May 22, 2014
What’s the best dual-purpose breed?
We’ve just got ourselves an incubator and are starting to try to hatch some chicks. What’s the best dual-purpose breed we can get so that we can fatten the cocks and use the hens for…
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Country Smallholding
May 22, 2014
Wonderful wool
Jules Moore suggests lots of woolly ideas for your fleeces
May 21, 2014
Mum knows best
Just copy Mother Hen, and you can’t go far wrong
May 21, 2014
Thousands flock to Spring Festival
The Royal Welsh Spring Festival flourished in the sunshine
May 21, 2014
Our captivating camelids
Llamas and alpacas take centre stage on Jane and Allen Brown’s smallholding in the Cotswolds – and there are even some emus for good measure. John Wright went to meet them
May 20, 2014
Sharpening chainsaw blade by machine
I’m having great difficulty sharpening my chainsaw by hand, using the recommended file and guide. Perhaps the technique comes with practice, but I just can’t seem to get the hang of it. There’s a little…
May 20, 2014
Local food – at motorway services
A new rare breed of motorway services is dedicated to local food, farming and the local community
May 20, 2014
Back to nature
Creating an environment that allows chickens to forage for food is more natural, stimulating and healthy, argues Kate Fox
May 19, 2014
Will tomato fruits ripen more if I take off leaves?
Should I remove tomato leaves in late summer to help fruits ripen?
May 19, 2014
The incredible swimming chicken!
A chicken has been filmed swimming across a pond...
May 19, 2014
Such drama queens!
What is it about goats that make them the Marmite of the livestock world?
