Aubergine, also known as eggplant or brinjal, is a versatile vegetable of the nightshade family that is worth growing on your smallholding. Aubergines grow in […]
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Nightshade Family: Growing Peppers
Growing peppers is usually most rewarding. This popular member of the solanaceae (nightshade) family is not fussy about its growing conditions and can be planted […]
Nightshade Family: Potato Pests and Diseases
Potato pests and diseases can affect your harvest, or worse, ruin your soil and other crops. Potatoes can be affected by various pests, and fungal […]
Nightshade Family: Growing Potatoes
Growing potatoes can be a challenge but it is a rewarding crop with many uses. Potatoes are not roots, although they are often thought to […]
Nightshade Family: Tomato Pests and Diseases
Tomato pests and diseases can be common in your garden. The pests that you need to look out for include aphids, cutworms, leaf miners, army […]
Nightshade Family: Pruning And Trellising Tomatoes
The tomatoes in your garden will thrive if you pay attention to pruning and trellising the plants. Healthy plants, higher yield. Sometimes the tomato plants […]
Nightshade Family: Growing Tomatoes
During this series we will be looking at growing tomatoes, as well as other members of the nightshade family of vegetables. These include tomatoes, potatoes, […]
Planters For Seed And Seedlings
With your soil prepared you will now think about planters for seed or seedlings. This will enable you to get the seed, or seedlings, into […]
Sprung-Tine Cultivator: The One Pass Implement
Earlier in this series we looked at ploughing, and some smaller implements and machinery used to break up earth. One can achieve much the same […]
What To Look For When Buying Second-Hand Implements
Often, the amount of time that a smallholder uses his or her farm machinery is relatively limited, to in some cases only once or twice […]