The profitability and sustainability of livestock farming is under severe pressure. Fortunately, top farmer Mecki Schneider has excellent advice for extensive cattle and sheep farmers. This is the third delivery in a three part series on ten tips for the restoration of livestock farming. 7. Utilise and apply technology There is…
Close to the city of Cape Town, between the vineyards at the foot of the Helderberg Mountains, husband-and-wife team, Alan and Eugene Simons, run two separate, but connected, businesses, growing and supplying vegetables, and seedlings, to the local market. The couple are a good example of what can be achieved…
Chillies are a very versatile vegetable which adds flavour to many dishes. It has several health benefits and can e.g. help relieve problems with blood pressure. Chilies also contain several antioxidants and capsaicin. Chillies are very easy to grow. When harvest time is over, you can dry it to enjoy…
Drying your tomatoes allows you to store them for up to a year. It is a clever way to add value to your harvest at a relatively low cost. Fleshy tomatoes with the least amount of juice works best for drying tomatoes. Long, egg shaped tomatoes are the ideal choice.…
These recipes are a great way to preserve tomatoes which are a bit overripe. It will allow you to add a spicy tomato flavour to stews and other recipes calling for tomato flavour. The recipes were translated and adapted from Lekker vir later PLUS, written by Annette Human and published…
It is tomato harvesting time and markets are flooded with tomatoes. Tomatoes are fruit that can be preserved very easily and cheaply for later use. Preserving tomatoes provides a way to add value to your product and enables you to provide a product to the market outside of harvesting season.…
