The challenge of climate change has produced a whole new vocabulary of jargon ~ terms and acronyms that are thrown around, which are not understood […]
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Bottling Beetroot
Preserving one’s own produce gives one the most satisfying sense of wellbeing. Yes, bottled beetroot from the shop is probably cheaper but you have been […]
How To Choose Livestock For Your Smallholding
When choosing livestock for your smallholding, you must carefully consider your environment, budget and other aspects of your property. There are a few factors to […]
How To Measure Rainfall
We have had plenty of opportunity in which to measure rainfall in many areas of the country in the past couple of weeks. Even areas […]
Fix your Compost Heap Problems
How’s your compost heap looking after our dry Gauteng winter? Most problems in a compost heap can be solved by considering what has gone into […]
#ClimateChangeChooseday: Are Trees the solution to Climate Mitigation?
It’s Spring Day and Arbor Week, so we are encouraged to buy and plant some trees. Much has been made of the ability of trees […]
From The Archives: How Blommetjie Got Her Name
A recent discussion on Facebook led us to realise a lot of newer readers won’t know the story of how Blommetjie (The Back Page) got […]
Monitoring and Supporting Plant Health
Disease epidemics are not limited to humans ~ other animals and plants are also vulnerable to outbreaks of diseases that spread more quickly and more […]
Choosing the best option for recycling
This is the third part in our series on plastic. For parts one and two, click here. Unfortunately, not all municipalities in Gauteng run successful […]
Types of plastic and how they are recycled
This is part two of our series on plastic, to read the first part, click here. Internationally, plastics are clasified for their recycling properties according to […]