August 23, 2019
Organic growing on smallholdings: Eleventh hour sowings
Time is running out for outdoor sowings to crop in autumn/winter, but Charles Dowding has some advice on September plantings.
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August 23, 2019
Sheep husbandry: Get the best from your flock
Autumn is the time for the selection of replacement breeding stock. Tim Tyne offers advice on picking out the cream of your new crop of lambs, or looking at alternatives to rejuvenate the flock
August 23, 2019
Getting started with goats: Buying stock, meat, milking, foot care and more
If you’re taking the plunge and are intending to buy goats there are several things to consider before you part with your money, not least whether you want them for meat, milk or fibre. Lee…
August 2, 2019
WIN a bag of VetSpec Salmon Formula Complete
We have teamed up with VetSpec to give five lucky entrants the chance to win a 12kg bag of super-premium dog food worth £55.95
July 19, 2019
How Alderney Free Range Pigs have gone from strength to strength
Smallholding on a Channel Island brings unique challenges but Alderney Free Range Pigs has gone from strength to strength.
July 19, 2019
Protecting fruit trees from climate change
In an extract from her new book The Climate Change Garden, co-written with Sally Morgan, Country Smallholding’s gardening correspondent Kim Stoddart explains how smallholders can start future-proofing their fruit-growing efforts
July 18, 2019
How to attract bees to pollinate your vegetable patch
How can you widen your resilient reach beyond the veg garden? Kim Stoddart explains how native planting ‘off piste’ will help to entice those vital pollinators back onto your patch
July 18, 2019
4 things you need to know about becoming a goatkeeper
If you have dreams of becoming a goatkeeper, Lee Connor has some vital advice
July 3, 2019
Wonders of the Hebridean breed of sheep
An old breed for new times
June 27, 2019
WIN a place on Kim Stoddart’s food growing courses
Three lucky winners will each win a place on one of Kim’s resilient food growing courses
June 21, 2019
The High life
After meeting five years ago, Donald Hendry and Linda McFadzean now breed Highland cattle, as well as rare Whitebred Shorthorns. Julie Harding visits them on their scenic holding in Dumfries & Galloway to find out…
