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Get an early start on your veg site Making (and growing) ginger wine Virtual fencing – can it work?
Introducing the Orkney ‘Tiny Trailer Abattoir'
Buy a wood and grow your own logs

Machinery Matters
The importance of a good workshop and hand tools cannot be under estimated

Your questions answered
Seasonal garden advice; testing for parasites; micro smallholding

Virtual fencing has a very real benefit
We bring you evaluations of this new way of setting boundaries

What a wool depot does – you’ll be as surprised!
We find out what happens to your fleeces when they live the farm

The National Honey Show receives The King's Award for Voluntary Service

The National Honey Show, the world's largest honey show and beekeeping convention but run entirely by volunteers in Surrey, has been awarded The King's Award for Voluntary Service for 2025.

1 mins

"Give a Little, Make a Lot” says Addington Fund

Addington Fund is proud to announce the relaunch of its \"Give a Little, Make a Lot\" scheme, supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association (LAA).

1 mins

23 football pitches worth of hay meadows restored in Lake District

A joint project by Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) and Cumbria Wildlife Trust has seen 16 hectares of hay meadows restored across the Lake District, the equivalent to 23 football pitches.

2 mins

Ovis Wool Pellets - Closing the Loop Between Farm and Garden

Ovis is a new Aberdeenshire startup turning undervalued British wool into a natural garden product with big benefits for soil health and sustainability.

1 mins

What did 2025 bring for rare breeds and what will 2026 bring?

Rare Breeds Survival Trust Chief Executive Christopher Price looks at progress and new projects in a difficult year for farming

4 mins

January is a busy month for new ideas

Big events provide much to think about for the year ahead

3 mins

New Year, New Goals: 12 Nutritional Resolutions for Your Smallholding in 2026

As the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, many of us make promises to ourselves: eat healthier, exercise more, get organised, and embrace a more natural lifestyle, but what about the birds and animals in our care? Just as we Strive to improve our own wellbeing in the year ahead, don’t our poultry, pigs, goats, sheep and cattle deserve the same commitment to better health, nutrition, and quality of life?

10+ mins

The Orkney Tiny Trailer Abattoir is about to make a big difference

Helen Babbs meets a determined smallholder developing a moveable solution to her local abattoir problem

6 mins

Ginger wine is a real blast from the past, and easy to make at home!

As a young man down in Devon, Hugh Osborne was introduced to Stones Ginger Wine by his grandparents. That sweet, fiery, intense drink seems to be unfashionable now but, like a mug of proper homemade hot chocolate, nothing else banishes the Winter blues in quite the same way. As part of their drive for self-sufficiency, Hugh & Fiona set out a few years ago to make their own ginger wine. The recipe needed a few iterations to get absolutely right, but they now produce not just the wine, but the ginger to make it too.

6 mins

News from a leading alpaca farm

Alpaca Evolution is, as the name suggests, all about Alpacas and 2025 saw us bring our faith in the exceptional qualities of the fibre to the forefront.

2 mins

Five Top Tips for Happy Goats

Keeping goats can be tricky, but by following these five tips, you can go a long way to ensuring your goats are as happy as can be!

2 mins

Finding out about what happens to fleeces when they leave the farm

Josephine Laing takes up the offer of a visit to a British Wood depot and finds there is much to be learnt for the flock owner

5 mins

Want to Gather Your Own Firewood?

Why Owning a Woodland Might Be the Answer

2 mins

Inspiration for smallholders in the Garden of England

Sue Field looks for properties to fulfill your dream way of life

2 mins

Making new year resolutions for your flock

Paul Donovan kicks off 2026 with a wish list that provides positive experiences for your poultry

8 mins

Getting egg cited for the new season

Ducks usually come into lay earlier than pure chicken breeds so be ready

3 mins

Avoid Winter Blues in late winter

Grant Brereton says some forethought and routine will reduce many of the challenges brought on by the cold, dark months

4 mins

Dealing with bullying behaviours in chickens

We love the idyllic idea of flocks of free ranging chickens, who live peacefully amongst each other and with us. What happens when this is not possible due to legal housing restrictions for poultry or practical reasons due to predators? Your chickens might start to bully each other. Fiona and Hugh Osborne look at the options to deal with bullying.

8 mins

Feathers and fresh starts

From broody bans to hatching plans, Cara Wheeldon asked bantam keepers across the country what their New Year's resolutions are for their flocks, and the answers were as charmingly varied as the birds themselves.

4 mins

Cracking On: What's Next for Hen Welfare in 2026?

From in-school chick hatching to hens as healers, the British Hen Welfare Trust is setting out its resolutions for a brighter new year

3 mins

In the New Year, thoughts turn to incubating eggs

Victoria Roberts BVSC MRCVS shares her experience of hatching chicks

5 mins

How to Protect Your Flock as Bird Flu Housing Order Kicks In

Clare Taylor looks at practical biosecurity that can be part of your routine care

2 mins

Evaluating an innovative fencing system - 2025 autumn review

Four of Scotland’s Monitor Farms are trialling an innovative virtual fencing system on their hill and upland grazing and are already seeing environmental and cattle management benefits, but some challenges have been identified

5 mins

Make an early start with vegetables to get ahead in 2026

Lee Senior takes a look at why its great to be early and how to work round the weather

6 mins

Resolve to do things for nature in 2026

Helen Moffatt suggests seven simple suggestions for welcoming nature to your plot

2 mins

The importance of power tools on the smallholding

Agricultural journalist and smallholder Jane Brooks joins us for her regular look at the world

4 mins

2025: A Siromer Year in Review

Shows, Revamps and a New Family Member

3 mins

Healthy Bees are Happy Bees - looking after the youngsters in 2026

Claire Waring takes a look at diseases affecting honey bee brood

6 mins

New Year's Resolutions are never kept - don't make any

So says gardener Andrew Oldham and he tells us why he holds this unconventional view – see if you agree

5 mins

How hand tools shaped the countryside

Farming and smallholding practices have altered over the past century or so. Some have been subtle, others less so and many brought about by technology and legislation. In the penultimate of his series, Jeremy Hobson continues to outline just a few of them.

2 mins

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The Country Smallholder Description:

Editor: Kelsey-Media

Categoría: Animals-and-Pets

Idioma: English

Frecuencia: Monthly

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.