March 28, 2014
From prison to pigs
JAN 21, 2014: Sometimes pigs can change your life beyond all recognition, as Liz Shankland discovered when she met an ex-con who turned her back on crime to become a pig breeder and an award-winning…
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Country Smallholding
March 28, 2014
Tempting tarts
Carol Wilson bakes some tempting tarts, including chocolate tart, apple and orange tart and treacle tart.
March 28, 2014
The economy of pigs
Beer, bread, and bacon. Alan Beat sources his own
March 28, 2014
The Good Life – The Next Stage
Do you have the skills to run your own smallholding? There will be plenty of practical tasks, many of which will be unfamiliar at the beginning.
March 28, 2014
Time to mate your goats
AUG 28, 2012: There is lots to consider if you wish to get your goat mated. Richard Pemble explains
March 28, 2014
What to do about moles?
Moles can cover lawns and fields with their heaps and, even worse, tunnel through fruit and veg beds where they uproot young plants and undermine paths. What can be done to solve the problem? Alan…
March 28, 2014
Are they ready for slaughter?
AUG 21, 2013: Jules Moore, who runs smallholding courses, gives advice on taking lambs to the abattoir
March 28, 2014
Bees – the great spring awakening
Anna Chambers starts the new beekeeping season
March 28, 2014
Festive Flavours
Carol Wilson tempts us away from traditional Christmas cakes and puds
March 28, 2014
A favourite pig breed
Oxford Sandy & Black pigs are one of Tim Tyne's Best Breeds - and ideal for the smallholder
March 28, 2014
Crème de la crème
Jenny White on the significance of breed and pedigree for dairy goats
