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Choose Your Chicken: Rhode Island Red
The Rhode Island Red is possibly the best-known breed in the world today. This popular breed of chicken has a long history, having been developed […]
How to make a bale box
Material 20mm shutterply (or similar sturdy board) 2 x 600mm x 620mm (ends) 2 x 900mm x 620mm (sides) 1 x 940mm x 620mm (base) […]
Managing Your Vegetable Garden in Frosty Times
You can continue to grow some vegetables during winter. Just work around the possibilities of frost. There can be a noticeable temperature variation within a […]
It’s time to start preparing for frost
It helps in your agricultural planning to know when, on average, you can expect the first heavy frost to occur, when the last frost may […]
Hens may safely roam
Many smallholders like to allow chickens, ducks and geese to roam free in certain areas of our plots. This provides a variety in their diet […]
Edible and Medicinal Plants in Your Garden
There are some plants that grow on our smallholdings that are edible, and which can be cultivated as food. There are also some weeds that […]
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 […]