In order to preserve your excess harvest it’s helpful to know how to pickle cucumbers and other vegetables. Pickling is a simple and satisfying method […]
Month: October 2023
Horse Sickness vaccine backlog to be cleared, says OBP
If South Africa’s government-owned animal vaccine manufacturer, Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) keeps to its word, up to 90 000 doses of African Horse Sickness (AHS) […]
UPDATE: Are RHVD infections slowing?
Although it’s still early days anecdotal evidence tentatively suggests that the rapid spread of the fatal Rabbit Haemmorhagic Viral Disease outbreak throughout southern Africa may […]
Uses for Old Coffee Grounds on your Plot
Spent coffee grounds, the unappealing dark brown sludge at the bottom of your coffee maker after you’ve poured your cup, don’t need to go to […]
UPDATE: Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Spreading Fast Countrywide
The killer Rabbit Haemorrhagic Viral Disease (RHD or RHVD) has now been positively identified along the Garden Route and in the Southern and Eastern Cape. […]
Orphan species: African Ginseng
African Ginseng (Mondia whitei) can, and should, become important again as a crop in today’s more ecologically sensitive, small-scale farming community. The indigenous African Ginseng […]
UPDATE: Rabbit Disease Spreading Fast in Gauteng
Gauteng’s rabbits, both domestic and wild, continue to become infected with the fatal and highly infectious Rabbit Haemmorhagic Disease (RHD). Confirmed cases Since yesterday, cases […]
Gauteng Rabbits Die from Haemmorhagic Disease
An epidemic outbreak of Rabbit Haemmorhagic Disease (RHD, sometimes called RVHD) is sweeping though Gauteng, infecting and killing both domesticated and wild rabbits and hares. […]
Sell Surplus Veg on This New Facebook Page – And It’s FREE!
In a move that will prove a boon to small producers a new initiative named Farm to Fork Living SA aims to bring growers and […]
Minister meets retailers over bird flu egg shortage
Count yourself lucky if you have a few laying hens providing for your family’s egg needs. Because in case you haven’t noticed, there’s a shortage […]