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Tag: PLOT INFRASTRUCTURE
Tips On How To Build Animal Housing
Many smallholders will, by reason of finances alone, want to convert existing structures on their plots into stables or coops or other animal housing. If […]
How To Make Ecobricks For Basic Plot Infrastructure
When thinking about construction on your smallholding, a solution might be found in your recycling in the form of ecobricks. As an alternative to cement […]
Alternative Building Materials For Your Plot
Your choices of alternative building materials are very wide when it comes to stables, sheds, storerooms and even small dwellings on your smallholding. Your decision […]
Building A Pond For Waterfowl
Building a pond for your ducks can be most rewarding. How big a pond you have on your smallholding, and what shape, is largely a […]
Back By Popular Demand: SA Smallholder Printed Magazine
To serve the interests of readers and advertisers in our “traditional” area of influence, namely Gauteng and surrounds, we are reintroducing a printed magazine from […]
Building An Affordable Round Dam
Smallholders could do worse than construct a round dam (reservoir) to fulfill their water needs. The importance of being able to store water on your […]
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 […]
Is A Trout Farm A Viable Option For You?
When considering fish farming, one may choose a trout farm for sport angling. This would depend on one’s location, climate and facilities. One can allow […]
Fish Farming Takes Many Forms
Fish farming, or more technically known as aquaculture, can take a number of forms, in the same way that poultry farming, or crop farming can […]