The third in our series of articles on security. For more, click here. Although most modern home alarm controllers can be connected to a telephone […]
Author: Staff Reporter
Preventing stock theft
This is the second in a five-part series on security on smallholdings. To read part one, click here. Given the worsening state of unemployment and […]
Security on Smallholdings
Crimes in semi-rural areas have increased in recent years in line with the general upward trend in South Africa’s serious and violent crimes. (Institute for Security […]
Tick Bites On Humans
Different ticks carry various bacteria which can cause diseases in human. Tick bites on humans transmit a bacterium from the tick’s saliva. Amblyomma hebraeum (pictured […]
Different Forms of Cultivation
If you can control every aspect of a crop’s existence, how much more efficiently will it grow? That’s the premise behind controlled environment horticulture which […]
Pompom Patrol
Have you done your annual pompom patrol on your smallholding? Now is the best time for it. Pompom weed (Campuloclinium macrocephalum), is a flowering perennial […]
Keeping Emus
For the smallholder who has everything ~ consider getting a couple of emus. Although they can run fast, they don’t need a great deal of […]
Be on the lookout for Fall Armyworm
Following relatively early rains this summer, the Department of Agriculture is calling on all growers of maize and related host crops such as sorghum and […]
Agave Americana ~ Alien, but Useful
Driving round smallholding areas, one notices that Agave Americana is quite a popular succulent. It is not a cactus. According to PlantZAfrica, “Agave americana is […]
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