It is impossible to describe how exciting it is that Joel Salatin is coming to do two workshops on our farm early next year. He is the reason that I am farming. I have already started practicing deep breathing so that I can be calm
Mark has been responsible for many good things in my life. Having fun with our family, love of food, fabulous wine, hunting, reloading ammunition, charcuterie etc etc. He was the one who pushed me into starting my own butchery. This was whilst he was running
I recently rediscovered this book by Messner. He was the first man to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. He then went on to be the first to climb all peaks higher than 8,000m without oxygen. My favourite quote of his is “The true art
Human beings limit themselves. This guy in incredible. Please watch what one man with willpower and his hands and a simple tool can accomplish in 60 days. Thank you Mr Tfue for your inspiration Angus 23 April 2020
Meat scientist Dr Francois Mellett has been the lone voice pointing out the major issues with Dr Aaron Motsoaledi abandoning his duties in May of 2019. The result of Dr Aaron recusing himself is that since then South Africa has been the only country in
In no way, am I trying to be insensitive to the deaths of 7,000 people from Coronavirus in the last 3 months but as Tamara Pearson points out in this superb article that we have completely lost the context of real epidemics that go on
Big Danie farms near Reitz in the Free State and he is going against the family grain and most of his neighbours by farming regeneratively. I met him via grazing guru Johann Zietsman whose very informative website is here. There is a great video on
We have plenty of products that will keep your hounds in supreme condition. We have 4 at home and they are bouncy and have shiny coats all year round. I feed them a mixture of these products. Starting top and going clockwise. Hydrolyzed bovine collagen,
I hope that one day my knowledge of farming will be as deep as his knowledge of the subjects that he writes about in this trilogy. What I do know is that I will never attempt to be a writer as it is when you
My best pastures on the farm are named Smutsfinger grass. It was named after a true polymath, General Jan Smuts. As a child, our dad would drag us up Table Mountain via the beautiful route named Skeleton Gorge. It’s a difficult hike, and my brothers
