Depending on how many chicks, ducklings or goslings you need or want and the poultry breed of your choice, you may consider using an artificial […]
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Women on Smallholdings
Some women on smallholdings might be a bit sceptical about the images that come up on Women’s Day. Here are some reasons for that. While […]
Latest SA Smallholder Magazine Now Out
The August 2021 SA Smallholder Digital Magazine is now ready for you. Click here to download the magazine in PDF format. In this edition: – […]
Try a Mobile Chicken Coop
A chicken tractor is a mobile chicken coop, usually without a floor, which lets your poultry forage freely on the land, while protecting them from […]
How to Store Hay Bales
At this time of the year many smallholders will be relying on supplementary hay for feeding their livestock. How to store hay bales correctly is […]
Brushcutter: The Smallholder’s Friend
A brushcutter is a powered garden or agricultural tool used to trim grass and weeds, and even small saplings, and foliage not accessible by a […]
Legality of Keeping Exotic Animals as Pets
Some smallholders keep exotic animals as pets, just because they are different from traditional pets. Exotic means the same as alien ~ the animal does […]
Choose your Chicken: Venda
Venda chickens were first described by a veterinarian, Dr Naas Coetzee, who noticed these distinctive chickens in the Venda area of what is now Limpopo […]
Growing Aloes on Smallholdings
“I think the aloe is one of South Africa’s most powerful, beautiful and celebratory symbols. It survives out there in the wild when everything else […]
Growing Sprouts: a Different form of Cultivation
When carnivores are being derogatory about vegetarians, they often envisage them as granny print dressed sprout munchers. But there is a great deal to be […]