Invasive alien plants have negative impacts to biodiversity and are damaging to business practices on farms and private game reserves. In the Mountain Zebra Camdeboo Protected Environment (MZCPE), some of the most problematic invasive alien plants are cacti. Cacti are indigenous to either North or South America and were introducedContinue Reading
Leading Nguni stud breeder and livestock farmer Trenly Spence managed to survived a crippling
four-year drought. And once the rains did come, his Karoo bossieveld exploded with climax grasses
– a fact he chalks up to holistic management. He shares his experiences with Heather Dugmore.Continue Reading
Holistic Management spreads (extract from article: KarooSpace Posted on June 19, 2021 by Julienne du Toit) Trenly Spence of Kriegerskraal, also part of the Camdeboo Conservancy, started farming after his father became sick in the late 1980s. He had been studying horticulture in Cape Town. “The veld was my passion. I had toContinue Reading
The 2007 Peter Edwards Award – Trenly & Wilmari Spence Susi Vetter and Pieter Conradie Congress Organising CommitteeEmail: S.Vetter@ru.ac.za The Peter Edwards Trophy is awarded at the annual GSSA Congress to a land-user in the province in which the Congress is held. This prestigious award is presented in recognition ofContinue Reading
Near the roadside between Aberdeen and Graaff-Reinet, in the middle of the veld, lies an old cast iron bedstead. It marks the grave of a woman who tragically passed away. She succumbed to illness before her husband could get her to a doctor in Graaff-Reinet. In his grief, he buriedContinue Reading