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January 26, 2021
If you can control every aspect of a crop’s existence, how much more efficiently will...
January 18, 2021
Have you done your annual pompom patrol on your smallholding? Now is the best time...
January 16, 2021
For the smallholder who has everything ~ consider getting a couple of emus. Although they...
January 11, 2021
Driving round smallholding areas, one notices that Agave Americana is quite a popular succulent. It...
THE BACK PAGE, BY BLOMMETJIE
January 4, 2021
Santa’s Takealot Christmas
Ugly old bat, thought Santa Claus as he saw the warty face of Mrs Claus...
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November 5, 2020
The routine of a smallholder’s life
Even if you don't love it, everybody ~ animals included ~ appreciate a set routine....
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October 14, 2020
Meet Usain Bolt, the tortoise
Trundling up a fence-line in one of my fields earlier this year I spotted a...
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COMMENT, BY THE EDITOR
January 4, 2021
A few weeks ago I received a call from a lady reader who said, “I...
November 5, 2020
It is very easy, when entering the fray about the climate crisis, to become embroiled...
October 14, 2020
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way...
August 24, 2020
For the first time, recently, political commentators are starting to seriously suggest the demise of...
August 6, 2020
Let's not be Pollyannas about this virus crisis. Coronavirus, and the effects it has forced...
June 25, 2020
With everybody by now sick to the back teeth of the 'virus and its associated...
May 25, 2020
It feels like a lifetime has passed since our last printed edition, for time has...
May 4, 2020
We could tell you about the Swedish epidemiologist who believes Covid-19 lockdowns are anti-democratic and...