If you live on a smallholding you will learn a bunch of skills, and acquire a bunch of knowledge, that your townie counterparts would never […]
Tag: IN THE KITCHEN
Don’t Ditch ‘Dem Animal Bones
The animal bones left over after a Sunday roast, or those that you remove when deboning a leg of lamb or rack of ribs, aren’t […]
Uses for Old Coffee Grounds on your Plot
Spent coffee grounds, the unappealing dark brown sludge at the bottom of your coffee maker after you’ve poured your cup, don’t need to go to […]
Orphan species: African Ginseng
African Ginseng (Mondia whitei) can, and should, become important again as a crop in today’s more ecologically sensitive, small-scale farming community. The indigenous African Ginseng […]
Sell Surplus Veg on This New Facebook Page – And It’s FREE!
In a move that will prove a boon to small producers a new initiative named Farm to Fork Living SA aims to bring growers and […]
How to Make Pickled Onions
What do smallholders do when given a bag of baby onions? We pickle them of course! Pickling onions has to be among the quickest, easiest […]
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 […]
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 […]
Make this Simple Homemade Cheese
It’s the first food you consume as a newborn, and you’ll continue to consume it, and its derivatives, throughout your life. Not surprising, really, considering […]