This summer is cooler than usual where we live and we are still preserving our plums. Our tree has been wonderfully generous this season. There […]
Tag: HORTICULTURE
Food Waste and Crop Residue for Animal Feed
The price of animal feed is always a consideration for a smallholder who keeps livestock. Smallholders should consider vegetable waste and crop residues as animal […]
Participate in the National Ten Million Trees Programme
The South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) is calling on all to participate in the Ten Million Trees Programme. This programme is […]
Growing The African Potato
The “African potato” (Hypoxis hemerocallidea) first rose to fame ~ or was it infamy ~ in 1997 when our then minister of health recommended it’s […]
Getting Started With Aquaponics
If aquaculture is the fancy word for fish farming and hydroponics is the art of growing plants in water, then aquaponics is the practical combination […]
Know The Pollinators Of Your Crops
Honour the pollinators of your crops: you can thank a pollinator for one in every three bites of food that you take. Thirty five percent […]
Naturalised Weeds: Some Good, Some Bad
Naturalised weeds are annoying, but some of them serve good purposes. So you thought it was simple ~ a weed is an unwanted plant that […]
The Ultimate Gift Ideas For Smallholders
With money tight after nearly two years of Covid-related lockdowns and restrictions, many people will be looking to give each other smaller, but practical, presents […]
The Importance of Earthworms in the Soil
Charles Darwin spent the last years of his life studying earthworms, because he valued the importance of earthworms in the soil. He said, “It may […]
Save Electricity With A Charcoal Cooler
Small farmers and smallholders with limited resources can lower the temperature and maintain the quality of their fresh produce before it leaves for market by […]