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 […]
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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 […]
Plant Trees as Protection for Stock or Crops
Trees can be used to protect your livestock or crops. The planting of trees is an important aspect of the long and short term planning […]
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 […]
How Do Chickens Communicate?
Communication amongst chickens takes many forms. It is well known that chickens are gregarious. This means that they are friendly and sociable. So they have […]
Let’s Make This A Successful Clean-Up Week
Clean-up and Recycle SA Week is an annual initiative by the local plastics industry, supported and endorsed by the various packaging and retail streams and […]
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, […]
How To Market Your Agricultural Goods and Services
If you are running an agricultural business on your smallholding, you will need to consider marketing your goods and services. You need to tell your […]
You Need A Trailer On Your Smallholding
A trailer on a smallholding is probably the most useful and frequently used piece of equipment. Small farmers can find modern farm trailers, both single […]