June 2023

  • Winter tasks
  • Myths about poultry feed
  • Build your own bug hotel
  • …and much more!

 

 

May 2023

  • Fire management
  • Everything you need to know about spinach
  • Growing vegetables in winter
  • …and much more!

 

 

April 2023

  • Growing microgreens
  • Why hens stop laying
  • Running a business on your plot
  • …and much more!

 

 

March 2023

  • Learn all about seeds
  • Growing the walking onion
  • Farming the black soldier fly
  • …and much more!

 

 

February 2023

  • Keeping guard dogs
  • Pollination & propagation
  • How to load an implement
  • …and much more!

 

 

Dec 2022/Jan 2023

  • How to grow kale
  • Eco-friendly rat control
  • Combating powdery mildew
  • …and much more!

 

 

November 2022

  • Growing the sunchoke
  • Tick control for livestock
  • Keeping poultry cool in summer
  • …and much more!

 

 

October 2022

  • Learn all about goats
  • Waste water management
  • Growing the Lowveld chestnut
  • …and much more!

 

 

September 2022

  • Growing tsenza
  • Learning from manure
  • Choosing the right planter
  • …and much more!

 

 

August 2022

  • Growing agave
  • Farming with rabbits
  • Choosing the right tractor
  • …and much more!

 

 

July 2022

  • Growing indigenous ginseng
  • Water management on your plot
  • Build your own chicken tractor
  • …and much more!

 

 

June 2022

  • Growing water chestnuts
  • Farming in tunnels
  • How to ferment radishes
  • …and much more!

 

 

May 2022

  • Using soil amendments
  • Fencing for livestock
  • Growing wild ginger
  • …and much more!

 

 

April 2022

  • Grass cutting season
  • How to get agri-funding
  • Lessons from a micro-dairy
  • …and much more!

 

 

March 2022

  • How to transport livestock
  • Growing nasturtiums
  • What to plant in autumn
  • …and much more!

 

 

February 2022

  • Keeping dairy cows
  • Alternative energy on your plot
  • Lessons from a Cape Town organic farm
  • …and much more!

 

 

January 2022

  • Special focus on waterfowl
  • Tractor tyre inflation
  • Social behaviour among sheep
  • …and much more!

 

 

December 2021

  • Protect your fruit from birds
  • Manage pompom weed
  • Starting a co-op
  • …and much more!

 

 

November 2021

  • Growing artichokes
  • Build your own charcoal cooler
  • Benefits of stinging nettle
  • …and much more!

 

 

October 2021

  • Farming with Boergoats
  • Poultry biosecurity
  • Growing groundnuts
  • …and much more!

 

September 2021

  • Growing ginger
  • Self-sustainable stoves
  • Caring for your animals’ hooves
  • …and much more!

 

 

August 2021

  • Social structure of donkeys
  • Know your water rights
  • Focus on pruning season
  • …and much more!

 

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July 2021

  • Broiler nutrition
  • Growing rhubarb
  • Composting in winter
  • …and much more!

 

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June 2021

  • Starting with broilers
  • Optimising crops with circular beds
  • Winter livestock nutrition
  • …and much more!

 

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May 2021

  • Growing lentils
  • Caring for livestcok in fire seasons
  • Tips for making firewood
  • …and much more!

 

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April 2021

  • Special focus on tunnels and shade cloth
  • Cleaning your chicken coop
  • Milkwood: Indigenous fruit tree
  • …and much more!

 

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March 2021

  • Getting started with broilers
  • Know what to feed your chickens, and when
  • Choosing livestock for your plot
  • …and much more!

 

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February 2021

  • Treating ticks on sheep and goats
  • Common Highveld plants
  • Remedies for plant fungus
  • …and much more!

 

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January 2021/December 2020

  • Training on offer in 2021
  • Choosing your vegetables
  • Keeping ostriches
  • …and much more!

