In this issue

Traditional Hedging
What you need to know to create your own living fence and the benefits that it brings.

Your guide to worming goats
A Vet explains what you need to know about Endoparasites, preventing them and eradicating..

World first for pet poultry with launch of new veterinary diagnostics guide

A brand-new pioneering poultry guide has just been launched following a collaboration between a UK hen rehoming charity and a USbased organisation.

2 mins

Action needed to protect UK sheep flock from vaccine crisis, says NSA

With livestock health under ever increasing scrutiny, the National Sheep Association (NSA) is highlighting the critical need to address the ongoing issues with disruption to animal vaccine supply.

1 min

A meeting of minds and gardening for good health

Michael Wale meets MindFood, a health charity in West London that is using allotment space help improve mental health

5 mins

Weaving stunning shawls and blankets from named animals

Jack Smellie meets the very talented Bec Briar who works with her own flock's fleeces from her land on the edge of Exmoor.

5 mins

So what does a fibre mill actually do?

Emma Taylor explains the ethos that underpins her mill

3 mins

Making the perfect pickled onions

Fiona and Hugh Osborne preserve a lot of their own food and are especially proud of their pickled onions.

4 mins

Interesting Inheritance

There are many different genes and mutations that make fancy chickens interesting. Grant Brereton takes a closer look at some quirky ones...

5 mins

How can nutrition support a healthy moult?

Andrew Fothergill, National Poultry Advisor at Farmgate explains the difference nutrition can make for your hens during moulting season.

2 mins

The long journey from the wild jungle fowl to the modern hybrid

This month, Paul Donovan investigates the origin of the humble hen as we know it.

8 mins

Nearly living the dream but just need to get the right property?

John Sones discusses what to consider before purchase

3 mins

A pressing engagement with apples

Lorraine Turnbull, an experienced award-winning smallholder and author describes how to press your apples and make delicious juice and cider.

7 mins

The Old Irish Goat Rediscovered

Tamsin Cooper learns how a native breed is restoring Ireland's heathlands

5 mins

Time to find a tup

Ready to start breeding this year? Liz Shankland has some advice on how to select the best ram for the job.

5 mins

A black and white story

Chris Graham throws a deserving spotlight on Ron Fieldhouse, his award winning Large Whites and his lifetime’s dedication to pedigree pig breeding

8 mins

Agreeable symmetry-Warden Abbey Vineyard is a custodian of the present and the past

Rebecca Farmer, Editor of Vineyard Magazine, visits grapevines that reach out far into the community that surround them

8 mins

The magic of weaving

Jack Smellie continues to explore the journey from raw fibre to rustic rug

5 mins

Pushing ahead with plans for vintage tractor show anniversary year

Taking place from 4-5 November, the Newark Vintage Tractor and Heritage Show has already opened competition entries, which close on 13th September

2 mins

Land based T levels to be launched

Jane Brooks looks at new qualifications for young people in the land-based industries

3 mins

Could your bees be starving in the sunshine?

Claire Waring looks at what to do if the forage runs out in late summer

5 mins

Later season seed sowings

Kim Stoddart explains which vegetable seed can still be sown this month for longer lasting harvests ...

3 mins

New introductions to the current flock

Acquiring new stock is always an exciting time but, as Paul Donovan investigates, introducing them to an established flock can have its difficulties

8 mins

Taking care of turkeys

Keeping turkeys happy and healthy by understanding what they need

3 mins

Reporting from a very special poultry sale

Grant Brereton meets a respected breeder

3 mins

But what exactly is a True Bantam?

Grant Brereton takes a closer look at these spectacular small chickens

5 mins

Hot Summers and Poultry Drinkers

Hot, dry summer days brings a new set of challenges when providing water to your poultry. Fiona and Hugh Osborne describe how they have solved some of these issues.

4 mins

Keeping ducks free of diseases

Liz Fairbrother says your observation and management will help to keep your ducks dabbling

3 mins

Vet advice from an experienced poultry vet

Not only holiday makers like hot weather and especially red mite! so do parasites

6 mins

Influx of new buyers pushes up prices of amenity land at auction

lan Kitson Director, Cheffins reflects on why the market for grazing land land is on the up

3 mins

Smallholding down under - bushfires, brown snakes but satisfying

Janice Houghton-Wallace looks at living off the land in Australia

4 mins

Small but mighty; why Lowlines are perfect for smallholders

Standing at just over one-metre tall, Lowlines are the perfect fit for smallholders.

2 mins

Read all stories from The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder Magazine Description:

The Country Smallholder is aimed at the ever-increasing UK audience interested in living a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable way of life. From people already living on a smallholding, to allotment owners; from those with a couple of acres of land, to those aspiring to get more out of their garden or even window box. With 73% of UK residents claiming to want to live more sustainably post Covid, The Country Smallholder has something for everyone.

Every issue will carry; free vet advice; helpful practical features on all aspects of smallholding, from keeping chickens to crop rotation; information on poultry, pigs, sheep, goats, cattle, and alpacas; rural crafts; property; small tractors and machinery, as well as keeping readers up to date with all the latest news and innovations.