Here are some tips to help you make compost quickly, easily and simply. Any smallholding, unless it’s a complete jungle, will generate more than enough […]
Tag: HORTICULTURE
Tsenza, or Wild Potato
Africa is host to a huge number of nutritionally dense traditional and ancient crops. These include orphan crops and unusual speciality food-plants for smallholder production. […]
Grow Food, Make a Difference
COMMENT – Pushed a trolley round a supermarket recently? Were you not struck by how much, and how fast, prices of even ordinary groceries, fruit […]
Lowveld Chestnut
A species with a quirky seed germination process that should appeal to Lowveld smallholders is the Lowveld Chestnut, Sterculia murex. It is a fascinating species, […]
Yacon is an easy-to-grow Food Plant with Multiple Uses
A rare and most special addition to your food forest, yacón (pronounced yah-cone) actually looks more like an ornamental that belongs in the back of […]
Walking Onions
They may not be the varieties that commercial growers concentrate on, but there will always be “new”, old crop species with which to expand your […]
Local Growers Win Big At Chelsea Flower Show
Despite no official South African presence again in 2023 South Africa’s horticultural image was held high at the Royal Horticultural Society’s annual Chelsea Flower Show […]
How To Prevent Injury Or Death By Tractor
Many smallholders, supposedly proficient in the driving of a car or bakkie, will start driving their recently-acquired tractor with absolutely no training whatsoever, simply muttering […]
Running A Business On Your Plot: Guidelines And Pitfalls
A smallholder with an expanse of land can consider various ways in which to run a business on your plot to make money. Whether this […]
Agriculture Employs Almost One Million People
Agriculture continues to contribute greatly to overall employment. This is according to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development which says the sector […]