 

November 2020

  • Planning your summer vegetable garden
  • Irregularities in your eggs
  • Climate change risks

October 2020

  • Need water? Try a windmill
  • Covid recession: Start a plot business
  • Preparing summer grazing
  • …and much more…

September 2020

  • Plastic recycling continued
  • Planting sunflowers
  • Carp fishing for profit
  • …and much more…

August 2020

  • Growing moringa
  • Is 5G the next bad thing for our bees?
  • Pregnancy in does and ewes
  • …and much more…

July 2020

  • How to make firewood
  • Animal innoculation chart
  • How to carry a chicken
  • …and much more…

May/June 2020

  • Preparing for fire season
  • Planting vegetables for winter
  • The world goes online
  • …and much more…

April 2020

  • Choosing your cattle breed
  • Walkerville Show round-up
  • How to mark your livestock
  • …and much more…

March 2020

  • Special focus on poultry
  • Gates on plots
  • Cutting grass in time for winter
  • …and much more…

February 2020

  • Preserving your wetland
  • How to manage your wetland
  • Training courses available for 2020
  • … and much more…

December 2019/January 2020

  • Natural poultry dewormers
  • How to make jam like Grandma
  • Irrigation for garden and plot
  • … and much more…

November 2019

  • SA’s own GMO deal with Aussies
  • By-laws: what’s allowed?
  • Park that plough and go no-till
  • …and much more…

October 2019

  • Featured Breeds: Africa’s indigenous dogs & Savannah goats
  • Adultered honey & beeswax
  • So you bought a tractor … A newbie’s guide to working the soil
    …and much more…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2019

  • EWC: Land Report Reviewed
  • How to report aloe poachers
  • Earthworms
  • …and much more…

August 2019

  • African Potato ~ a possible crop
  • Lime and its benefits in soil
  • Leg & foot problems in poultry
  • …and much more…

July 2019

  • Tunnel Farming: The Basics
  • ‘Fire!’ ~ What do You Do?
  • The Senses of Sheep
  • Beekeeping
  • …and much more…

June 2019

  • Nampo 2019 Review
  • Fire Season: Firebreaks
  • Fire Laws and You
  • Chickens & Cold Weather
  • …and much more…

May 2019

  • Walnuts: Invest for Your Old Age
  • Waste Water Management
  • Frogs: Croaking in Large Numbers
  • News
  • …and much more…

April 2019

  • Walkerville Show in Pictures
  • Keep the Peace with Neighbours
  • How to Attract Bats
  • Beekeeping
  • …and much more…

March 2019

  • Insects are dying ~ fast
  • Gauteng’s shocking pink invasion
  • Diseases of Aloes
  • Beekeeping
  • …and much more…

February 2019

  • Healing the Hennops
  • A Landlord’s Rights
  • Gousiekte: A Summers Scourge
  • Poultry
  • Pigs
  • …and much more…

Dec 2018/Jan 2019

  • Inside a ruminant’s belly
  • Do you NEED a rooster?
  • Poisonous plants
  • Building horsey stuff for your kid
  • …and much more…

November 2018

  • Your Water Footprint
  • Dope for Dummies
  • The Brain of a Chicken
  • Beekeeping
    …and much more…

October 2018

  • Basics of Horse Health
  • Animal Welfare ~ Your Duties
  • Snakes on the Plot
  • Caring for Elderly Animals
  • …and much more…

September 2018

  • Grow Millet: a Drought-resistant Foodstuff
  • Planning your Vegetable Plot
  • How to Prepare your Lawn for Summer
  • Bankrupt Bush Scare
  • …and much more…

August 2018

  • Livestock Health Management
  • Basics of Animal Feed
  • Irrigation Tips
  • Start a Business
  • Beekeeping
  • Pruning
    …and much more…

July 2018

  • Psychology of roosters crowing
  • The bugs in your compost
  • The future? It’s electric
  • Beekeeping…

and much more…

June 2018

  • Nampo 2018 Review
  • Entertain your Goats
  • Fat Ponies & Laminitis
  • Getting Rid of Poultry Mites

and much more…

May 2018

  • Preparing for the Fire Season
  • Hampshire Downs in Randfontein
  • Useful Medicinal Herb
  • Autumn Watering Guidelines

and much more..

