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SPECIAL NEWS REPORT
Making a profit from orchard fruit. By Charlotte Cooper.

BIG SMALLHOLDER INTERVIEW
Windy Ridge’s home-grown pork and puppies. By Emily Bevan.

MACHINERY
The first fuel-driven engine
by RA Lister & Co. By Kevin Alviti

A Pear Of Money Spinners?

Are you the proud owner of a few apple or pear trees, or even a large orchard. If so, what are your options if you have more fruit than you need, and can you boost your bank account with the excess or by adding value? Charlotte Cooper gets to the core of the conundrum

7 mins

Perfect isolation

Living on a croft in the Outer Hebrides has given young mum Karen Macleod the perfect opportunity to excel at growing her own fruit and veg, as she explains to Chris McCullough, who paid her a visit just before lockdown

8 mins

It's a breeze!

Enterprising Rick and Jennie Grieve take running their five-acre Windy Ridge in their stride, from producing home-grown pork to breeding sought-after pedigree puppies. Emily Bevan e-meets them

9 mins

‘Betty, my two tonnes of lovely deliciousness'

Smallholder and mortgage team supervisor Jeff Brinkley has a particularly deep affection for his 18-year-old Land Rover 110, which perhaps should be making wife Mags as green with envy as the trusty vehicle’s very own colour

3 mins

The Traditional Trio

Tim Tyne looks at the Southdown, the Norfolk Horn and the Suffolk, which are all intrinsically linked back in the mists of time

7 mins

Exotically different

The imposing Anglo Nubian goat, with its pendulous ears and Roman nose, really stands out from the crowd. Fan Lee Connor talks to other admirers and finds out how well they are suited to smallholdings

8 mins

A world of pain

Smallholders with horses or ponies should be aware of the dangers of laminitis at all times of the year, but particularly in spring and summer. Emily Bevan looks into the painful condition that affects one in 10 equines in the UK each year

8 mins

Hens and herbs

As well as flavouring food, herbs and other edible plants can be helpful for your hens. A wide variety of commonly grown garden plants can provide natural methods of boosting egg production, repelling pests and promoting good gut health, as Julianne Robertson reveals

5 mins

Garden varieties

If you’re looking to allow chickens to range free in your garden, Andy Cawthray advises choosing your breed with care

5 mins

The family silver

In his series on birds that breed true, Grant Brereton takes a look at the breathtakingly beautiful silver laced pattern, seen mainly in three distinctively different pure breeds

5 mins

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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.