Chutney is usually made by cooking a mixture of fruit, vegetables, spices, sugar and vinegar. While chutneys are thick, pulpy accompaniments, relishes tend to be […]
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How To Store Eggs For The Best Shelf Life
Whether you are producing eggs to sell or just for home consumption, the way you care for and store eggs is a key part of […]
How to Preserve Artichokes
Smallholders can consider themselves lucky if they need to know how to preserve artichokes. For, as we wrote about on page in the November edition […]
Growing and Using African Wormwood
Artemisia afra, commonly known as African wormwood or wilde-als, is a soft aromatic shrub and is one of the most popular medicinal plants in South […]
How to Combat Food Waste
We are told that South Africa generates an estimated 12.6 million tonnes of food waste and loss every year. This amounts to a third of […]
How To Make New Soap From Old Scraps
Thrifty smallholders might wonder how to make new soap from old scraps that they can’t throw away. The process is quite easy. We had saved […]
Celebrate World Egg Day Today
Today we celebrate World Egg Day! This year, the egg industry’s global campaign will focus on the brilliant versatility of the egg and its vast […]
How To Preserve Your Nightshade Harvest
Your summer bounty of tomatoes, aubergines and peppers brings joy and there are many ways to preserve your nightshade harvest for use in winter. People […]
Women on Smallholdings
Some women on smallholdings might be a bit sceptical about the images that come up on Women’s Day. Here are some reasons for that. While […]
Growing Sprouts: a Different form of Cultivation
When carnivores are being derogatory about vegetarians, they often envisage them as granny print dressed sprout munchers. But there is a great deal to be […]