April 2018

  • Drought-resistant Damaras
  • Baling options for smallholders
  • Insect as natural pesticides
  • New chicks in your flock

and more…

March 2018

  • Miniature cattle in PTA
  • Animals on the road
  • Estimate your livestock’s weight
  • Chicken tractors for your garden

and more…

February 2018

  • Seed saving and swapping
  • Recycling: How much do you do?
  • Plot burials: A grave situation
  • Invasives: Gauteng’s worst plants

and more…

2017

Dec 2017 – Jan 2018

  • #SAFoodCrisis: A summary
  • Amberlinks, Lacewings
  • Pruning tomato plants
  • How to restore a tractor

and more…

November 2017

  • #SAFoodCrisis: Exotic veg
  • How to handle chickens
  • All about ticks
  • Grandma’s preserving tips

and more…

October 2017

  • #SAFoodCrisis: Corporate greed
  • The basics of ploughing
  • Beekeeping
  • Profits… or loss?
  • Pets and thunderstorms

and more..

September 2017

  • #SAFoodCrisis: Growing food
  • NEW: Smart smallholders
  • Care of pregnant ewes
  • Safety on the plot

and more..

August 2017

  • #SAFoodCrisis: The numbers
  • How to be a beekeeper
  • Animal stocking levels
  • Earthworms

and more…

July 2017

  • #SAFoodCrisis: Join the fight
  • Where is Gautengs dirtiest air?
  • Plan your work this Winter
  • Agroecology explained

and more..

June 2017

  • Good stuff for the garden
  • Why your borehole runs dry
  • Gauteng’s aloes
  • Beekeeping
  • Nampo roundup

and more…

May 2017

  • Help for small pig farmers
  • How to choose your first chickens
  • All about veld fires
  • Alien biocontrol successes

and more…

April 2017

  • Help science track ladybirds
  • How to start a reluctant 2-stroke
  • Know your horse’s senses
  • Beat the Autumn blues

and more…

March 2017

  • Land ownership & occupation
  • Factors that weaken your beehives
  • Fall armyworm: what to do

and more…

February 2017

  • Small cattle for smallholders
  • Invader plants: your duties
  • Hidden livestock killer
  • and more…

2016

Dec 2016 – Jan 2017

  • Fight AHS with bats
  • Christmas gift ideas
  • Start a petting farm
  • and more…

November 2016

  • Growing cowpeas as feed
  • Water for your animals
  • Buyers for your produce
  • and more…

October 2016

  • How to build a bat box
  • Home remedies
  • The psychology of chicks
  • and more…

September 2016

  • How to plant a tree
  • Help prevent stock theft
  • Grow your own queen bees
  • and more…

August 2016

  • A shipwreck, pigs & a flower show
  • Why heirloom veg?
  • Know your equines
  • and more…

July 2016

  • Chelsea exhibit comes to town
  • Social media and the maplotter
  • Starting a plot-based business
  • and more…

June 2016

  • Pictures form Nampo 2016
  • Focus on scorpions & emus
  • Winter maintenance planning
  • and more…

May 2016

  • Property development
  • Mycotoxins & diseases
  • Walkerville agricultural show
  • and more…

April 2016

  • Growing veg for profit
  • Poultry parasites
  • Irrigation strategies
  • and more…

March 2016

  • Preserving for winter
  • Buying an old tractor
  • Planting cover crops
  • and more…

February 2016

  • Tilapia for the smallholder
  • Grow Quail for profit
  • Plant diseases
  • Wetlands
  • Beekeeping
  • Plumbing
  • and more…

2015

Dec 2015 – Jan 2016

  • The truth about GMOs
  • The right animals for you
  • Make money with herbs
  • and more…

November 2015

  • SA: Dry & getting drier
  • The killer in your field
  • DIY stuff for horsey kids
  • and more…

October 2015

  • Why bees swarm
  • Cost-cutting strategies
  • Livestock foot care
  • and more…

September 2015

  • Grow Clivias for Profit
  • Grow Snails for Profit
  • How to set up a Plough
  • Your Soil
  • Bee Forages
  • and more…

August 2015

  • Preparing for Spring
  • Cattle Nutrition
  • Inoculation Guide
  • Beekeeping ..
  • and more…

July 2015

  • off-grid for under R170 000
  • Cattle breeds for plots
  • Growing orchards
  • Beekeeping ..
  • and more…