November 21, 2014
Winter housing
When should animals be housed indoors – and how? All smallholders face this question. Jack Smellie and David Chidgey explain how they manage on one acre
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Animals
November 7, 2014
Tips on giving your pigs injections
Unsure about how best to inject your pigs? In the first of a two-part feature, Liz Shankland has some advice on how to get the job done quickly and efficiently
October 13, 2014
Pigs: Our black beauties
When you work full time, running a smallholding means having a team of people you can rely on, as Liz Shankland explains
September 22, 2014
A traditional revival
Handmade tools are back in vogue on Britain’s farms and smallholdings. Marie-Claire Kidd reports
September 18, 2014
Build a ‘hobbit house’
A book by roundhouse pioneer Tony Wrench has just been updated. Here he tells the story of his celebrated ‘hobbit house’
August 19, 2014
‘Townies’ transformed
Veronica and Jules Hartley started their smallholding adventure three years ago – and have come on in leaps and bounds. They talked to John Wright
August 19, 2014
On a (sausage) roll!
Business is booming for one young pig farmer, as Liz Shankland discovers in this month’s Pig People
August 19, 2014
Rock star smallholder
Chris Stewart found fame as drummer with superband Genesis. Now he lives quietly on a smallholding in Spain, and wrote about his experiences in the celebrated book Driving Over Lemons. Chris, who has a new…
August 19, 2014
A first farrowing
Magical moments as Mfy finally gives birth reports Dawne Daly
June 12, 2014
Change in buildings rules
Steel-framed buildings must now conform to EC standards. Jane Ricketts Hein reports
June 5, 2014
Castlemilk Moorits: a real success story
A breed that combines all the best characteristics of its Hebridean ancestors
