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01/04/2024

Kuwaiti animal traders Al Mawashi have another big shipment of South African livestock under way at East London. And the NSPCA is hard at work trying to ensure that the newly-compiled guidelines on seaborne livestock ships are adhered to.

Kuwaiti livestock traders Al Mawashi take another big shipment to the Arabian Gulf, not two months after their Cape Town stick-up debacle.

28/03/2024

The dates have been fixed for this year's Walkerville Agricultural Show. Book your stand at this traditional rural show now!

Dates have now been fixed for this year's Walkerville Agricultural Show, one of the last traditional rural shows, and the biggest in Gauteng.

22/03/2024

Happy World Water Day! 😁💦

21/03/2024

Here's your chance to list what you would like to see covered in the second edition of our popular Smallholder's Companion book, which will be published as an e-book later this year.

South Africa's leading publication aimed at smallholders and small farmers. Interesting articles covering topics related to living on, and operating small farms in South Africa.

18/03/2024

This rainy season could be the driest in a quarter of a century if it doesn't start to rain hard over Eastern Gauteng - soon.

South Africa's leading publication aimed at smallholders and small farmers. Interesting articles covering topics related to living on, and operating small farms in South Africa.

15/03/2024

Beware the Ides of March! 😳

08/03/2024

Come on, give us a smile! 🤪

04/03/2024

To ensure the best possible seed germination and the strongest possible seedlings you need a balanced, high-quality sowing medium. Here's a simple recipe.

A good sowing medium is key to healthy, well-formed seedlings. Here is a simple four-ingredient recipe for a perfect mix.

28/02/2024

A Randburg beekeeper recommends using frame spacers in Langstroth supers to reduce the number of frames as it leads to a greater yield of honey. Here's how they work.

When they store honey in a hive bees relish a bit more space between super frames which is easily achieved using nine-frame spacers.

23/02/2024

Capetonians living and working in the City Bowl became acutely aware of the appalling conditions aboard a Kuwaiti livestock carrier when they were assailed by the smell emanating from the ship.

Stench from a filthy cattle carrier in Cape Town Harbour raises ire of residents and unwittingly aids animal cruelty activists as a result.

23/02/2024

Glorious Friday mud! 😁🤩

19/02/2024

A mega-exhibition on embracing and living a natural, organic, sustainable alternative lifestyle is planned for two South African cities this year. Here are the details and dates to diarise.

Four lifestyle shows are being combined into one mega-show of interest to anybody who likes plant-based food and living sustainably

16/02/2024

Shhhhh!

15/02/2024

Corporate leaders are invited to support a wheelchair initiative in March in aid of Little Eden Society's care for individuals with profound intellectual disabilities.

Care home for intellectually challenged individuals aims to raise R1,5 million in March through 7th annual wheelchair challenge.

13/02/2024

Regardless of the country they find themselves in the problems encountered by southern Africa's smallholder farmers have a lot in common. Here are the findings of a study of the smallholder farming community in southern Africa.

Regardless of which country they are from, southern Africa's smallholder farmers face much the same problems.

09/02/2024

Eshspeshially on Fridays...

06/02/2024

Whether it's livestock, horses, building material or a tractor, at some stage you will need to tow a trailer if you live on a smallholding. Here are a couple of tips to make your life easier, starting with the most common thing that needs repairing.

On a smallholding you will, at some stage, need to tow a trailer. Here are a couple of tips to make that easier, starting with wiring repair.

02/02/2024

Smile while you still can!😁

01/02/2024

Here are some of the dates on which popular agricultural shows will be held around the country in 2024.

Here are some of the dates on which the major agricultural shows around the country will be held this year. Diarise them now.

26/01/2024

Do you know if your implements are suitable for use behind your tractor? Or are you overloading it? Here's a simple test to help you.

South Africa's leading publication aimed at smallholders and small farmers. Interesting articles covering topics related to living on, and operating small farms in South Africa.

19/01/2024

An opportunity exists to buy a unique specialist nursery growing the hardy plants and succulents of the Karoo, many of which are rare, and protected.

A unique opportunity to acquire a lucrative and unusual small business that will suit somebody with an interest in succulents.

19/01/2024

Here's a Friday puzzle 🤨🤔

12/01/2024

11/01/2024

Don't worry if your lawn isn't perfect this summer. There's an international competition that you can enter if your lawn is truly awful. But competition is fierce...

If you lose sleep over the state of your lawn, help is at hand, and you may be a winner, freed from the tyranny of the lawnmower forever.

08/01/2024

The last four months of 2023 were the driest in at least a decade in the summer rainfall area of Gauteng. If you have livestock, therefore, expect to pay more for fodder in the coming winter.

South Africa's leading publication aimed at smallholders and small farmers. Interesting articles covering topics related to living on, and operating small farms in South Africa.

05/01/2024

Before the year really gets going....

29/12/2023

With our best wishes for a successful 2024 for all our valued supporters.

22/12/2023

Today is the summer Solstice in South Africa, not the 21st as is widely believed. So here's sending solstice wishes to all!

South Africa's leading publication aimed at smallholders and small farmers. Interesting articles covering topics related to living on, and operating small farms in South Africa.

22/12/2023

This must have been fun to do!