April 25, 2014
Grow Our Allotments
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April 25, 2014
Scandal of our allotments
In the second feature in her series on allotments, KATIE BEAT looks at their history, and at the growing threat to allotments, despite their supposed legal protection. She argues that their wholesale loss has become…
March 28, 2014
Electric fencing – a useful tool
JUNE 5, 2013: Jules Moore answers a reader's question about electric fencing on a smallholding.
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
CAP reform could hit smallholders hard
Smallholders could lose out if planned reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy are approved.
March 28, 2014
A gate to last
Alan Beat makes a wooden field gate
March 28, 2014
Finding your ground
You don’t have to own your smallholding, says Rebecca Johns
March 28, 2014
All sorts of roofs
Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce look at roofing options for cob buildings
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
Don’t let them suffer
Livestock can really struggle in extreme weather. Make sure you know how to care for them, says Lisa Mancell of feed supplier Farmgate
February 18, 2014
Rural broadband in the slow lane
APRIL 18, 2014: Smallholders increasingly rely on the internet, but many people in rural areas have slow or non-existent broadband. Jules Moore investigates
