Salone/Terra Madre overview 2010
38 Delegates from south Africa made up as follows: 12 from Gauteng (3 from NGO’s) 10 from Cape Town/Stellenbosch (3 from NGO’s) 8 from KZN...
Spring Flowers
This year (2011) was a terrible year for veld fires in our beautiful valley. At one stage it felt like living in a volcano, with...
Grassfed beef the Facts
Chemicals, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics are just a few of the nasty toxins we make our bodies ingest everyday through the consumption of certain meat...
Vegetable planting for winter
For the Highveld, we are in the winter planting season. If possible, get vegetable seeds into the ground before the first frost, for them to...
Hunting for pigs
Farming communities are generally incredibly generous, helping each other out whenever the need arises. They can however also be very secretive. At Wickedfood Earth we...
Mallard ducks
The Mallard, or Wild Duck (Anas platyrhynchos), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the world...
Brooding Ducklings
Muscovies lay up to 4 clutches of eggs per year and are superb mothers and brooders. They will protect their young from predators even if...
Muscovy Ducks
The Muscovy Duck, (Cairina moschata), is a large duck, native to Mexico, Central and South America. Although a tropical bird, it adapts to cold conditions...
Indigenous poultry breeds in South Africa
Please note, we do not sell chicken breeding stock The most common poultry breeds available in South Africa can be divided into two groups: Multi-purposed...