If you haven’t suffered any veld fires on your smallholding so far this season, don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet. There’s a good […]
Tag: WEATHER & RAINFALL
Devastating Wildfires: We Have a Plan
COMMENT – So far this year runaway fires have destroyed thousands of hectares of Canadian forest, releasing clouds of smoke so large that they affected […]
Wettest Rainy Season In Almost Three Decades
With good rains over the weekend, and more forecast for the rest of the week, we can officially declare the 2022 rainy season to be […]
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 […]
Latest SA Smallholder Digital Magazine Now Ready For Download
Click here to download the latest edition of the SA Smallholder Magazine, October 2021.
Celebrate the Spring Equinox
Today is the day to celebrate the Spring Equinox, when day and night are of almost equal length. In our southern hemisphere the Spring Equinox […]
It’s the Winter Solstice!
Today is the Winter Solstice in the southern hemisphere. Can you remember your Gr 4/Std 2 geography class when you learnt about solstices? You were […]
SA Smallholder Magazine now available
The first-ever SA Smallholder Magazine is live. Taking the place of the popular monthly Gauteng Smallholder Magazine, this new digital version will come out every […]
Using Cover Crops in Winter
Cover crops, usually grasses or legumes, are crops that are planted between, or sometimes with, regular crops, primarily to protect and improve the soil. Depending […]
Setting up a Fire Protection Association
There are a number of reasons why you and your neighbours should get together to form a Fire Protection Association. Effective fire-fighting equipment can be […]