Animals-and-Pets
Country Smallholding
TOP TIPS FOR NEWBIES
Are you thinking of keeping pigs in 2020? Liz Shankland answers the top 10 questions asked by would-be pig keepers
6 min |
November 2019
Country Smallholding
Why The Good Life has never been more apt
As the Brexit debate rumbles on, we all need to take a long hard look at self-sufficiency, says Adam Henson
2 min |
November 2019
Country Smallholding
Proud as a peacock
Sussanne Chambers runs one of the largest peafowl operations in the UK. Debbie Kingsley meets her and her colourful charges
4 min |
November 2019
Country Smallholding
A Beginners Guide To Alpacas
How can you start a happy, healthy alpaca herd from scratch? Lydia Tewkesbury finds out
6 min |
October 2019
Country Smallholding
Safety First!
During the past decade almost one person a week has been killed as a direct result of agricultural work in the UK, with many more seriously injured or made ill by their work. Charlotte Cooper investigates the relevance of these figures to smallholders.
5 min |
October 2019
Country Smallholding
All Kinds Of Everything
The Freeman family has managed to pack a punch within its eight acres, growing a raft of conventional and unconventional vegetables and keeping livestock too. Susie Kearley pays them a visit
8 min |
October 2019
Country Smallholding
A Fowl Future?
Man has created a commercial hellhole for the chicken and so, asks Andy Cawthray, what does the rest of the 21st century and beyond hold for this most unassuming of creatures?
5 min |
October 2019
Country Smallholding
Gaining The Upper Hand
Smallholders’ hands have to cope with wet, cold, mud and worse 365 days a year. Debbie Kingsley wonders how to keep busy working hands healthy.
6 min |
October 2019
Country Smallholding
A great starter sheep
Smallholder Lesley Perrett is passionate about her Devon and Cornwall Longwools. She tells her story to Debbie Kingsley.
5 min |
February 2017
Country Smallholding
Lambing Looms
Tim offers a range of tips for lambing.
2 min |
February 2017
Country Smallholding
Breeding Success
To launch a new series, Jack Smellie asks what successful breeding actually means and what we can do to achieve it
7 min |
October 2017
Country Smallholding
Ice Cream Dream
Sam Bullingham and Katie Bray make luxury ice creams at their Devon dairy… and it is seriously delicious. They talked to Andrei Szerard
5 min |
October 2017
Country Smallholding
Health Planning
Jack Smellie concludes her feature series on health planning on the smallholding
3 min |
October 2017
Country Smallholding
A Great Sheep Choice
Debbie Kingsley talks to Charlotte and Anthony Barnes about their Castlemilk Moorits
4 min |
October 2017
Country Smallholding
Ditch That Spade!
Easy ways to have few weeds with the ‘no-dig’ method
5 min |
October 2017
Country Smallholding
Hybrids Every Time
Sarah McKenzie from Sussex Garden Poultry considers what birds are ideal for young or first time henkeepers
2 min |
February 2018
Country Smallholding
Fantastic Plastic
This month, Kim Stoddart considers the virtues of plastic housing for your hens.
3 min |
February 2018
Country Smallholding
Learning About Waterfowl
In our continuing series from the British Waterfowl Association, the organisation explains its role in education
3 min |
February 2018
Country Smallholding
No Contest!
Smallholdings with land are on the market in Wales for less than the price of two-bedroom terraced home in London. Martyn Buck, a director of specialist estate agents The Smallholding Centre, reports
1 min |
February 2018
Country Smallholding
Win Over The Kids
Kim explains how to encourage children and big kids everywhere to get more involved on the veg patch…
3 min |
February 2018
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Does It Pay?
In the second part of her series on starting in smallholding, Debbie Kingsley considers whether it can make you money
2 min |
February 2018
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Write It Down!
In the third part of our series on successful breeding, Jack Smellie considers record keeping and how it can be fun, useful and reassuring
4 min |
December 2017
Country Smallholding
Poultry With Pride
This month: Rearing, slaughtering and dressing poultry
2 min |
December 2017
Country Smallholding
Super Shetlands
Debbie Kingsley talks to smallholder Becci Helm about her sheep choice
4 min |
December 2017
Country Smallholding
Keeping Lamb Local
Donald is making a success of selling local produce from his croft on the Isle of Lewis
4 min |
December 2017
Country Smallholding
So Rewarding!
Jacqui and Alan Pateman-Jones gave up city careers for the country – and they just love keeping animals
5 min |
November 2017
Country Smallholding
Clearing Out
As winter draws closer, Liz Shankland has been looking at ways of making life less stressful at her new smallholding.
5 min |
November 2017
Country Smallholding
A Great Goat Choice
Debbie Kingsley talks to smallholder Jillian Osborne of Penrhiw Pygmy Goats
4 min |
November 2017
Country Smallholding
Fruit Bushes For Free
Get a cutting, and away you go...
3 min |
November 2017
Country Smallholding
Back To The Land
Kevin Alviti loved his upbringing on a farm and was determined to give his children the same opportunity. He now has a thriving smallholding
5 min |