ngā tipu hou? Me hiahia koe ki tētahi kete whakaputangia tipu! Ko tēnei tikanga e whai hua ana i te utu iti, e whakamura hoki i te wā, ā, ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakapaku tipu hou mai i ngā kaupeke, mai i ngā ngota. He tino pai hei katoa mō te katoa e whai ana i te māra, e hiahia ana kia taea te mahi i tētahi ara e whai ana i te pātika. Ko te mea hoki ka whakapai ake i te kete ko te whakarahi ake i ngā arawhenua o ō tipu ka hua mai i te tipu hauora, i te tipu tōtika. Engari he tino hari nui ake tā te tirotiro i ō tipu e tipu ana, e rereke ana i ō kōwhiringa mahi – heoi anō te kauwhau: ā, mātua titiro ki ahau, kua whiti ahau; kua pai ake te tipu i ngā katoa o ngā ngākau!

Kua whakakaha ngā kaukau hua kia rite ki te hauora – kua whakaritea kē pea koe i tēnei wā (kāore i te whanake!) he pai hoki ki tōu hauora. Kua whakakaha ki ngā vaitamani, ngā paraihe me te kōrōki ka tuku i ngā whai wāhi nui ki tōu tinana. Ka pai ake tōu whakapono mēnā kai koe i ngā kaukau hua, ā, he hauora hoki ratou. Ā, āwhinatia hoki e rātou te manawa whenua i ngā kaukau kāore i ngā kaukau hua, e āki ai i tōu tinana ki te whakauru i ō rātou kai whai hua. He māmā te whanake i ōu ake kaukau ki te whakamahi i tētahi kete whanake, ā, ka taea e koe te whakauru i ētahi kai ki te kai katoa hei whakapai ake i te reka, te whakakaha i te hauora, me te whai i ngā painga katoa. Hei katoa ēnei ngā mea pai hei mahi, ā, he maha ake ngā ara pai hei whai i tōu hauora pai rawa atu.

Kei te, kua whakamātau kē pea koe ki te whakaputangia ngā kōhau i mua i tēnei wā? He mahi pai hoki tēnei e whakakī ai i tōu oranga ki te harikoa, ki te māmā hoki. E whakaaetia ana e koe te kite i te oranga e tipu haere ana i tōu ngā kōhau e whakaputangia ana. Ka taea hoki e koe te hono atu ki ōu whānau me ōu hoa e whakaatu ana i a koutou ngā mea whakapapa rawa o te ao. Anō hoki, he māmā te mahi tiaki kōhau ā-kei te tino whakapāhunu hoki mō te tangata tino whirinakitia. Ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te wā e tirohia ana i te TV, ka taea hoki e koe te pānui pukapuka, ā, me te āwhina hoki i te mahi kura!!
Kete pōhewa hua hua mai i tō mātou whare hanga hua whakarewa ki Jiangsu, Haina. Ko Minghang te whakahaere i te 3 miriona mita tapawhā wāhi hāngai. Kei te whare hanga e ono ngā rārangi huihuinga me te nuinga o ngā kaiwhakahaere mātua whai pūkenga e whakaratonga ana i ngā pōhewa parirau tikangia me ngā pōhewa kai, inu, rairopaku me ētahi atu kia tū tonu ai te kounga me te whakaiti hoko.
Ko Minghang he kaiwhakarato i ngā whakaritenga whakapa hiriwa whakarite mai i te whakaaro ki te hua kua oti. Ki te maha i te 15 tau o te mōhio ki te ahumahi, kei a matou ngā ratonga whānui e āwhina i a koe i ia wāhanga. Kei te whakapai ake ngā tohunga whakapa i te whakakotua o ā matou hua ki ōu hiahia e whakarato ana i te tautoko whaiaro me te ratonga kaihaka o te kaihaka Seed sprouting jar.
Kei a matou ngā tauira koreutu Seed sprouting jar kia mātua whai wheako koe i tōu kounga i mua i te hoko nui. He iti noa, he pātara hoki, he whakaaro whakarite rānei koe e hiahia ana, kei a matou ngā tauira hei āwhina i a koe kia kite i te kounga o ā matou mahi. Tukuna mai ō kaiwhakaaro, ā, ka tuku atu matou i tētahi whakaritenga whakarite kia tōnuitia ki ōu hiahia.
Kei Minghang, kei te whakamana tonu mātou i te "Whakapono Tuatahi, Ko te Kounga Koiora, Ko te Mahi Kaihoko". Ko ta mātou whai mōhio he whakapai ake i te takotoranga o ngā whakapapa hanga here, e whakarato ai i ngā whakaeke pakonga e tautoko ai i te taiao. Me te hiahia a te kaihoko kei te puku o o mātou whakahaere, kei te whai mātou kia hangaia tētahi anamata whakapapa tahi mā te mahi tahi me te angitu tārua.