This is the second in a five-part series called Fluid Waste Management & Septic Tanks. To read part one, click here. A fluid waste management system […]
Tag: PLOT INFRASTRUCTURE
Let’s talk about sh*t…
Given the current broken ~ even collapsed ~ state of many of South Africa’s municipal sewerage plants, smallholders can take comfort in the fact that […]
Simple steps for a safe workshop
Now that you have kitted your workshop out with the best tools for your needs, some final safety checks you need to do: Electrical shocks […]
Unusual Tools For Smallholders
This is part four in the series In the Workshop: Tools & machinery. For more, click here. There are some hand and power tools that […]
Protective Clothing In Your Workshop
If the machine you use has a motor the chances are that there is protective clothing for your workshop you must wear when using it. […]
Power in the workshop
This is the second in a five-part series called In the Workshop: Tools & Machinery. To read part one, click here. Ask any tradesman who earns […]
In the workshop: Tools & Machinery
Through the course of one’s life it is perhaps inevitable that one will accumulate a box of various hand and power tools. And what these […]
Security on Smallholdings
Crimes in semi-rural areas have increased in recent years in line with the general upward trend in South Africa’s serious and violent crimes. (Institute for Security […]
Wanna farm? Just start!
A few weeks ago I received a call from a lady reader who said, “I have a passion for farming. I have a patch of […]
Recycling: Getting started
Smallholders will notice when they are driving on refuse removal day what the waste pickers are removing from the wheelie bins. It would seem that […]