by Dave Marock | Feb 21, 2018 | Environmental, General, Sustainability
Moving on to Agenda 21 Chapter 18: spoiler alert – you know what it includes? Demand management, desalinization, water reuse/recycling, groundwater extraction.. You know what it does NOT include? Dams – just like the water management plans in Part 1 In...
by Dave Marock | Feb 21, 2018 | Environmental, General, Sustainability
Cape Town is in the midst of a water crisis. This should not be news to anybody living in South Africa, and is indeed world news at the moment, from the USA, to the UK, to Australia. The politicians and media teamed up to once again give us a very predictable version...
by Dave Marock | Feb 21, 2018 | Berry Farming, Environmental, General, Organic Gardening, Tips & Guides
Takeaway: While hydroponic strawberries are not an uncommon crop and are relatively easy to grow, hydroponic blueberries, cranberries, and raspberries can also be produced on a limited scale with soilless greenhouse cultivation. However, growing ripe, fresh berries...
by Dave Marock | Jan 14, 2018 | Environmental, General
Due to the drought and potential straw harvest being affected, Lichen has secured the Agency in case farms need to import compost. The main focus of Shasta BV is to license its patented “BBOS” technology (Big Bales of Substrate) and to import & export mushroom...
by Dave Marock | Dec 15, 2017 | Environmental, General, Organic Gardening
The South African blueberry industry is in a period of robust growth, due to high demand from the UK and the EU for blueberries in particular, as well as nascent domestic interest. It has been bolstered by a similar (if earlier) growth spurt in Australia, where many...
