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The Country Smallholder
How you can develop your interests even in a more remote community
Introducing u3a: A creative lifeline in Rural Communities
2 min |
October 2025
The Country Smallholder
Staying with mum: cow-withcalf dairying
Helen Babbs finds out about the dairy method where cows get to keep their calves at foot
5 min |
October 2025
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What's that in the nest box?
Andy Hill says you need to read this guide to lash eggs so they never come as a surprise!
2 min |
October 2025
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Roots to Riches begins now!
English Woodlands say prepare to plant your trees & hedges, to reap multiple rewards
4 min |
October 2025
The Country Smallholder
Homesteading versus smallholding
I've been preparing for a smallholding since I was a child I think. I used to help with haymaking, visit the local dairy farm, read farming books and took farming magazines.
1 min |
October 2025
The Country Smallholder
Animal By-Product Rules and How they Affect Our Flocks
Animal By-Product (ABP) Regulation can catch out many poultry keepers. Fiona and Hugh Osborne explain the rules in simple terms.
7 min |
October 2025
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Make your own Rosehip Syrup
Woodlands.co.uk shares not only how to make Rosehip Syrup but also how to turn it into the perfect foraged cocktail
2 min |
October 2025
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A season of colour and new visitors
Autumn is a time to preserve for winter and it's the same for wildlife says
4 min |
October 2025
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Growing Great Garlic
Lee Senior looks at how to grow breathtaking garlic
5 min |
October 2025
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How to eliminate a rat problem
In part 1 of this series, Hugh & Fiona Osborne looked at why rats might come on to a smallholding, how to make a smallholding unattractive to rats and how to identify their presence.
7 min |
October 2025
The Country Smallholder
Get rodent ready for 2026 & get qualified with a fantastic prize!
Win a rodent busting prize pack consisting of a full CRRU approved course in rodent management and bag yourself a trio of premium prevention & control products just in time for rat season.
1 min |
October 2025
The Country Smallholder
The Dos and Don'ts of sheep
John Sones looks back at hard learned lessons and shares them so you don't have to experience them too
6 min |
October 2025
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Code Red! What is Red Diesel and when is it legal to run your tractor on it?
Agricultural journalist, smallholder and editor of Ford & Fordson Tractors Magazine Jane Brooks, joins us for her regular look at the world.
4 min |
October 2025
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Rooting for farming's future
The brilliant bunch of farmers who joined forces to launch British Carrot Day 2025
5 min |
October 2025
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For bee keepers and honey lovers everywhere
Beekeepers put on a spectacular display at County Shows often with a colourful floral display alive with insect visitors, and an observation hive where you can see the activity within the beehive and spot the queen.
3 min |
October 2025
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SCOPS and COWS welcome BVA's latest policy
But they highlight the extent of work already done
2 min |
October 2025
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A holistic approach to parasite control
Vets to encourage a targeting approach where possible, for best practice
3 min |
October 2025
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The path to parasite control in goats
Over the decades, Buttercups Goat Sanctuary has cared for over a thousand goats, and we have learnt just how critical parasite control
2 min |
October 2025
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From Scrums to Squats
How Peter Eccles Found New Purpose on the Farm
6 min |
August 2025
The Country Smallholder
Think it's Haemonchus? Don't panic-test first to be sure
SCOPS (Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep) is encouraging farmers and the wider sheep industry to stay alert and informed as Haemonchus contortus - commonly known as Barber’s Pole worm - gains more attention across the UK
2 min |
August 2025
The Country Smallholder
Poultry slaughter is an important subject for smallholders
Hugh & Fiona Osborne firmly believe that processing chickens for meat and \"the cockerel question\" are subjects that deserve mature consideration by smallholders
4 min |
August 2025
The Country Smallholder
Egg binding- a backlog
Egg binding can be a major concern in layers, Paul Donovan investigates this serious health issue.
8 min |
August 2025
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Bringing In the Sheaves
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 another of his monthly series, Jeremy Hobson continues to outline just a few of them.
2 min |
August 2025
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Are we seeing the end of male chick culling in the UK?
Technology can now tell the sex of chicks in eggs – a practice known as in-ovo sexing
4 min |
August 2025
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Leicester Longwool sheep - lovely to look at and laid back!
Helen Babbs finds out about one of the rarest British longwool breeds
5 min |
August 2025
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Farmers voices wanted in vet-led ewe vaginal prolapse study
TWO experienced sheep vets are launching a new project to find out more about how farmers manage and treat vaginal prolapse when it occurs in their lambing ewes.
1 min |
August 2025
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Preventing Afterswarms
Claire Waring describes steps to stop casting if you have lost the prime swarm
6 min |
August 2025
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Look to Lincolnshire to get really good value for your money plus plenty of open space in a rural area
Our regular column about the best places for smallholder living
2 min |
August 2025
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The bountiful brassica is versatile and generous
But Andrew Oldham says you need to get sowing now to get the best yield
5 min |
August 2025
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Bluetongue Movements Checker tool launched
It provides specific answers for movements in the UK
2 min |