Join the South African Bee Industry Organisation (Sabio) on International Bee Day, 20 May 2021, for a workshop: The status of international Honey Fraud and […]
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Keeping Peafowl
Peafowl include three species of birds in the genera Pavo and they are members of the pheasant family. They originated in India, Pakistan and Sri […]
Choose Your Chicken
Choosing a chicken breed or variety for your smallholding can be overwhelming given the number of options available in South Africa. Amberlinks Araucana Australorp Bantams […]
Self-sufficient living
Some people new to smallholder life have this dream of living completely self-sufficient. Few of us achieve it completely. However, there are many things that […]
Sewage works (that function…) for the home
This is the final installment in a five-part series called Fluid Waste Management & Septic Tanks. To read the rest, click here. The solution to fluid […]
How to re-use waste water safely
This is the fourth instalment in a five-part series called Fluid Waste Management & Septic Tanks. To read the rest, click here. On a water […]
How to size, and build, a septic tank
As often as not, septic tank problems arise not because of abuse and misuse but simply because the system is too small for the household. […]
Maintaining The Health of Your Septic Tank System
Odd though it may seem, a septic tank system is a living thing. Inside the chambers of the tank lurk billions of microscopic organisms that […]
Bird flu comes to Ekurhuleni
Smallholders in Ekurhuleni are warned to be on the lookout for symptoms of avian influenza in their poultry. This comes after the Department of Agriculture, […]
How to break your septic system
This is the second in a five-part series called Fluid Waste Management & Septic Tanks. To read part one, click here. A fluid waste management system […]