The dates for this year’s Walkerville Agricultural Show have been fixed. The show will be a Spring Show and will take place at the Walkerville […]
Category: LIFESTYLE
Attention CEOs: Spend a day in a wheelchair to help
If you’re the bossman or woman of your company and you wish to do some good for the community you can take part in Little […]
Africa’s smallholders face common problems
Southern Africa’s agricultural landscape is well populated with smallholder farmers, namely individuals tilling less than ten hectares of land, striving to make a living while […]
Trailer tips for newbies
Regardless of whether you drive a bakkie or a car, if your live on a smallholding chances are that at some stage you will need […]
World’s Ugliest Lawn: “And the winner is….”
Do you lose sleep at the thought that your lawn is less-than-the-perfect expanse of manicured green of a well-kept sports field? Or spend many hours […]
Summer Solstice greetings today
Today, the 22nd, is the Summer Solstice in South Africa for 2023. When the southern hemisphere is tilted more towards the sun, which happens between […]
Why a tractor isn’t always necessary on a plot
Do you need a tractor on a smallholding? Or, perhaps put another way, can you justify the outlay on a tractor to work your land? […]
12 Skills you will learn on a Smallholding
If you live on a smallholding you will learn a bunch of skills, and acquire a bunch of knowledge, that your townie counterparts would never […]
Don’t Ditch ‘Dem Animal Bones
The animal bones left over after a Sunday roast, or those that you remove when deboning a leg of lamb or rack of ribs, aren’t […]
How to deal with snake bites this summer
With the warmer weather of spring and summer, South Africa’s snake population is more active. The chance of you or one of your household encountering […]