March 28, 2014
The pig club
More and more community groups are banding together to produce their own food. Here is a thriving group in west Yorkshire which shares the task of rearing pigs … and enjoying the meat. Marie-Claire Kidd…
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Country Smallholding
March 28, 2014
A gate to last
Alan Beat makes a wooden field gate
March 28, 2014
Food of the future?
How will we grow food when the oil runs out? One option is to follow nature’s lead and create forest gardens, says ANNA GREENWOOD
March 28, 2014
Blueberry and lemon muffins
Enjoy this recipe for blueberry and lemon muffins from Mrs Simkins
March 28, 2014
The whole hog
Veteran smallholder Alan Beat gives his perspective on the whole business of pig-keeping
March 28, 2014
A guide to small scale hay making
JUNE 5, 2013: While the sun shines, why not make hay? Andrew Rock gives some tips for very small scale haymaking
March 28, 2014
When Billy met…
Jenny White on the pros and cons of keeping a male goat
March 28, 2014
A world without bees?
The future of Britain’s honeybee population is in doubt, with one in three hives lost. Here our bee writer ANNA CHAMBERS studies a similar worrying collapse in the United States, and the efforts to identify…
March 28, 2014
A life transformed
Shann Jones used to live in San Francisco and was a talk show host on an American radio station. Now she runs a goat farm in Wales and is one of the few people producing…
March 28, 2014
Cherry pies
Try these with a drop of cream. A food processor makes short work of the pastry.
March 28, 2014
Plants to dye for
Rosie Beat produces wonderful natural dyes
