This is the final installment in a five-part series called Fluid Waste Management & Septic Tanks. To read the rest, click here. The solution to fluid […]
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How to re-use waste water safely
This is the fourth instalment in a five-part series called Fluid Waste Management & Septic Tanks. To read the rest, click here. On a water […]
How to size, and build, a septic tank
As often as not, septic tank problems arise not because of abuse and misuse but simply because the system is too small for the household. […]
Maintaining The Health of Your Septic Tank System
Odd though it may seem, a septic tank system is a living thing. Inside the chambers of the tank lurk billions of microscopic organisms that […]
Bird flu comes to Ekurhuleni
Smallholders in Ekurhuleni are warned to be on the lookout for symptoms of avian influenza in their poultry. This comes after the Department of Agriculture, […]
How to break your septic system
This is the second in a five-part series called Fluid Waste Management & Septic Tanks. To read part one, click here. A fluid waste management system […]
Let’s talk about sh*t…
Given the current broken ~ even collapsed ~ state of many of South Africa’s municipal sewerage plants, smallholders can take comfort in the fact that […]
Long Weekend Vegetable Processing
So you know about baby marrows…. This is what they should look like. Get busy and don’t get […]
Simple steps for a safe workshop
Now that you have kitted your workshop out with the best tools for your needs, some final safety checks you need to do: Electrical shocks […]
Unusual Tools For Smallholders
This is part four in the series In the Workshop: Tools & machinery. For more, click here. There are some hand and power tools that […]