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Tips About Tools and Transplants
Care of tools Are your tools in good shape? Are you taking good care of them? The care that you take with your tools directly affects your own health and safety. You can learn a lot about the condition of your farm tools by examining them. For example, have a look at the handles. If…
The Beekeepers of Shewula
Building beehives and trap boxes The first challenge of the project was to find and collect some bees. The beekeepers began by building trap boxes. A trap box is a simple wooden box — it looks like a small crate. It is used to trap bees in the wild. Then they spread propolis, a sticky…
Equipment to Start Beekeeping
A few beehives can be an important addition to your farm. Bees produce honey and wax. You can sell the honey and wax to earn some money. And there are other benefits that honey bees bring. Bees pollinate crops. That means that they carry pollen from plant to plant which helps the new fruits and…
A Simple Way to Feed Baby Rabbits
Many times rabbit farmers lose young rabbits within five days of birth because the mother rabbit refuses to feed her young. The mother might be unwilling to feed her babies because she is nervous from too much heat or noise. As a farmer, you should do everything you can to make sure that the mother…
Grain Amaranth – Beautiful and Nutritious
Did you know that amaranth is one of the oldest foods on earth? It’s true. Farmers in Mexico have been cultivating this beautiful, nutritious grain for many centuries. Except for a few countries, the world has overlooked it. Maybe it’s time for amaranth to get more attention. Here’s why it should get more attention: it…
How farmers can prepare for El Niño
If you farm in a region that is affected by El Niño, you are probably preparing for uncertain weather conditions. You may be expecting very wet weather or very dry weather. Perhaps you are already feeling the effects of heavy rains or drought. What steps can you take to make sure that you still have…
Making Something with Nothing: The Rubbish Garden
This is a story about how a group of women changed their lives using only what they had _ though it seemed they had nothing at all. The story starts with Shirley Sifunda, a community outreach worker in Matsulu, a small village in South Africa. Shirley met with the village women to talk about their…
How Bees Help You Make Money
Can you name four products that bees make? Honey, of course is one. Then there’s beeswax. Two lesser known products are pollen and propolis. In a few minutes, I’ll explain what these products are. Then I’ll discuss some ways you can use honey, beeswax, pollen, and propolis with your food for your health or to…
How Bees Make Honey
Bees always look so busy! Have you ever wondered what they are doing? How is it that they make such wonderfully sweet honey? If you keep bees, it is important for you to understand bees and how they work. Then you can manage them properly and get the most benefit from your work. Bees live…
Why Plants Make Good Neighbours
Plants can be good neighbours or bad neighbours. Some plants help each other and grow stronger when they are planted together. Some people call them good companions. Other plants growing next to each other do not benefit one another. In fact they may grow poorly side by side. They are bad neighbours and should not…