Animals-and-Pets
Country Smallholding
What Skills?
In her series for beginners, Debbie Kingsley considers whether you need any particular skills to be a smallholder
2 min |
March 2018
Country Smallholding
Care Of Newborn Animals
Observe some key principles during the birthing process
2 min |
March 2018
Country Smallholding
The Blue Texel
Debbie Kingsley talks to sheep keepers Steven and Hannah Payne about their Tordown flock
4 min |
March 2018
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A Dream Fulfilled
Lainy Shepherd talks to Debbie Kingsley about her new smallholding life in Devon.
5 min |
April 2017
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The Perfect Pony?
Kim Stoddart and family have just welcomed a couple of Shetland ponies to their smallholding in Wales - and they are smitten.
3 min |
April 2017
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Getting Started
Debbie Kingsley presents a new series for those starting out in smallholding. This month: how much time does it require?
2 min |
January 2018
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Learn Lambing
This month: a lambing course in the South West.
2 min |
January 2018
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Health Planning For Alpacas
A summary of husbandry practices.
2 min |
January 2018
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New Year, New Plans
Liz Shankland has some enterprising thoughts on sorting out her new smallholding
5 min |
January 2018
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A Medicinal Wood
A wealth of medicinal trees and shrubs can be cultivated and harvested in Britain. We talk to medical herbalist Anne Stobart who has established a special woodland
3 min |
January 2018
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An Irish View
Francis Nesbitt talks to Debbie Kingsley about his beautiful smallholding in Kilkenny, Ireland.
6 min |
March 2017
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No-Dig Gardening
This month: Charles dowding’s courses on growing without digging!
2 min |
March 2017
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The Long View
In the fourth and final part of his series on time management on the smallholding, Tim Tyne considers how to plan for the longer term
5 min |
September 2017
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It's A Pigs' Life
Shropshire smallholder Sam Gray takes her sow and piglets to a festival
5 min |
September 2017
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A Fruitful Weekend
Preserve-making days at Otter Farm, Devon
3 min |
September 2017
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Bee Aware
Kim Stoddart seeks out readers’ comments about beekeeping
2 min |
September 2017
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Time For A Break
Debbie Kingsley takes us through the year on her Devon farm
2 min |
September 2017
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Choice Chipper
This new woodchipper is just the job for smallholders
2 min |
September 2017
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Bird Flu Restrictions Eased in Most Areas
BLACK GOLD Every year a business in the South West creates more than 35,000 tonnes of compost through green garden waste that is collected and processed from all over the region.Coastal Recycling currently works with more than 30 farms across Devon to produce an organic soil conditioner for farmland and fields as an environmentally beneficial alternative to sewage sludge or chemical fertilisers. MORE: http://www.coastaluk.co.uk
2 min |
Spring 2017
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Our Cattle Choice
Debbie Kingsley talks to a couple who keep whitebred shorthorns at their farm in cumbria.
4 min |
March 2017
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The Right Run
Andy Cawthray advises on the best way to create a chicken run
3 min |
February 2018
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Cold Comfort
Your chickens deserve special considersation in very cold weather. Have you covered all the angles? Grant Brereton offers advice
2 min |
February 2018
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Newlywed Winners!
A couple spent their honeymoon at the National Poultry Show... and won a top prize! Grant Brereton reports
2 min |
February 2018
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Benefits Of Breed Societies
Kim Stoddart takes a look at just some of many groups tirelessly championing their chosen livestock, and outlines the benefits of society membership
3 min |
February 2018
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A Family Affair
Amanda Marshall talks to Debbie Kingsley about her smallholding and livery yard in Devon
5 min |
September 2017
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Getting Away From It All
Liz Shankland continues her new smallholding venture in west Wales, but still finds opportunities to relax, from time to time.
5 min |
September 2017
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Talking Turkey
Debbie Kingsley talks to organic farmer Rosie Yells who breeds Norfolk Black turkeys
4 min |
September 2017
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Time For Sheep Sales
September is a busy month for buying and selling
2 min |
September 2017
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Fast learners!
Emma and Jon Hillier have relished the challenge of their first smallholding
4 min |
January 2018
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My Soay Struggle
Soay are descended from a primitive breed, and catching them for the abattoir run is a major challenge, says Sam Gray
5 min |