April 17, 2013
Show season gets underway
APR 17, 2013: The country show season is underway - with hundreds to choose from!
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Country Smallholding
April 17, 2013
Co-operative wins smallholding battle
APR 17, 2013: An environmental co-operative which featured in Country Smallholding has won its battle to develop three sustainable smallholdings on the Devon/Somerset border.
April 3, 2013
Tim Tyne’s Best Breeds
Veteran CS writer and career smallholder Tim Tyne is writing about his favourite breeds each month. Here he writes about one of his favourite pig breeds - the Gloucestershire Old Spots
April 3, 2013
Smallholding in the city
Sara Ward has created a mini country smallholding in her back garden in West London
April 3, 2013
Give hedgehogs a helping hand
The ‘gardener’s friend’ is under threat, says Penny Bunting, and smallholders can give them a helping hand
March 6, 2013
Swedish mini pigs for UK
MAR 6, 2013: A breeder is hoping to introduce Little Swedish Pigs onto the outdoor pet pig market this year.
March 6, 2013
Buy British, says NFU in wake of food scandal
MAR 6, 2013: NFU President Peter Kendall has urged supermarkets to ‘stop scouring the world for the cheapest products they can find’ and start sourcing ‘high quality, traceable, products’ from British farmers.
March 6, 2013
How to deter rats
MAR 6, 2013: Rats can create havoc for henkeepers. To deal with them, you have to understand how they behave. Laurence Beeken explains
March 6, 2013
Simple? Course it is ….
Mar 6, 2013: Plenty of advice in CS is aimed at the more experienced smallholder, but for the beginner it can be tricky working out what you want to do when you have never even…
March 6, 2013
Cutting costs of pig feed
Just how easy is it to reduce your monthly pig feed bill? Liz Shankland looks at the options.
February 6, 2013
All dogs to be microchipped
FEB 6, 2013: All dogs in England will need to be microchipped to help tackle the growing problem of strays roaming the streets, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson announced today.
