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Medicinal plants formally known as weeds!

The Country Smallholder

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April 2024

Mel Thomas says start small to make a difference in your garden

Medicinal plants formally known as weeds!

Adapting due to becoming older is hard and takes quite a bit of getting used to. I am still young and healthy thirty, well I am in my head at least.

Unfortunately, my body is telling me daily that I am now an old person, and should respect myself and take it easy. My thirty-year-old person says get on with it! I am afraid if I do go ahead at a rate of knots and work in the garden for more than half an hour at a time I will have to pay a price health-wise for a while.

It is not all doom and gloom however and this re-wilding lark has its upside; I have only had this garden since November 2021, so everything is still new and continuing to surprise me. One of the main delights from 2023 was discovering plants, that I previously acknowledged as weeds, being of such great use.

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Preventing and Controlling Predators

Poultry are prey animals and, in the UK, there are a wide array of predators that can hunt them. Hugh and Fiona Osborne look at the predators to be aware of and how to guard against them.

time to read

7 mins

December 2025

The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder

Showing our Turtle Doves some love this Christmas

Helen Moffatt says you can be part of Operation Turtle Dove on your smallholding

time to read

3 mins

December 2025

The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder

On the third day of Christmas

The famous Christmas carol celebrates \"three French hens\", but what if we gave the verse a smallholder's twist? Cara Wheeldon introduces three festive bantam breeds that bring sparkle, charm, and cheer to coops across Britain this winter.

time to read

5 mins

December 2025

The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder

Five ideas for inside food growing over winter

Editor and eco-expert Kim Stoddart outlines some more creative ways to bring the outdoors in this winter

time to read

3 mins

December 2025

The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder

How to enjoy winter pig keeping

Linda Aldous says success is all in the preparation and in your clothing!

time to read

5 mins

December 2025

The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder

Where next for Britain's smallholding and farming communities as we look to 2026 and beyond

Agricultural journalist, smallholder and editor of Ford & Fordson Tractors Magazine Jane Brooks, joins us for her regular look at the world.

time to read

4 mins

December 2025

The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder

All dressed up with nowhere to show?

Grant Brereton says there's still cause for optimism with pure breeds

time to read

6 mins

December 2025

The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder

When small businesses collaborate, things happen!

Angela Williams shows how by working with like minded people, you can create things you thought you could only dream

time to read

5 mins

December 2025

The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder

Cluckin' around the Christmas tree

'Tis season of peace and goodwill to all hens

time to read

5 mins

December 2025

The Country Smallholder

The Country Smallholder

The gentle giant Brahma - big and beautiful

Victoria Roberts BVSC MRCVS looks at a stately, docile chicken with an impressive history

time to read

2 mins

December 2025

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