Attracting bats to your smallholding will mean that you will benefit from the bats’ contribution to biodiversity. Pay no attention to the negative perceptions about […]
Tag: CRITTERS & WILDLIFE
Keep Watch for Ticks on Your Pets
Smallholders with dogs and cats will know the dangers of ticks, fleas and, to a lesser extent, lice. All are bloodsucking parasites, with varying degrees […]
Decline of insects detrimental for smallholders
Of the one million identified species of insects humans share the planet with, 40% of them are under serious threat. As small farmers, we rely […]
Dogs on plots: How many is enough?
SA Smallholder research shows that more than 85% of smallholders will have dogs on plots, at least one and most have three or four. You […]
Humane Snake Trap Hits the Market
Smallholdings where members of the public visit or which have many staff, such as lodges, warehouses, schools or restaurants, could benefit by buying a snake […]
Tick Bites On Humans
Different ticks carry various bacteria which can cause diseases in human. Tick bites on humans transmit a bacterium from the tick’s saliva. Amblyomma hebraeum (pictured […]
Be on the lookout for Fall Armyworm
Following relatively early rains this summer, the Department of Agriculture is calling on all growers of maize and related host crops such as sorghum and […]
Snakebites and antivenom in South Africa
As smallholders, we have to be aware of the dangers of snakes on our properties. When dealing with a snake bite from a potentially deadly […]
Meet Usain Bolt, the tortoise
Trundling up a fence-line in one of my fields earlier this year I spotted a boulder. Nothing unusual there, because we use boulders to block […]
Keeping Tortoises ~ or Not
South Africa has 14 species of tortoise, which is the richest diversity of tortoises in the world. In Gauteng the most common tortoise is the […]